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2022 Alaska Senate election


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, elections were held for 19 of the 20 seats; the only exception is District T, represented by Democrat Donny Olson, 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 had control of the Alaska Senate, with 13 seats to Democrats' seven seats. One Democrat caucused with the Republicans, giving them a governing majority of 14 seats.

After the 2022 elections, Republicans lost two seats to Democrats, reducing their majority to 11–9. However, a coalition government was formed with eight Republicans and all nine Democrats.

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, 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 election 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.

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal BallLikely RMay 19, 2022
2022 Alaska State Senate electionPrimary election – August 16, 2022
Republican105,69565.01292916
Democratic47,46129.19131311
Independent5,8693.61333
Alaska Independence2,3441.44222
Veterans of Alaska1,2170.75111
Totals162,586100.004848

Two Republicans and one Democrat withdrew before the general election.

2022 Alaska Senate electionGeneral election — November 8, 2022
Republican154,00464.750132713112
Democratic68,18128.671612792
Independent8,2053.45300
Alaska Independence3,0491.28200
Veterans of Alaska2,3781.00100
Write-ins2,0310.8500
237,848100.00119452020
DistrictIncumbentPartyElected SenatorParty
ABert StedmanRepBert StedmanRep
BJesse KiehlDemJesse KiehlDem
CGary StevensRepGary StevensRep
DPeter MiccicheRepJesse BjorkmanRep
ERoger HollandRepCathy GiesselRep
FJosh RevakRepJames D. KaufmanRep
GElvi Gray-JacksonDemElvi Gray-JacksonDem
HMia CostelloRepMatt ClamanDem
Natasha von Imhof
IVacantLöki TobinDem
JTom BegichDemForrest DunbarDem
KBill WielechowskiDemBill WielechowskiDem
LLora ReinboldKelly MerrickRep
MShelley HughesRepShelley HughesRep
NDavid WilsonRepDavid WilsonRep
OMike ShowerRepMike ShowerRep
PScott KawasakiDemScott KawasakiDem
QRobert Myers Jr.RepRobert Myers Jr.Rep
RClick BishopRepClick BishopRep
SLyman HoffmanDemLyman HoffmanDem
  • E District: Lora Reinbold (R)

  • F District: Josh Revak (R) (ran for U.S. House)

  • H District: Natasha von Imhof (R)

  • J District: Tom Begich (D)

  • Source for primary results

  • Source for general election results

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican5,53768.9
Republican2,50531.1
8,042100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican8,90268.8
Republican3,94130.5
Write-in980.8
12,941100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic8,921100.0
8,921100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic12,72495.8
Write-in5544.2
13,278100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican6,20863.2
Republican2,63426.8
Republican98410.0
9,826100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican7,86756.3
Republican4,35331.1
Republican1,62311.6
Write-in1320.9
13,975100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican5,15749.3
Republican3,75435.9
Independent1,54314.8
10,454100.00
PartyCandidateFirst choiceRound 1Round 2
RepublicanJesse Bjorkman6,95045.8+1227,07246.6+5327,60453.6
RepublicanTuckerman Babcock6,31141.6+206,33141.7+2636,59446.4
IndependentAndy Cizek1,76811.7+191,78711.8-1,787Eliminated
Write-in1400.9-140Eliminated
+992
Republican hold
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican4,44135.6
Democratic4,19533.7
Republican3,82330.7
12,459100.00
PartyCandidateFirst choiceRound 1Round 2
RepublicanCathy Giessel5,61133.6+415,65233.8+2,2297,88157.0
RepublicanRoger Holland (incumbent)5,52133.1+115,53233.1+4175,94943.0
DemocraticRoselynn Cacy5,49032.9+285,51833.0-5,518Eliminated
Write-in580.4-58Eliminated
+2,872
Republican hold
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican5,45354.2
Democratic4,61245.8
10,065100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican7,79554.5
Democratic6,47645.3
Write-in290.2
14,300100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic4,55257.5
Republican3,36542.5
7,917100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic6,32556.5
Republican4,83243.1
Write-in420.4
11,199100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic6,02252.6
Republican5,42447.4
11,446100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic7,86851.8
Republican7,27147.9
Write-in510.3
15,190100.0
Democratic gain from Republican
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic3,43568.0
Independent1,61532.0
5,050100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic5,01166.4
Independent2,42832.2
Write-in1051.4
7,544100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic2,94749.4
Republican1,90431.9
Democratic91615.3
Democratic2013.4
5,968100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic4,30650.0
Republican2,81332.7
Democratic1,44316.8
Write in450.5
8,607100.00
Democratic gain from Republican
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic4,13156.6
Republican3,17143.4
7,302100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic6,26758.0
Republican4,50441.7
Write-in350.3
10,806100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican5,32453.1
Republican2,87228.7
Republican1,13211.3
Republican6916.9
10,019100.00

Republicans Joe Wright and Clayton Trotter withdrew prior to the general election.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican8,49757.9
Republican6,02441.0
Write-in1561.1
14,677100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican7,70775.7
Democratic2,47924.3
10,186100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican11,25775.8
Democratic3,56124.0
Write-in320.2
14,850100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican3,58546.4
Republican2,12327.5
Republican2,02526.2
7,733100.00
PartyCandidateFirst choiceRound 1Round 2
RepublicanDavid Wilson (incumbent)5,13344.5+375,17044.8+9546,12458.7
RepublicanSteven Wright3,34729.0+383,38529.4+9264,31141.3
RepublicanScott Clayton2,92325.3+542,97725.8-2,977Eliminated
Write-in1411.2-141Eliminated
+1,097
Republican hold
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican5,00753.9
Republican4,28846.1
9,295100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican7,39651.8
Republican6,71247.0
Write-in1691.2
14,277100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic2,66448.8
Republican2,42644.4
Republican3706.8
5,460100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic4,27451.1
Republican3,50942.0
Republican5396.4
Write in350.4
8,357100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican5,50662.9
Independent2,71131.0
Independence5396.2
8,756100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican8,11962.6
Independent4,00930.9
Independence7746.0
Write-in740.6
12,976100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican5,73656.9
Republican2,54325.2
Independence1,80517.9
10,084100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican8,29756.7
Republican3,95727.1
Independence2,27515.6
Write-in950.6
14,624100.0
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic2,38666.2
Veterans of Alaska1,21733.8
3,603100.00
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic4,43664.7
Veterans of AlaskaWilly Keppel2,37834.7
Write-in400.6
6,854100.0

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.

  • 2022 United States Senate election in Alaska
  • 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Alaska
  • 2022 United States gubernatorial elections
  • 2022 United States state legislative elections
  • 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election
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  • List of Alaska State Legislatures
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