They should probably contest it in 2024 TBH. There's a lot of opportunity to up turnout and it's voting dramatically left of 2020 in the congressional elections. There are a couple of 270 R/268 D electoral college maps that are highly plausible for 2024, so it could actually save them, not to mention the senate seat in 2026.
I’d agree that they should contest it as well. Where have the biggest shifts been? If Mat-Su had the kind of shifts that the contiguous 48 had, AK would already be blue, I think. Granted, it’s AK, so it will always befuddle us down here.