Alaska's_1st_House_of_Representatives_district

Alaska's 1st State
House of Representatives
district
Alaska's 1st State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Bart LeBon; R–Fairbanks
	since January 15, 2019
Population (2020)	17,182

Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district

Alaskan legislative district

Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district is the first of 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives and was created in statehood in 1959. It is currently represented by Republican Bart LeBon.^[1] Following redistricting in 2013, the district is currently composed of downtown Fairbanks and has a population of 17,182.^[2]^[3]

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The state legislature underwent redistricting following the 2020 census, which placed the first district in Southeast Alaska, covering the cities of Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Metlakatla.^[4] The new district will come into effect upon the start of the 33rd legislature in 2023.^[5]

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Year	Office	Results
2014	Senate	Begich 49.5% – 44.2%
	House	Young 50.2% – 39.7%
	Governor	Walker 50.9% – 42.4%
2016	President	Trump 47.9% – 38.8%
	Senate	Murkowski 46.0% – 28.5%
	House	Young 47.1% – 37.9%
2018	House	Galvin 52.4% – 47.1%
2018	Governor	Begich 49.3% – 45.8%
2020	President	Trump 47.7% – 47.2%
	Senate	Sullivan 48.4% – 45.7%
	House	Galvin 51.3% – 48.4%

Representative	Party	Years of Service	Residency	Notes	Ref
Ron Wendte	Democratic	1983 – January 14, 1985	Ketchikan		^[6]
Robin L. Taylor	Republican	January 14, 1985 – June 10, 1992	Wrangell	Resigned to join the Alaska Senate	^[7]
Carroll Fader	Republican	June 10, 1992 – January 11, 1993		Appointed	^[8]

Representative	Party	Years of Service	Residency	Notes	Ref
Jack McBride	Democratic	1983 – April 16, 1984	Ketchikan	Died in office	^[9]
John Sund	Democratic	April 16, 1984 – January 9, 1989	Ketchikan	Appointed	^[10]
Cheri Davis	Republican	January 9, 1989 – January 11, 1993	Ketchikan		^[11]

Representative	Party	Years of Service	Residency	Notes	Ref
Bill K. Williams	Democratic	January 11, 1993 – January 18, 2005	Saxman	Switched party to Republican in 1999	^[12]
Jim Elkins	Republican	January 18, 2005 – January 16, 2007	Ketchikan		^[13]
Kyle Johansen	Republican	January 16, 2007 – January 14, 2013	Ketchikan		^[14]
Doug Isaacson	Republican	January 14, 2013 – January 20, 2015	North Pole	Redistricted to the 3rd district	^[15]
Scott Kawasaki	Democratic	January 20, 2015 – January 15, 2019	Fairbanks	Redistricted from the 9th district	^[16]
Bart LeBon	Republican	January 15, 2019 – present	Fairbanks	Redistricted to the 31st district	^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)	2,973	54.76
	Republican	Gregory Don Bringhurst	2,434	44.83
	Write-in		22	0.41
Total votes			5,429	100.00
	Democratic hold

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Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)	4,376	90.19
	Write-in		476	9.81
Total votes			4,852	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bart LeBon	2,663	49.85
	Democratic	Kathryn Dodge	2,662	49.83
	Write-in		17	0.32
Total votes			5,342	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bart LeBon (incumbent)	3,769	55.30
	Democratic	Kathryn Dodge	3,027	44.42
	Write-in		19	0.28
Total votes			6,815	100.00
	Republican hold