The 2024 Alaska House of Representatives election took place on November 5, 2024, as part of the biennial United States elections. All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives were up for election.
Background
Pre-election composition Republicans formed a majority coalition during the 33rd Alaska State Legislature, consisting of 19 Republicans, 2 Democrats, and 2 Independents. Republican Cathy Tilton was elected speaker and Dan Saddler served as majority leader. Independent Calvin Schrage served as minority leader of the minority coalition, consisting of 11 Democrats, 4 Independents, and 1 Republican. Republican David Eastman, continued to caucus with neither party.
Independent Josiah Patkotak resigned October 10, 2023, to become mayor of North Slope Borough. Republican Thomas Baker was appointed by Governor Mike Dunleavy to replace him.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of CNalysis September 5, 2024
Overview Primary elections 2024 Alaska State House of Representatives electionPrimary election – August 20, 2024 Party Votes % Candidates Advanced to general Seats contesting Republican 51,614 53.22% 44 39 29 Democratic 27,528 28.39% 24 24 20Independent 15,732 16.22% 14 13 10 Libertarian 1,204 1.24% 3 3 3 Independence 587 0.61% 1 1 1 Veterans of Alaska 309 0.32% 1 1 1 Totals 96,974 100.00% 87 80 —
General election 2024 Alaska House of Representatives electionsGeneral election – November 5, 2024 Party Round 1 Max Round Candidates Before After ± Votes % Votes % Republican 163,206 55.74% 159,813 55.51%39 22 21 1 Democratic 74,273 25.37% 74,931 26.03%24 13 14 1 Independent 44,424 15.17% 43,887 15.24%13 5 5 Libertarian 4,203 1.44% 3,712 1.29%3 0 0 Alaska Independence 1,670 0.57% 1,670 0.58%1 0 0 Veterans of Alaska 971 0.33% 0 0.00%1 0 0 Write-ins 4,0671.39% 3,868 1.34%— 0 0 Totals292,814 100.00% 287,881 100.00% 40 40
Close races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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Retirements Seven incumbents did not seek re-election.
Republicans District 8: Ben Carpenter retired to run for State Senate. District 9: Laddie Shaw retired. District 15: Tom McKay retired. District 28: Jesse Sumner withdrew from the ballot after the primary election. District 36: Mike Cronk retired to run for State Senate.
Democrats District 16: Jennie Armstrong retired.
Independents District 1: Dan Ortiz retired.
Defeated incumbents Republicans District 10: Craig Johnson was defeated by fellow Republican (but aligned with the Democratic-led coalition) Chuck Kopp District 22: Stanley Wright was defeated by Democrat Ted Eischeid District 27: David Eastman was defeated by fellow Republican Jubilee Underwood
Democrats District 18: Cliff Groh was defeated by Republican David Nelson District 38: Conrad McCormick was defeated by fellow Democrat Nellie "Unangiq" Jimmie
Independents District 40: Thomas "Ikaaq" Baker was defeated by Democrat Robyn "Niayuq" Burke
Results District Incumbent Party ElectedRepresentative Party 1 † Ind Rep 2 Ind Ind 3 DemDem 4 DemDem 5 Rep Rep 6 Rep Rep 7 Rep Rep 8 † Rep Rep 9 † Rep Ind 10 Rep Rep 11 Rep Rep 12 Ind Ind 13 Dem Dem 14 Ind Ind 15 † Rep Rep 16 † Dem Dem17 DemDem 18 Dem Rep 19 Dem Dem 20 Dem Dem 21 Dem Dem 22 Rep Dem 23 RepRep 24 RepRep 25 RepRep 26 RepRep27 RepRep 28 † Rep Rep 29 RepRep 30 Rep Rep 31 Dem Dem 32 RepRep 33 RepRep 34 Rep Rep 35 Dem Dem 36 † Rep Rep 37 Ind Ind 38 DemDem 39 Dem Dem 40 Rep Dem
Government formation
On November 6, the day after the election, Independent Bryce Edgmon announced that a new majority coalition would be formed based on preliminary results. Once results finalized, Edgmon announced that he would serve as speaker, a role he previously held from 2017 to 2021, and Republican Chuck Kopp would serve as majority leader of the new majority coalition consisting of 14 Democrats, 5 Independents, and 2 Republicans. The remaining 19 Republicans would caucus in the minority. Eastman, the sole Republican who did not caucus with either side, lost re-election to Republican Jubilee Underwood.
The 34th Alaska State Legislature began on January 21, 2025, and new members took office the same day. The House was also majority women with 21 members for the first time in Alaska's history.
Detailed results District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40__NOTOC__ Certified candidate list:
District 1 Incumbent Independent Dan Ortiz declined to seek re-election. Republican Jeremy Bynum faced nonpartisan candidates Agnes Moran and Grant Echohawk, whom he defeated with 52% of the vote.
District 2 Incumbent nonpartisan Rebecca Himschoot was re-elected unopposed.
District 3 Incumbent Democrat Andi Story was re-elected unopposed.
District 4 Incumbent Democrat Sara Hannan ran for re-election unopposed.
District 5 Incumbent Republican Louise Stutes ran for re-election. She faced Libertarian Leighton Radner, whom she defeated by a 55-point margin.
District 6 Incumbent Republican Sarah Vance ran for re-election. In the primary she faced nonpartisans Brent Johnson and Alana Greear, and Republican Dawson Slaughter, with Vance, Johnson, and Greear advancing to the general election. In advance of the general election, Greear withdrew and endorsed fellow independent Johnson, and Slaughter was automatically advanced to the general election as a result. In the initial results, Vance and Johnson were only separated by a margin of three points, with Slaughter holding 9.4% of the vote. Slaughter's elimination in the first round resulted in Vance gaining a majority of the vote and defeating Johnson by a 5-point margin.
General election Party Candidate First choice Round 1 Round 2 Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes %Republican (incumbent) 5,360 47.0% +3 5,363 47.0% +275 5,638 52.3% Independent 4,956 43.4% +9 4,965 43.5% +185 5,150 47.7% Republican 1,074 9.4% +4 1,078 9.5% - 1,078 Eliminated Write-in 27 0.2% - 27 Eliminated Total votes11,417 11,40610,788 Blank or inactive ballots 392 +618 1,010
District 7 Incumbent Republican Justin Ruffridge ran for re-election. He defeated fellow Republican and former state representative Ron Gillham by 18 points.
District 8 Incumbent Republican Ben Carpenter declined to seek re-election, instead unsuccessfully running for state senate. Bill Elam, a member of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, and brigadier general John Hillyer both ran to succeed Carpenter. The two Republicans both ran on a conservative platform, with differences in support for renewable energy; with Elam being open to using renewables, while Hillyer wanted to expand Alaska's natural resource extraction, and support for state education funding; with Elam supporting "reasonable" increases while Hillyer opposed any increases in funding. Elam defeated Hillyer in a close race by a margin of 4 points.
District 9 Incumbent Republican Laddie Shaw declined to seek re-election. In the lead-up to the primary election, four candidates all announced campaigns to succeed Shaw, nonpartisan Ky Holland, as well as Republicans Lucy Bauer, Lee Ellis, and Brandy Pennington. Following the primary election, Ellis and Pennington withdrew, with the former endorsing Holland while the latter endorsing Bauer. District 9 was identified as a key district to both the incumbent Republican coalition and to the Democratic minority, which hoped to form a coalition of their own in the next legislative session. During the campaign Holland campaigned on forming a new bipartisan coalition in the state legislature to counter governor Mike Dunleavy. In the general election, Holland defeated Bauer by 9 points.
District 10 Incumbent Republican Craig Johnson ran for re-election.
District 11 Incumbent Republican Julie Coulombe defeated nonpartisan Walter Featherly.
District 12 Incumbent nonpartisan Calvin Schrage defeated Republican Joe Lurtsema.
District 13 Incumbent Democrat Andy Josephson defeated Republican Heather Gottshall.
District 14 Incumbent nonpartisan Alyse Galvin defeated Democrat Harry Kamdem.
District 15 Incumbent Republican Thomas McKay declined to seek re-election. Republican and former Senate majority leader Mia Costello defeated Democrats Denny Wells and Dustin Darden.
District 16 Incumbent Democrat Jennifer Armstrong declined to seek re-election. Two candidates initially filed to run, Democrat Carolyn Hall and Independent Nick Moe. Following the primary election, Moe withdrew and endorsed Hall, leaving her effectively unopposed. Despite having withdrawn, Moe was unable to have his name removed from the ballot as he failed to meet the withdrawal deadline. In the general election, Hall won a 14-point victory over Moe.
District 17 Incumbent Democrat Zack Fields ran for re-election unopposed.
District 18 Incumbent Democrat Cliff Groh ran for re-election. Groh was defeated by Republican and former state legislator David Nelson in a rematch from the 2022 election in this district.
District 19 Incumbent Democrat Genevieve Mina ran for re-election. She defeated Republican Kaylee Anderson as well as nonpartisan Russell Wyatt.
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District 20 Incumbent Democrat Andrew Gray ran for re-election. He defeated Libertarian Scott Kohlhaas.
District 21 Incumbent Democrat Donna Mears ran for re-election. She defeated. Republican Aimée Sims
District 22 Incumbent Republican Stanley Wright ran for re-election. He was defeated by Democrat Ted Eischeid.
District 23 Incumbent Republican Jamie Allard ran for re-election. She defeated Democrat Jim Arlington.
District 24 Incumbent Republican Dan Saddler ran for re-election unopposed.
District 25 Incumbent Republican DeLena Johnson ran for re-election unopposed.
District 26 Incumbent Republican and Speaker of the House Cathy Tilton ran for re-election unopposed.
District 27 Incumbent Republican David Eastman ran for re-election. He was defeated by fellow Republican Jubilee Underwood.
District 28 Incumbent Republican Jesse Sumner initially ran for re-election. After the primary election, Sumner withdrew from the race, citing family concerns. Republican Elexie Moore defeated fellow Republican Steve Menard in the second round of ranked choice voting by a margin of 0.2%.
General election Party Candidate First choice Round 1 Round 2 Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes %Republican 2,911 37.3% +18 2,929 37.9% +314 3,243 50.1%Republican 2,777 35.6% +10 2,787 36.0% +444 3,231 49.9% Republican 1,997 25.6% +17 2,014 26.1% -2,014 Eliminated Write-in 115 1.5% -115 Eliminated Total votes7,8007,7306,474 Blank or inactive ballots 1,185 +1,256 2,441
District 29 Incumbent Republican George Rauscher ran for re-election unopposed.
District 30 Incumbent Republican Kevin J. McCabe ran for re-election. He defeated fellow Republican Doyle Holmes
District 31 Incumbent Democrat Maxine Dibert ran for re-election. She defeated former state legislator Bart LeBon in a rematch from 2022.
District 32 Incumbent Republican Will Stapp ran for re-election. He defeated Democrat Gary Damron.
District 33 Incumbent Republican Mike Prax ran for re-election unopposed.
District 34 Incumbent Republican Frank Tomaszewski ran for re-election. He defeated fellow Republican Joy Beth Cottle.
District 35 Incumbent Democrat Ashley Carrick ran for re-election. She defeated Republican Ruben McNeill.
District 36