2018 Alaska House of Representatives election

2018 Alaska House of Representatives election
All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives
	Results:; Republican hold Republican gain; Democratic hold; Independent hold
Speaker before election; Bryce Edgmon; Democratic	Speaker ; Bryce Edgmon; Independent

The 2018 Alaska House of Representatives election were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary election on August 21, 2018. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other state offices, including the gubernatorial election and the state senate elections. While Republicans gained a nominal majority in the chamber, when the new House convened in 2019, Democratic members formed a coalition with independents and dissident Republicans to re-elect Bryce Edgmon as speaker.^[1]

Overview

2018 Alaska House of Representatives elections General election — November 6, 2018
Party		Votes	%	Candidates	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	136,961	51.60%	36	21	23	2
	Democratic	99,956	37.66%	34	17	16	1
	Independent	23,074	8.69%	11	2	1	1
	Libertarian	2,274	0.85%	3	0	0
	Write-ins	3,135	1.18%	—	—	—	—

Popular vote

Republican			51.60%
Democratic			37.66%
Independent			8.69%
Libertarian			0.85%
Write-in			1.18%

Seats

Republican			57.50%
Democratic			40.00%
Independent			2.50%

Results

District 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40

District 1

2018 Alaska's House district 1 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bart LeBon	2,663	49.85%
	Democratic	Kathryn Dodge	2,662	49.83%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	17	0.32%
Total votes			5,342	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

After originally being tied, a recount was ordered, which put LeBon ahead by only one vote. On December 5, Dodge appealed the result to the Alaska Supreme Court.^[2] However, on January 4, the court denied Dodge's appeal, officially making LeBon the winner.^[3]

District 2

2018 Alaska's House district 2 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Thompson (incumbent)	2,340	66.14%
	Democratic	Van Lawrence	1,186	33.52%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	12	0.34%
Total votes			3,538	100%
	Republican hold

District 3

2018 Alaska's House district 3 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tammie Wilson (incumbent)	4,854	92.14%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	414	7.86%
Total votes			5,286	100%
	Republican hold

District 4

2018 Alaska's House district 4 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grier Hopkins	4,356	51.74%
	Republican	Jim Sackett	3,650	43.35%
	Independent	Tim Lankin	395	4.69%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	18	0.21%
Total votes			8,419	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

2018 Alaska's House district 5 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Wool (incumbent)	3,484	53.02%
	Republican	Kevin McKinley	3,057	46.52%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	30	0.46%
Total votes			6,571	100%
	Democratic hold

District 6

2018 Alaska's House district 6 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Talerico (incumbent)	4,001	59.29%
	Democratic	Ed Alexander	2,722	40.34%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	25	0.59%
Total votes			6,748	100%
	Republican hold

District 7

2018 Alaska's House district 7 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Colleen Sullivan-Leonard (incumbent)	5,705	95.23%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	286	4.77%
Total votes			5,991	100%
	Republican hold

District 8

2018 Alaska's House district 8 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Neuman (incumbent)	5,126	72.29%
	Democratic	James Chesbro	1,184	16.7%
	Libertarian	Mark Fish	767	10.82%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	14	0.2%
Total votes			7,091	100%
	Republican hold

District 9

2018 Alaska's House district 9 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Rauscher (incumbent)	5,209	67.49%
	Democratic	Bill Johnson	1,962	25.42%
	Independent	James Squyres	515	6.67%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	32	0.41%
Total votes			7,718	100%
	Republican hold

District 10

2018 Alaska's House district 10 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Eastman (incumbent)	4,524	57.36%
	Democratic	Patricia Faye-Brazel	1,731	21.95%
	Independent	Doyle Holmes	1,616	20.49%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	16	0.2%
Total votes			7,887	100%
	Republican hold

District 11

2018 Alaska's House district 11 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	DeLena Johnson (incumbent)	5,739	71.76%
	Democratic	Eileen Patterson	2,217	27.72%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	42	0.39%
Total votes			7,998	100%
	Republican hold

District 12

2018 Alaska's House district 12 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cathy Tilton (incumbent)	6,099	75.14%
	Democratic	Stephany Jeffers	1,993	24.55%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	25	0.31%
Total votes			8,117	100%
	Republican hold

District 13

2018 Alaska's House district 13 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nancy Dahlstrom	3,328	70.96%
	Democratic	Danyelle Kimp	1,346	28.7%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	16	0.34%
Total votes			4,690	100%
	Republican hold

On December 5, Governor Mike Dunleavy named Dahlstrom the new Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Corrections.^[4] 15 days later, Dunleavy appointed former lieutenant governor candidate Sharon Jackson to fill Dahlstrom's seat.^[5]

District 14

2018 Alaska's House district 14 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Merrick	5,485	65.57%
	Independent	Joe Hackenmueller^[b]	2,814	33.64%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	66	0.45%
Total votes			8,365	100%
	Republican hold

District 15

2018 Alaska's House district 15 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gabrielle LeDoux (incumbent)	1,380	41.64%
	Democratic	Lyn Franks	1,139	34.37%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	795	23.99%
Total votes			3,314	100%
	Republican hold

District 16

2018 Alaska's House district 16 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ivy Spohnholz (incumbent)	3,249	55.11%
	Republican	Stanley Wright	2,618	44.41%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	28	0.47%
Total votes			5,895	100%
	Democratic hold

District 17

2018 Alaska's House district 17 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Josephson (incumbent)	3,171	59.47%
	Republican	Marcus Sanders	2,148	40.29%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	13	0.24%
Total votes			5,332	100%
	Democratic hold

District 18

2018 Alaska's House district 18 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriet Drummond (incumbent)	3,771	64.72%
	Republican	Anthony Lekanoff	2,034	34.91%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	22	0.38%
Total votes			5,827	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

2018 Alaska's House district 19 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Geran Tarr (incumbent)	2,531	66.82%
	Libertarian	Cean Stevens	1,211	31.97%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	46	6.02%
Total votes			3,788	100%
	Democratic hold

District 20

2018 Alaska's House district 20 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zack Fields	3,738	65.33%
	Republican	Ceezar Martinson	1,662	29.05%
	Libertarian	Warren West	296	5.17%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	26	0.45%
Total votes			5,722	100%
	Democratic hold

District 21

2018 Alaska's House district 21 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Claman (incumbent)	4,058	54.55%
	Republican	Marilyn Stewart	3,364	45.22%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	17	0.23%
Total votes			7,439	100%
	Democratic hold

District 22

2018 Alaska's House district 22 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sara Rasmussen	3,478	47.14%
	Independent	Jason Grenn (incumbent)	3,031	41.08%
	Democratic	Dustin Darden	860	11.66%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	9	0.12%
Total votes			7,378	100%
	Republican gain from Independent

District 23

2018 Alaska's House district 23 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Tuck (incumbent)	2,973	53.13%
	Republican	Connie Dougherty	2,605	46.55%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	18	0.32%
Total votes			5,596	100%
	Democratic hold

District 24

2018 Alaska's House district 24 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Kopp (incumbent)	4,933	60.25%
	Democratic	Sue Levi	3,224	39.37%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	31	0.41%
Total votes			8,188	100%
	Republican hold

District 25

2018 Alaska's House district 25 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Josh Revak	3,637	51.9%
	Democratic	Pat Higgins	3,356	47.89%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	15	0.21%
Total votes			7,008	100%
	Republican hold

District 26

2018 Alaska's House district 26 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laddie Shaw	4,826	62.31%
	Democratic	Anita Thorne	2,886	37.26%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	33	0.43%
Total votes			7,745	100%
	Republican hold

District 27

2018 Alaska's House district 27 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lance Pruitt (incumbent)	3,867	50.89%
	Democratic	Liz Snyder	3,686	48.51%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	45	0.41%
Total votes			7,598	100%
	Republican hold

District 28

2018 Alaska's House district 28 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer Johnston (incumbent)	5,557	54.43%
	Democratic	Amber Lee	4,628	45.33%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	24	0.24%
Total votes			10,209	100%
	Republican hold

District 29

2018 Alaska's House district 29 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Carpenter	5,550	68.78%
	Democratic	Amber Lee	2,487	30.82%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	32	0.4%
Total votes			8,069	100%
	Republican hold

District 30

2018 Alaska's House district 30 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Knopp (incumbent)	6,187	93.83%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	407	6.17%
Total votes			6,594	100%
	Republican hold

District 31

2018 Alaska's House district 31 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sarah Vance	5,243	54.76%
	Independent	Paul Seaton (incumbent)^[b]^[c]	4,236	44.26%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	91	0.95%
Total votes			9,570	100%
	Republican hold

District 32

2018 Alaska's House district 32 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louise Stutes (incumbent)	3,261	53.11%
	Democratic	Dennis Harris	2,072	33.75%
	Independent	Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester	767	12.49%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	40	0.65%
Total votes			6,140	100%
	Republican hold

District 33

2018 Alaska's House district 33 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sara Hannan	5,073	56.54%
	Independent	Chris Dimond	3,855	42.96%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	45	0.5%
Total votes			8,973	100%
	Democratic hold

District 34

2018 Alaska's House district 34 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andi Story	4,650	53.0%
	Republican	Jerry Nankervis	4,110	46.85%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	13	0.15%
Total votes			8,773	100%
	Democratic hold

District 35

2018 Alaska's House district 35 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (incumbent)	4,480	56.86%
	Republican	Richard Wein	3,367	42.73%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	32	0.40%
Total votes			7,879	100%
	Democratic hold

District 36

2018 Alaska's House district 36 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Daniel Ortiz (incumbent)	4,256	59.77%
	Republican	Robert W. Siversten	2,793	39.22%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	72	1.01%
Total votes			7,121	100%
	Independent hold

District 37

2018 Alaska's House district 37 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bryce Edgmon (incumbent)	2,911	64.52%
	Republican	William W. Weatherby	1,588	35.2%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	13	0.29%
Total votes			4,512	100%
	Democratic hold

District 38

2018 Alaska's House district 38 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tiffany Zulkosky (incumbent)	2,843	55.64%
	Republican	Darren Deacon	2,252	44.07%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	15	0.29%
Total votes			5,110	100%
	Democratic hold

District 39

2018 Alaska's House district 39 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neal Foster (incumbent)	4,963	95.92%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	211	4.08%
Total votes			5,174	100%
	Democratic hold

District 40

2018 Alaska's House district 40 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Lincoln (incumbent)	2,404	59.77%
	Independent	Patrick Savok	878	21.83%
	Independent	Leanna Mack	711	17.68%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	29	0.72%
Total votes			4,022	100%
	Democratic hold

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c 3 Republicans and 2 Independents joined all 17 Democrats to form a governing coalition
^ ^a ^b Filed as an independent candidate but also received the Democratic nomination in the primary.
^ Elected as a Republican in 2002 and in every election until 2016, Seaton caucused with the Democrats in the 30th legislature. Facing a competitive Republican primary, Seaton instead filed to run for reelection as an Independent and ran in the Democratic primary, winning the nomination.

References

^ Brooks, James (February 15, 2019). "Alaska House, with new-look coalition, expects to open budget discussions Monday". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^ Bohrer, Becky (December 5, 2018). "Democrat who lost Alaska House race recount plans appeal". Associated Press.
^ Ballard, Shannon (January 4, 2019). "Alaska Supreme Court upholds Bart LeBon's 1-vote victory". KTVA.
^ Rivera, Daniella (December 5, 2018). "Gov. Dunleavy announces public safety appointments, promises focus on victims of crime". KVTA. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ Quinn, Steve (December 20, 2018). "Dunleavy selects veteran Sharon Jackson to replace Dahlstrom in Alaska House". KVTA. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[coalition-1] 3 Republicans and 2 Independents joined all 17 Democrats to form a governing coalition

[IndDem-7] Filed as an independent candidate but also received the Democratic nomination in the primary.

[8] Elected as a Republican in 2002 and in every election until 2016, Seaton caucused with the Democrats in the 30th legislature. Facing a competitive Republican primary, Seaton instead filed to run for reelection as an Independent and ran in the Democratic primary, winning the nomination.

[2] Brooks, James (February 15, 2019). "Alaska House, with new-look coalition, expects to open budget discussions Monday". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[3] Bohrer, Becky (December 5, 2018). "Democrat who lost Alaska House race recount plans appeal". Associated Press.

[4] Ballard, Shannon (January 4, 2019). "Alaska Supreme Court upholds Bart LeBon's 1-vote victory". KTVA.

[5] Rivera, Daniella (December 5, 2018). "Gov. Dunleavy announces public safety appointments, promises focus on victims of crime". KVTA. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[6] Quinn, Steve (December 20, 2018). "Dunleavy selects veteran Sharon Jackson to replace Dahlstrom in Alaska House". KVTA. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

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