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.

Background 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.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball May 19, 2022

Overview Primary elections 2022 Alaska State Senate electionPrimary election – August 16, 2022 Party Votes % Candidates Advancing to general Seats contesting Republican 105,695 65.01 29 29 16 Democratic 47,461 29.19 13 13 11Independent 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 Totals162,586 100.00 48 48 — Two Republicans and one Democrat withdrew before the general election.

General election 2022 Alaska Senate electionGeneral election — November 8, 2022 Party Votes % Seats not up Seats up Candidates Before After ± Republican 154,004 64.75 0 13 27 13 11 2 Democratic 68,181 28.67 1 6 12 7 9 2 Independent 8,205 3.45 — — 3 0 0 Alaska Independence 3,049 1.28 — — 2 0 0 Veterans of Alaska 2,378 1.00 — — 1 0 0 Write-ins 2,031 0.85 — — — 0 0 Total 237,848 100.00 1 19 45 20 20

Summary of results DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party A Bert Stedman Rep Bert Stedman Rep B Jesse Kiehl Dem Jesse Kiehl Dem C Gary Stevens Rep Gary Stevens Rep D Peter Micciche Rep Jesse Bjorkman Rep E Roger Holland Rep Cathy Giessel Rep F Josh Revak Rep James D. Kaufman Rep G Elvi Gray-Jackson Dem Elvi Gray-Jackson Dem H Mia Costello Rep Matt Claman Dem Natasha von Imhof IVacantLöki Tobin Dem J Tom Begich Dem Forrest Dunbar Dem K Bill Wielechowski Dem Bill Wielechowski Dem L Lora Reinbold Kelly Merrick Rep M Shelley Hughes Rep Shelley Hughes Rep N David Wilson Rep David Wilson Rep O Mike Shower Rep Mike Shower Rep P Scott Kawasaki Dem Scott Kawasaki Dem Q Robert Myers Jr. Rep Robert Myers Jr. Rep R Click Bishop Rep Click Bishop Rep S Lyman Hoffman Dem Lyman Hoffman Dem__NOTOC__

Retiring incumbents 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)

Detailed results Source for primary results Source for general election results

District A

District B

District C

District D

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |+ colspan=6 | General election |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 |- ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 6,950 | 45.8 | +122 | 7,072 | 46.6 | +532 | 7,604 | 53.6 |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 6,311 | 41.6 | +20 | 6,331 | 41.7 | +263 | 6,594 | 46.4 |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Independent | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 1,768 | 11.7 | +19 | 1,787 | 11.8 | -1,787 | colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in | 140 | 0.9 | -140 | colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated |- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |15,169 ! colspan=3 | 15,190 ! colspan=3 |14,198 |- class="sortbottom" |- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 1,046 | +992 ! colspan=2 | 2,038 |- class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;" ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" colspan=10 | Republican hold

District E

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |+ colspan=6 | General election |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 |- ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 5,611 | 33.6 | +41 | 5,652 | 33.8 | +2,229 | 7,881 | 57.0 |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | (incumbent) | 5,521 | 33.1 | +11 | 5,532 | 33.1 | +417 | 5,949 | 43.0 |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Democratic | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 5,490 | 32.9 | +28 | 5,518 | 33.0 | -5,518 | colspan=2 align=center|Eliminated |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in | 58 | 0.4 | -58 | colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated |- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |16,680 ! colspan=3 | 16,702 ! colspan=3 |13,830 |- class="sortbottom" |- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 735 | +2,872 ! colspan=2 | 3,607 |- class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;" ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" colspan=10 | Republican hold

District F

District G

District H

District I

District J

District K

District L

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

District M

District N

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |+ colspan=6 | General election |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 |- ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | (incumbent) | 5,133 | 44.5 | +37 | 5,170 | 44.8 | +954 | 6,124 | 58.7 |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 3,347 | 29.0 | +38 | 3,385 | 29.4 | +926 | 4,311 | 41.3 |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 2,923 | 25.3 | +54 | 2,977 | 25.8 | -2,977 | colspan=3 align=center|Eliminated |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in | 141 | 1.2 | -141 | colspan=5 align=center|Eliminated |- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |11,544 ! colspan=3 | 11,532 ! colspan=3 |10,435 |- class="sortbottom" |- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 2,244 | +1,097 ! colspan=2 | 3,341 |- class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;" ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" colspan=10 | Republican hold

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District Q

District R

District S

Aftermath 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.

See also 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 2022 Alaska elections List of Alaska State Legislatures

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