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DeLena Johnson
| DeLena Johnson |
|---|
| Johnson in 2013 |
| Incumbent |
| Assumed office November 29, 2025 |
| Mia Costello |
| Incumbent |
| Assumed office January 17, 2017 |
| Shelley Hughes |
| 11th district (2017–2023)25th district (2023–present) |
| 1963 or 1964 (age 61–62)Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Republican |
| Steven Johnson |
| 5 |
| Matanuska-Susitna College (AAS)University of Alaska, Anchorage (BS) |
DeLena Johnson (born 1963/1964) is a United States politician who sits in the Alaska House of Representatives. She is a member of the Republican Party, representing District 25. Prior to redistricting she represented District 11. The Republican caucus voted to make her Minority Leader on November 29, 2025, succeeding Mia Costello who resigned from the role.
Prior to serving on the legislature, Johnson was twice elected as Mayor of Palmer, Alaska.
Johnson was born in Portland, Oregon and moved to Talkeetna, Alaska with her family in 1967, at the age of three. She attended Susitna Valley High School. She then earned an associates degree from Matanuska–Susitna College and a BA degree in mathematics from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
A Republican, Johnson was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives on November 8, 2016. Johnson served as a member of the House Energy, House Resources, and House State Affairs committees.
In 2020, Johnson sponsored a resolution requesting the United States Secretary of the Treasury to mint $1 coins honoring Elizabeth Peratrovich under the Native American $1 Coin Act. The resolution was successful.
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Johnson was reelected in 2018 and 2020.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 2,197 | 100.0 | |
| 2,197 | 100.0 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 7,817 | 95.9 | |
| Write-in | 338 | 4.1 | |
| 8,155 | 100.0 | ||
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