The 2026 Alaska House of Representatives election will take place on November 3, 2026. All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives are up for election.
Background
Pre-election composition Following the 2024 election, a new majority coalition formed, composed of 14 Democrats, five independents, and two Republicans. The coalition, led by independent representative Bryce Edgmon, flipped the chamber from a mostly Republican coalition.
In February 2025, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee shared their plans for the 2026 cycle, which included flipping both the Alaska Senate and House of Representatives.
In late 2025, state senators Shelley Hughes and Mike Shower resigned to focus on their respective campaigns in the 2026 Alaska gubernatorial election. Governor Mike Dunleavy tapped Republican minority representatives Cathy Tilton and George Rauscher to fill their seats, creating two new vacancies in the House. The vacancies are expected to be filled via appointment by January 2026. In November 2025, Republican minority leader Mia Costello stepped down from her position, with DeLena Johnson being selected to succeed Costello.
Outgoing incumbents Retirements Republicans District 5: Louise Stutes is retiring to run for State Senate. District 18: David Nelson is retiring. District 24: Dan Saddler is retiring. District 34: Frank Tomaszewski is retiring to run for State Senate.
Democrats District 13: Andy Josephson is retiring.
Independents District 37: Bryce Edgmon is retiring to run for State Senate.
Campaign Many open seats have attracted considerable attention and spending amid the tight contest over control of the chamber, in addition to heavy spending in races with vulnerable incumbents. While very few seats are hosting competitive primaries with more than four candidates, the most competitive races still brought in significant fundraising in the leadup to them. Candidates expected to caucus with the existing bipartisan coalition have raised the most, with a number of outside groups boosting them as well.
No incumbent representatives failed to advance to the general election. Democratic candidates performed particularly well, with none of their incumbents trailing Republicans, while a number of Republicans trailed Democratic or Independent challengers. These results indicated a likely continuation of the state's Democratic-led coalition, if they carry over to the general election, signalling more opportunities for the coalition to make gains than for the Republican minority. Following the primary election, 10 candidates withdrew from the general election across the state.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball Lean Coalition January 22, 2026
Overview Primary election – August 18, 2026PartyVotes%CandidatesAdvanced to generalSeats contestingRepublican68,94746.50%474032Democratic45,91330.96%292724Independent33,09222.32%282419Libertarian3260.22%211Totals148,278100.0%10692—
Summary of results District Incumbent Party Electedrepresentative Party 1 Rep 2 Ind 3 Dem 4 Dem Dem 5 † Rep 6 Rep 7 Rep 8 Rep 9 Ind 10 Rep Rep 11 Rep 12 Ind 13 Dem Dem 14 IndInd 15 Rep 16 Dem17 Dem 18 † Rep 19 Dem Dem 20 Dem 21 Dem 22 DemDem 23 Rep 24 Rep Rep 25 Rep 26 Rep27 Rep Rep 28 Rep 29 Rep 30 Rep 31 Dem 32 Rep Rep 33 Rep 34 Rep 35 Dem 36 Rep 37 † Ind 38 Dem 39 Dem 40 Dem Dem
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__
District 1 Incumbent Republican Jeremy Bynum is seeking re-election. Grant EchoHawk, a former member of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly, is running against him.
District 2 Incumbent independent Rebecca Himschoot is seeking reelection. Republican "Kenny Karl" Skaflestad, the former mayor of Hoonah, is challenging her.
District 3 Incumbent Democrat Andi Story is seeking reelection. Republican Annette Kreitzer, the former Haines Borough manager, is running against her.
District 4 Incumbent Democrat Sara Hannan is seeking reelection unopposed.
District 5 Incumbent coalition Republican Louise Stutes is not seeking re-election, instead running for State Senate. Republican Sheldon Prout did not say if he would join the coalition, while independent Kathy Simpler, a teacher and National Education Association board member, indicated that she would join.
District 6 Incumbent Republican Sarah Vance is seeking reelection. She faces independent Brent Johnson, who ran against Vance in 2024.
District 7 Incumbent Republican Justin Ruffridge is seeking re-election.
District 8 Incumbent Republican Bill Elam is seeking reelection.
District 9 Incumbent independent Ky Holland is seeking reelection. Republican John Boyle, a former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, is challenging him.
District 10 Incumbent coalition Republican Chuck Kopp is seeking reelection unopposed.
District 11 Incumbent Republican Julie Coulombe is seeking reelection.
District 12 Incumbent independent Calvin Schrage is seeking reelection.
District 13 Incumbent Democrat Andy Josephson is not seeking reelection. Democrat Lisa Keller is running unopposed after fellow Democrat Felix Rivera withdrew following the primary election. Republican Sarah Short filed for this seat but was denied a place on the ballot due to improper paperwork.
District 14 Incumbent independent Alyse Galvin is seeking reelection. She will face fellow independent candidate Russell Wyatt.
District 15 Incumbent Republican Mia Costello, the former House minority leader, is seeking re-election. She faces a rematch against Democrat Denny Wells, whom she defeated in 2024.
District 16 Incumbent Democrat Carolyn Hall is seeking re-election. Former Republican representative Liz Vazquez is running against her.
District 17 Incumbent Democrat Zack Fields is seeking reelection. Independent Mathew Salisbury withdrew following the primary election.
District 18 Incumbent Republican David Nelson is not seeking re-election. Former Democratic representative Cliff Groh, whom Nelson narrowly defeated in 2024, is running for his old seat.
District 19 Incumbent Democrat Genevieve Mina is seeking reelection unopposed.
District 20 Incumbent Democrat Andrew Gray is seeking reelection.
District 21 Incumbent Democrat Donna Mears is seeking reelection.
District 22 Incumbent Democrat Ted Eischeid is seeking reelection. The Alaska Democratic Party sued to disqualify Eischeid's Republican opponent, Jose Tagle, over incomplete campaign finance disclosure forms, leaving Eischeid unopposed in the general election.
District 23 Incumbent Republican Jamie Allard is seeking reelection. She faces four challengers, including Democrat Jim Arlington, whom Allard defeated in 2024.
District 24 Incumbent Republican Dan Saddler is not seeking re-election.
District 25 Incumbent Republican DeLena Johnson is seeking reelection.
District 26 Incumbent Republican Cathy Tilton resigned in November 2025 after being appointed to the Alaska State Senate by governor Mike Dunleavy. Tilton's former aide Steve St. Clair was appointed to succeed her. St. Clair is running for a full term.
District 27 Incumbent Republican Jubilee Underwood is running for reelection. Highly-controversial former Republican representative David Eastman, a member of the far-right Oath Keepers, whom Underwood narrowly defeated in 2024, is challenging her for his old seat.
District 28 Incumbent Republican Elexie Moore is seeking re-election.
District 29 Incumbent Republican George Rauscher resigned in November 2025 after being appointed to the Alaska State Senate by Governor Mike Dunleavy. Garret Nelson was appointed to succeed Rauscher. Nelson is running for a full term.
District 30 Incumbent Republican Kevin J. McCabe is seeking reelection.
District 31 Incumbent Democrat Maxine Dibert is seeking re-election.
District 32 Incumbent Republican Will Stapp is seeking reelection.
District 33 Incumbent Republican Mike Prax is seeking re-election.
District 34 Incumbent Republican Frank Tomaszewski is not seeking reelection, instead running for State Senate. His wife, Harmony Tomaszewski, is running to replace him.
District 35 Incumbent Democrat Ashley Carrick is seeking reelection.
District 36 Incumbent Republican Rebecca Schwanke is seeking re-election.
District 37 Incumbent independent and Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon is not seeking reelection, instead running for State Senate. Seven candidates are running to replace him, including multiple independents who would likely caucus with the existing coalition government Edgmon leads.
District 38 Incumbent Democrat Nellie Unangiq Jimmie is seeking reelection. Former Democratic representative CJ McCormick, whom Jimmie narrowly defeated in 2024, is running to reclaim his seat.
District 39 Incumbent Democrat Neal "Quannaq" Foster is seeking reelection.
District 40 Incumbent Democrat Robyn Niayuq Frier is seeking reelection. She is being challenged by Kotzebue mayor Saima Chase, who was the runner-up for this seat in 2024.
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Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates Jeremy Bynum (R) Grant EchoHawk (I) Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates Alston Evans (I) Rebecca Himschoot (I) Official campaign websites for 3rd district candidates Annette Kreitzer (R) Andi Story (D) Official campaign websites for 4th district candidates Sara Hannan (D) Official campaign websites for 5th district candidates Sheldon Prout (R) Kathy Simpler (I) Official campaign websites for 6th district candidates Brent Johnson (I) Sarah Vance (R) Official campaign websites for 7th district candidates Justin Ruffridge (R) Official campaign websites for 8th district candidates Bill Elam (R) Frank Quinn (I) Nissa Savage (I) Official campaign websites for 9th district candidates John Boyle (R) Ky Holland (I) Official campaign websites for 10th district candidates Charles Kopp (R) Official campaign websites for 11th district candidates Julie Coulombe (R) Danni Hall (D) Official campaign websites for 12th district candidates Calvin Schrage (I) Official campaign websites for 13th district candidates Lisa Keller (D) Official campaign websites for 14th district candidates Alyse Galvin (I) Official campaign websites for 15th district candidates Mia Costello (R) Denny Wells (D) Official campaign websites for 16th district candidates Carolyn Hall (D) Liz Vazquez (R) Official campaign websites for 17th district candidates Zack Fields (D) Official campaign websites for 18th district candidates Cliff Groh (D) Dan Sager (R) Official campaign websites for 19th district candidates Genevieve Mina (D) Official campaign websites for 20th district candidates Andrew Gray (D) Official campaign websites for 21st district candidates Donna Mears (D) Aimee Sims (R) Official campaign websites for 22nd district candidates Ted Eischeid (D) Official campaign websites for 23rd district candidates Jamie Allard (R) Jim Arlington (D) Lee Hammermeister (D) Ruby Jones (I) Official campaign websites for 24th district candidates Ken McCarty (R) Gina Wall (R) Official campaign websites for 25th district candidates Michael Bowles (R) DeLena Johnson (R) Steven Merritt (I) Official campaign websites for 26th district candidates Steve St. Clair (R) Jeanne Troshynski (D) Official campaign websites for 27th district candidates David Eastman (R) Jubilee Underwood (R) Official campaign websites for 28th district candidates Kathleen Kennedy (D) Elexie Moore (R)