2016_Alaska_House_of_Representatives_election
The 2016 Alaska House of Representatives election were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election on August 16, 2016. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President and the state senate. The Democrats, three Republicans, and two independents formed a governing coalition with Bryce Edgmon serving as speaker.
Not to be confused with 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska.
Quick Facts All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives 21 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Not up | Contested | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 102,277 | 38.33 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 1 | |
Republican | 136,723 | 51.24 | 0 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 2 | |
Independent | 16,669 | 6.25% | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Constitution | 4,634 | 1.74% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alaskan Independence | 730 | 0.27% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Write-ins | 5,791 | 2.17% | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
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District 1
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Scott Kawasaki (incumbent) | 4,376 | 90.19% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 476 | 9.81% | |
Total votes | 4,852 | 100% |
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District 2
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Thompson (incumbent) | 3,268 | 73.22% | |
Democratic | Truno Holdaway | 1,153 | 25.83% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 42 | 0.94% | |
Total votes | 4,463 | 100% |
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District 3
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tammie Wilson (incumbent) | 4,291 | 60.32% | |
Democratic | Christina M. Sinclair | 537 | 7.55% | |
Independent | Jeanne Olson | 2,270 | 31.91% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 16 | 0.22% | |
Total votes | 7,114 | 100% |
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District 4
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Guttenberg (incumbent) | 6,078 | 91.47% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 567 | 8.53% | |
Total votes | 6,645 | 100% |
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District 5
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adam Wool (incumbent) | 3,812 | 52.77% | |
Republican | Aaron Lojewski | 3,384 | 46.84% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 28 | 0.39% | |
Total votes | 7,224 | 100% |
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District 6
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dave Talerico (incumbent) | 5,126 | 68.37% | |
Democratic | Jason T. Land | 2,327 | 31.04% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 44 | 0.59% | |
Total votes | 7,497 | 100% |
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District 7
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Colleen Sullivan-Leonard | 5,293 | 76.42% | |
Democratic | Sherie A. Olson | 1,573 | 22.71% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 60 | 0.87% | |
Total votes | 6,926 | 100% |
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District 8
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Neuman (incumbent) | 5,753 | 81.36% | |
Democratic | Gregory I. Jones | 1,268 | 17.93% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 50 | 0.71% | |
Total votes | 7,071 | 100% |
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District 9
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Rauscher | 4,758 | 61.09% | |
Constitution | Pamela Goode | 2,816 | 36.15% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 215 | 2.76% | |
Total votes | 7,789 | 100% |
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District 10
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Eastman | 5,901 | 73.98% | |
Democratic | Patricia Faye-Brazel | 2,021 | 25.34% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 54 | 0.68% | |
Total votes | 7,976 | 100% |
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District 11
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Delena Johnson | 5,752 | 67.94% | |
Independent | Bert Verrall | 2,681 | 31.67% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 33 | 0.39% | |
Total votes | 8,466 | 100% |
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District 12
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cathy Tilton (incumbent) | 5,597 | 64.83% | |
Democratic | Gretchen L. Wehmhoff | 2,061 | 23.87% | |
Constitution | Karen Perry | 949 | 10.99% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 26 | 0.30% | |
Total votes | 8,633 | 100% |
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District 13
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Saddler (incumbent) | 4,417 | 94.32% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 266 | 5.68% | |
Total votes | 4,683 | 100% |
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District 14
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lora Reinbold (incumbent) | 5,733 | 59.36% | |
Independent | Joe Hackenmueller | 3,882 | 40.19% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 43 | 0.45% | |
Total votes | 9,658 | 100% |
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District 15
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gabrielle LeDoux (incumbent) | 2,834 | 67.54% | |
Democratic | Patrick M. McCormack | 1,344 | 32.03% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 18 | 0.43% | |
Total votes | 4,196 | 100% |
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District 16
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ivy Spohnholz (incumbent) | 3,367 | 51.51% | |
Republican | Don Hadley | 2,740 | 41.92% | |
Independent | Ian Sharrock | 410 | 6.27% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 19 | 0.29% | |
Total votes | 6,536 | 100% |
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District 17
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andrew L. Josephson (incumbent) | 4,238 | 92.80% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 329 | 7.20% | |
Total votes | 4,567 | 100% |
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District 18
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harriet A. Drummond (incumbent) | 3,490 | 55.51% | |
Republican | Michael W. Gordon | 2,760 | 43.90% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 37 | 0.59% | |
Total votes | 6,287 | 100% |
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District 19
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Geran Tarr (incumbent) | 3,201 | 93.98% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 205 | 6.02% | |
Total votes | 3,406 | 100% |
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District 20
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Les S. Gara (incumbent) | 4,730 | 93.04% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 354 | 6.96% | |
Total votes | 5,084 | 100% |
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District 21
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matt Claman (incumbent) | 4,145 | 52.15% | |
Republican | Marilyn Stewart | 3,767 | 47.40% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 36 | 0.45% | |
Total votes | 7,948 | 100% |
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District 22
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent | Jason Grenn | 3,561 | 46.33% | |
Republican | Liz Vazquez (incumbent) | 3,375 | 43.91% | |
Independence | Dustin Darden | 730 | 9.50% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 20 | 0.26% | |
Total votes | 7,686 | 100% |
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District 23
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chris S. Tuck (incumbent) | 3,443 | 56.05% | |
Republican | Timothy R. Hui | 2,672 | 43.50% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 28 | 0.46% | |
Total votes | 6,143 | 100% |
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District 24
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles M. Kopp | 5,019 | 58.55% | |
Democratic | Sue Levi | 3,518 | 41.04% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 35 | 0.41% | |
Total votes | 8,572 | 100% |
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District 25
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charisse E. Millett (incumbent) | 3,685 | 50.41% | |
Democratic | Pat Higgins | 3,592 | 49.14% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 33 | 0.45% | |
Total votes | 7,310 | 100% |
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District 26
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Birch | 5,141 | 63.86% | |
Democratic | David Gillespie | 2,873 | 35.69% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 37 | 0.46% | |
Total votes | 8,051 | 100% |
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District 27
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lance Pruitt (incumbent) | 4,086 | 50.77% | |
Democratic | Harry Crawford Jr. | 3,929 | 48.82% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 33 | 0.41% | |
Total votes | 8,051 | 100% |
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District 28
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jennifer B. Johnston | 5,903 | 55.94% | |
Democratic | Shirley A. Cote | 4,606 | 43.65% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 44 | 0.42% | |
Total votes | 10,553 | 100% |
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District 29
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jennifer B. Johnston | 6,580 | 91.64% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 600 | 8.36% | |
Total votes | 7,180 | 100% |
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District 30
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gary A. Knopp | 5,346 | 65.29% | |
Democratic | Shauna Thornton | 1,868 | 22.81% | |
Constitution | J.R. Myers | 473 | 5.78% | |
Independent | Daniel Lynch | 473 | 5.78% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 28 | 0.34% | |
Total votes | 8,188 | 100% |
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District 31
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Paul Seaton (incumbent) | 7,556 | 95.60% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 348 | 4.40% | |
Total votes | 7,904 | 100% |
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District 32
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Louise Stutes (incumbent) | 2,981 | 43.20% | |
Independent | Duncan Fields | 2,777 | 40.24% | |
Democratic | Brent L. Watkins | 1,128 | 16.35% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 15 | 0.22% | |
Total votes | 6,901 | 100% |
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District 33
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam Kito III (incumbent) | 7,576 | 95.67% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 343 | 4.33% | |
Total votes | 7,919 | 100% |
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District 34
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Justin Parish | 4,527 | 50.85% | |
Republican | Cathy Muñoz (incumbent) | 4,332 | 48.66% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 43 | 0.48% | |
Total votes | 8,902 | 100% |
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District 35
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins (incumbent) | 5,068 | 59.01% | |
Republican | Sheila Finkenbinder | 3,486 | 40.59% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 34 | 0.40% | |
Total votes | 8,588 | 100% |
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District 36
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent | Daniel Ortiz (incumbent) | 4,109 | 52.43% | |
Republican | Robert W. Siversten | 3,319 | 42.35% | |
Constitution | Kenneth Shaw | 396 | 5.05% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 13 | 0.17% | |
Total votes | 7,837 | 100% |
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District 37
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bryce E. Edgmon (incumbent) | 2,724 | 58.76% | |
Republican | William W. Weatherby | 1,868 | 40.29% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 44 | 0.95% | |
Total votes | 4,636 | 100% |
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District 38
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Zach Fansler | 4,134 | 95.63% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 189 | 4.37% | |
Total votes | 4,323 | 100% |
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District 39
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neal Winston Foster (incumbent) | 4,661 | 96.80% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 154 | 3.20% | |
Total votes | 4,815 | 100% |
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District 40
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dean Westlake | 2,984 | 78.20% | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 832 | 21.80% | |
Total votes | 3,816 | 100% |
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