Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott plan to submit signatures Monday to qualify for the fall general election ballot.
The campaign plans to submit the signatures in Anchorage, on the eve of the deadline to do so.
Walker and Mallott are skipping Tuesday’s party primaries. Walker, an independent, flirted with running in the Democratic primary but opted against that when it appeared former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich would enter the race.
Alaska Democrats opened their primaries to independents who want the party’s backing.
Walker has said that bypassing the primary ensured he and Mallott, who is a Democrat, could run as a team.
Begich is unopposed in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Former state Sen. Mike Dunleavy and former Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell are among the candidates seeking the Republican nomination for governor.
