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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.
Source
Ranking
As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Likely R
May 19, 2022
2022 Alaska State Senate electionPrimary election – August 16, 2022
Republican
105,695
65.01
29
29
16
Democratic
47,461
29.19
13
13
11
Independent
5,869
3.61
3
3
3
Alaska Independence
2,344
1.44
2
2
2
Veterans of Alaska
1,217
0.75
1
1
1
Totals
162,586
100.00
48
48
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Two Republicans and one Democrat withdrew before the general election.
2022 Alaska Senate electionGeneral election — November 8, 2022
Republicans Joe Wright and Clayton Trotter withdrew prior to the general election.
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
8,497
57.9
Republican
6,024
41.0
Write-in
156
1.1
14,677
100.0
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
7,707
75.7
Democratic
2,479
24.3
10,186
100.00
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
11,257
75.8
Democratic
3,561
24.0
Write-in
32
0.2
14,850
100.0
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
3,585
46.4
Republican
2,123
27.5
Republican
2,025
26.2
7,733
100.00
Party
Candidate
First choice
Round 1
Round 2
Republican
David Wilson (incumbent)
5,133
44.5
+37
5,170
44.8
+954
6,124
58.7
Republican
Steven Wright
3,347
29.0
+38
3,385
29.4
+926
4,311
41.3
Republican
Scott Clayton
2,923
25.3
+54
2,977
25.8
-2,977
Eliminated
Write-in
141
1.2
-141
Eliminated
+1,097
Republican hold
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
5,007
53.9
Republican
4,288
46.1
9,295
100.00
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
7,396
51.8
Republican
6,712
47.0
Write-in
169
1.2
14,277
100.0
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
2,664
48.8
Republican
2,426
44.4
Republican
370
6.8
5,460
100.00
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
4,274
51.1
Republican
3,509
42.0
Republican
539
6.4
Write in
35
0.4
8,357
100.00
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
5,506
62.9
Independent
2,711
31.0
Independence
539
6.2
8,756
100.00
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
8,119
62.6
Independent
4,009
30.9
Independence
774
6.0
Write-in
74
0.6
12,976
100.0
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
5,736
56.9
Republican
2,543
25.2
Independence
1,805
17.9
10,084
100.00
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
8,297
56.7
Republican
3,957
27.1
Independence
2,275
15.6
Write-in
95
0.6
14,624
100.0
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
2,386
66.2
Veterans of Alaska
1,217
33.8
3,603
100.00
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
4,436
64.7
Veterans of Alaska
Willy Keppel
2,378
34.7
Write-in
40
0.6
6,854
100.0
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.
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