The 2022 Alaska Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022, with the primary elections being held on August 16, 2022.
State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate, with half of the seats normally up for election every two years. However, because most districts were greatly changed in
redistricting
Redistribution (re-districting in the United States and in the Philippines) is the process by which electoral districts are added, removed, or otherwise changed. Redistribution is a form of boundary delimitation that changes electoral dist ...
, elections were held for 19 of the 20 seats. The only exception is District T, represented by Democrat
Donny Olson
Donald C. "Donny" Olson (born June 18, 1953) is an American physician, attorney, commercial pilot, reindeer herder, and politician, currently serving as a member of the Alaska Senate, representing the T district since 2001.
Early life
Olson was ...
, which was mostly unchanged in redistricting and thus did not have an election. Some senators were elected to serve four-year terms, while others would serve shortened two-year terms.
Following
the previous election in 2020,
Republicans
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Political ideology
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
had control of the Alaska Senate with 13 seats to
Democrats' 7 seats. One Democrat caucused with the Republicans, giving them a governing majority of 14 seats.
Negotiations for a governing coalition in the state senate occurred after ranked-choice votes in the state were tabulated. The bipartisan coalition was announced two days later on November 25, with eight Republicans and nine Democrats leading the new Senate majority. They stated that their top priorities would be energy costs, education, and the economy. Incoming Senate President
Gary Stevens also remarked that the bipartisan coalition was necessary to pass responsible budgets and respond to calls for "more moderation" by the electorate.
Background
In 2020, Alaskan voters approved Ballot Measure 2, an initiative to implement a
nonpartisan blanket top-four primary with a single, open primary where candidates from all parties are listed on the ballot and the top four vote getters advance to the general election. The general election is then resolved using
instant-runoff voting
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, where voters rank the candidates and the candidates receiving the lowest votes are eliminated one by one until one candidate has a majority. The first elections using the new system was the 2022 election cycle. As of the close of candidate filing, none of the elections for the Alaska Senate had more than four candidates.
Predictions
Overview
Primary elections
General election
Summary of results
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Retiring incumbents
*E District:
Lora Reinbold (R)
*F District:
Josh Revak
Joshua Carl Revak (born January 21, 1981) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Alaska Senate since November 2, 2019. Originally elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 2018, Revak was appointed to the Senate to r ...
(R) ''(
ran for U.S. House)''
*H District:
Natasha von Imhof
Natasha Ann von Imhof (née Rasmuson; born June 28, 1970) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Alaska Senate. She has represented District L since January 23, 2017. She is the granddaughter of Elmer E. Rasmuson, who was may ...
(R)
*I District:
Tom Begich
Thomas Scott Begich (born October 31, 1960) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate. He has represented District J since January 2017, was elected twice without general election opposition, and in 2022 his district ...
(D)
Detailed results
*Source for primary results
*Source for general election results
A District
B District
C District
D District
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! Votes
! %
! Transfer
! Votes
! %
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Republican
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, 6,950
, 45.8
, +654
, bgcolor=lightgreen, 7,604
, bgcolor=lightgreen, 53.6
, -
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Republican
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" ,
, 6,311
, 41.6
, +283
, 6,594
, 46.4
, -
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, style="text-align:left" ,
Independent
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* Independ ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" ,
, 1,768
, 11.7
, -1,768
, colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;", ''Eliminated''
, -
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, style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in
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, 140
, 0.9
, -140
, colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;", ''Eliminated''
, - class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes
, 15,139
, 100.0
, -2,038
, 14,198
, 100.0
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! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" ,
Inactive ballots
, 2,038
!
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Republican hold
E District
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, -
! Votes
! %
! Transfer
! Votes
! %
, -
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, style="text-align:left" ,
Republican
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" ,
, 5,595
, 33.6
, +2229
, bgcolor=lightgreen, 7,880
, bgcolor=lightgreen, 57.0
, -
! style="background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left" ,
Republican
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , (incumbent)
, 5,502
, 33.1
, +417
, 5,949
, 43.0
, -
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, style="text-align:left" ,
Democratic
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" ,
, 5,478
, 32.9
, -5,478
, colspan=2 align=center, ''Eliminated''
, -
! style="background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in
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, 58
, 0.4
, -58
, colspan=2 align=center, ''Eliminated''
, - class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes
, 16,633
, 100.0
, -2,872
, 13,829
, 100.0
, - class="sortbottom"
! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" ,
Inactive ballots
, 2,872
!
, - class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;"
! style="background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left" colspan=7 ,
Republican hold
F District
G District
H District
I District
J District
Democrat Drew Cason withdrew prior to the general election.
K District
L District
Republicans Joe Wright and Clayton Trotter withdrew prior to the general election.
M District
N District
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! Votes
! %
! Transfer
! Votes
! %
, -
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, style="text-align:left" ,
Republican
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , (incumbent)
, 5,133
, 44.5
, +991
, bgcolor=lightgreen, 6,124
, bgcolor=lightgreen, 58.7
, -
! style="background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left" ,
Republican
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" ,
, 3,347
, 29.0
, +964
, 4,311
, 41.3
, -
! style="background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left" ,
Republican
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" ,
, 2,923
, 25.3
, -2,923
, colspan=2 align=center, ''Eliminated''
, -
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, style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in
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, 141
, 1.2
, -141
, colspan=2 align=center, ''Eliminated''
, - class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes
, 11,544
, 100.0
, -1,193
, 10,435
, 100.0
, - class="sortbottom"
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Inactive ballots
, 1,193
!
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Republican hold
O District
P District
Q District
R District
S District
See also
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2022 United States Senate election in Alaska
The 2022 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent three-term Republican Party (United States), Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski won reelection to a fourth term, defeating fellow Republican Kelly Tshi ...
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2022 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8, 2022, in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms, the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in 2018 U.S. guber ...
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2022 United States state legislative elections
The 2022 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2022 for 88 state legislative chambers in 46 states. Across the U.S. state, fifty states, approximately 56 percent of all upper house seats and 92 percent of all lower ...
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2022 Alaska House of Representatives election
The 2022 Alaska House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election on August 16, 2022. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives, in conjun ...
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2022 Alaska elections
The 2022 Alaska state elections took place on November 8, 2022. The state also held Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA) elections on the first Tuesday in October.
Federal Elections
United States Senate Seat (Class III)
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