Here's everyone who filed to run for the Alaska Legislature
All but one candidate will head to the general election.
Good morning, Alaska!
In this edition: It was a surprisingly surprising filing deadline day on Wednesday with some unexpected shakeups in the moments before the 5 p.m. filing deadline. I’ll be unpacking some of the day’s highlights in a post later today, but for now after a morning of hammering out bugs and incorporating feedback (thanks, everyone!) I’ve put together what is hopefully a readable list of everyone who’s filed to run for the Alaska Legislature this year. Find the official list here and the full maps here.
Candidates who won’t continue to the general under the new top-four primary: 1. The only race with five candidates is Fairbanks’ House District 35, which is open.
Candidates running unopposed: 6 7. Sen. Kiehl and Reps. Story, Carpenter, Prax, Edgmon and Patkotak as well as CJ McCormick.
The only legislator who gets to sit this one out: Sen. Donny Olson, D-Golovin, who was spared from having to run again by this round of Alaska Redistricting.
How to keep track
* = incumbent
( *) = incumbent who is not running again
D=Democrat, R=Republican, U=Undeclared, N=Nonpartisan, AKIND=Alaska Independence Party, L=Libertarian, AKCON=Alaska Constitution Party
Southeast Alaska
* = incumbent, ( *) = incumbent who’s not running again
Senate A—Southeast
Bert Stedman* (R)
Mike Sheldon (R)
Senate B—Juneau
Jesse Kiehl* (D)
House 1-A—Southeast: Ketchikan/Wrangell/Metlakatla
Jeremy Bynum (R)
Dan Ortiz* (N)
Shevaun Meggitt (N)
House 2-A—Southeast: Sitka/Petersburg/Hoonah/Yakutat
(Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins*) (D), retiring for “other pursuits”
Kenny Skaflestad (R)
Rebecca Himschoot (N)
House 3-B—Southeast: Juneau/Haines/Skagway
Andi Story* (D)
House 4-B—Southeast: Juneau
Sara Hannan* (D)
Darrell Harmon (U)
Kodiak/Kenai
* = incumbent, ( *) = incumbent who’s not running again
Senate C—Kodiak/Homer
Gary Stevens* (R)
Heath Smith (R)
Walter Jones (R)
Senate D—Kenai
Tuckerman Babcock (R)
Jesse Bjorkman (R)
Andy Cizek (N)
(Peter Micciche*) (R), retiring
House 5-C—Kodiak/Seward/Cordova
Louise Stutes* (R)
Benjamin Vincent (R)
House 6-C—Kenai: Homer/Anchor Point/Kasilof
Sarah Vance* (R)
Louie Flora (N)
Ginger Bryant (N)
House 7-D—Kenai: Soldotna/Kenai
Ron Gillham* (R)
Justin Ruffridge (R)
House 8-D—Kenai: Nikiski/Sterling/Hope
Ben Carpenter* (R)
Anchorage
* = incumbent, ( *) = incumbent who’s not running again
Senate E—South Anchorage
Roselynn Cacy (D)
Roger Holland* (R)
Cathy Giessel (R)
Mark Cox (R)
Senate F—Anchorage Hillside
Janice Park (D)
James Kaufman (R)
Senate G—Anchorage Midtown
Elvi Gray-Jackson* (D)
Marcus Sanders (R)
Senate H—Anchorage West
(Natasha von Imhof*) (R), retiring
Matt Claman (D)
Mia Costello* (R)
Senate I—Anchorage Downtown
(Tom Begich*) (D), not running again but has yet to withdraw
Löki Gale Tobin (D)
Heather Herndon (U)
Senate J—Anchorage Mountain View/U-Med
Geran Tarr (D)
Forrest Dunbar (D)
Drew Cason (D)
Andrew Satterfield (R)
Senate K—Anchorage East
Bill Wielechowski* (D)
John Cunningham (R)
Senate L—Eagle River
(Lora Reinbold*) (R), retiring to focus on legal problems
Kelly Merrick (R)
Ken McCarty (R)
Joe Wright (R)
Clayton Trotter (R)
House 9-E—Anchorage: South Anchorage/Girdwood/Whittier
David Schaff (D)
Laddie Shaw* (R)
Rick Castillo (R)
House 10-E—Anchorage: South Anchorage/Oceanview
Sue Levi (D)
Caroline Storm (D)
Craig Johnson (R)
Mikel Insalaco (L)
House 11-F—Anchorage: Lower Hillside
(James Kaufman*) (R), running for Senate
Ross Bieling (R)
Julie Coulombe (R)
Jennifer Sonne (N)
Walter Featherly (N)
House 12-F—Anchorage: Abbott
Forrest McDonald (R)
Calvin Schrage* (N)
House 13-G—Anchorage: Taku/Campbell
Andy Josephson* (D)
Chris Tuck* (D)
Kathy Henslee (R)
Timothy Huit (AKIND)
House 14-G—Anchorage: Midtown/Spenard
Nicholas Danger (R)
Alyse Galvin (N)
House 15-H—Anchorage: Sand Lake
Denny Wells (D)
Tom McKay* (R)
David Eibeck (R)
House 16-H—Anchorage: Turnagain/Sand Lake
(Matt Claman*) (D), running for Senate
(Sara Rasmussen*) (R), retiring after district got too blue
Jennie Armstrong (D)
Joel McKinney (R)
Liz Vazquez (R)
Rick Beckes (AKCON)
House 17-I—Anchorage: Downtown Anchorage
Harriet Drummond* (D)
Zack Fields* (D)
House 18-I—Anchorage: Government Hill/JBER
Lyn Franks (D)
Cliff Groh (D)
David Nelson* (R)
House 19-J—Anchorage: Mountain View
(Geran Tarr*) (D), running for Senate
Genevieve Mina (D)
Russell Wyatt (D)
House 20-J—Anchorage: U-Med District
(Ivy Spohnholz*) (D), retiring
Andrew Gray (D)
Paul Bauer (R)
Jordan Harary (R)
Scott Kohlhass (L)
House 21-K—Anchorage: South Muldoon
(Liz Snyder*) (D), retiring
Donna Mears (D)
Forrest Wolfe (R)
Peter Knox (N)
Ian Sharrock (N)
House 22-K—Anchorage: North Muldoon
Ted Eischeid (D)
Lisa Simpson (R)
Stanley Wright (R)
House 23-L—Anchorage: Eagle River/Chugach State Park
(Kelly Merrick*) (R), running for Senate
(Ken McCarty*) (R), running for Senate
Jamie Allard (R)
Roger Branson (R)
House 24-L—Anchorage: North Eagle River/Chugiak
Daryl Nelson (D)
Sharon Jackson (R)
Dan Saddler (R)
Mat-Su
* = incumbent, ( *) = incumbent who’s not running again
Senate M—Mat-Su: Palmer
Jim Cooper (D)
Shelley Hughes* (R)
Senate N—Mat-Su: Wasilla
David Wilson* (R)
Stephen Wright (R)
Scott Clayton (R)
Senate O—Mat-Su: Greater Wasilla
Mike Shower* (R)
Doug Massie (R)
House 25-M—Mat-Su: Palmer
DeLena Johnson* (R)
Lawrence Wood (R)
House 26-M—Mat-Su: Wasilla
Cathy Tilton* (R)
Jessica Reimann (R)
Daniel Stokes (L)
House 27-N—Mat-Su: Greater Wasilla
(Christopher Kurka*) (R), running for governor
David Eastman* (R)
Stu Graham (R)
Brendan Carpenter (R)
House 28-N—Mat-Su: Wasilla
Rachel Allen (R)
Jessica Wright (R)
Jesse Sumner (R)
House 29-O—Mat-Su: Sutton/Chickaloon/Valdez
George Rauscher* (R)
Elijah Haase (N)
House 30-O—Mat-Su: Big Lake/MacKenzie/Denali/Talkeetna
Joy Mindiola (D)
Kevin McCabe* (R)
Doyle Holmes (R)
Joe Griffin (R)
Fairbanks
* = incumbent, ( *) = incumbent who’s not running again
Senate P—Fairbanks City
Scott Kawasaki* (D)
Jim Matherly (R)
Alex Jafre (R)
Senate Q—North Pole
Robb Myers* (R)
John Bennett (N)
Arthur Serkov (AKIND)
Senate R—Fairbanks West/Interior
Click Bishop* (R)
Elijah Verhagen (R)
Bert Williams (AKIND)
House 31-P—Fairbanks: Downtown Fairbanks
Maxine Dibert (D)
Bart LeBon* (R)
Kelly Nash (R)
House 32-P—Fairbanks: Fort Wainwright/Badger Road
(Steve Thompson*) (R), retiring
Van Lawrence (D)
Will Stapp (R)
Timothy Givens (R)
House 33-Q—Fairbanks: North Pole/Badger Road
Mike Prax* (R)
House 34-Q—Fairbanks: Farmers Loop/Two Rivers/Salcha
Grier Hopkins* (D)
Nate Demars (R)
Frank Tomaszewski (R)
House 35-R—Fairbanks: Chena Ridge/Ester/University
(Adam Wool*) (D), running for U.S. House
Ashley Carrick (D)
Kevin McKinley (R)
Ruben McNeill Jr. (R)
Tim Parker (NP)
Kieran Brown (AKCON)
House 36-R—Interior: Doyon/Nenana/Delta Junction/Tok
Angie Fitch Fowler (D)
Mike Cronk* (R)
Rural Alaska
* = incumbent, ( *) = incumbent who’s not running again
Senate S—Bethel/Dillingham
Lyman Hoffman* (D)
Willy Keppel (Veterans Party)
House 37-S—Bristol Bay/Dillingham/Aleutians/Unalaska
Bryce Edgmon* (U)
House 38-S—Bethel/Lower Kuskokwim
(Tiffany Zulkosky*) (D), retiring
CJ McCormick (D)
House 39-T—Nome/Bering Straits/Yukon Delta
Neal Foster* (D)
Tyler Ivanoff (AKIND)
House 40-T—Arctic/Utqiaġvik/Kotzebue
Josiah Patkotak* (N)