2016 Alaska House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska.

The 2016 Alaska House of Representatives election were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election on August 16, 2016. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. president and the state Senate. The Democrats, three Republicans, and two independents formed a governing coalition with Bryce Edgmon serving as speaker.

2016 Alaska House of Representatives election

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All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Chris Tuck Charisse Millett Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 20, 2014 January 24, 2014 Leader's seat 23rd District 25th District Seats before 16 23 Seats after 17 [Note 1] 21 [Note 1] Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 102,277 136,723 Percentage 38.33% 51.24% Swing 4.66% 0.58%   Third party   Party Independent Seats before 1 Seats after 2 [Note 1] Seat change 1 Popular vote 16,669 Percentage 6.25% Swing 2.92
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results:      Democratic gain      Independent gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Independent hold Vote share:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%      40–50%      50–60%
Speaker before election Mike Chenault Republican Elected Speaker Bryce Edgmon Democratic

Overview

2016 Alaska House of Representatives election General election — November 8, 2016
Party		Votes	Percentage	Not up	Contested	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	102,277	38.33	0	32	16	17	1
	Republican	136,723	51.24	0	31	23	21	2
	Independent	16,669	6.25%	0	8	1	2	1
	Constitution	4,634	1.74%	0	4	0	0
	Alaskan Independence	730	0.27%	0	1	0	0
	Write-ins	5,791	2.17%	0	40	0	0

Popular vote Republican   51.24% Democratic   38.33% Independent   6.25% Constitution   1.74% Alaskan Independence   0.27% Write-in   2.17%

Seats Republican   52.50% Democratic   42.50% Independent   5.00%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[1]	Likely R	October 12, 2016

Results

District 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40

District 1

2016 Alaska's House district 1 election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)	4,376	90.19%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	476	9.81%
Total votes			4,852	100%

District 2

2016 Alaska's House district 2 election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Thompson (incumbent)	3,268	73.22%
	Democratic	Truno Holdaway	1,153	25.83%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	42	0.94%
Total votes			4,463	100%

District 3

2016 Alaska's House district 3 election^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tammie Wilson (incumbent)	4,291	60.32%
	Democratic	Christina M. Sinclair	537	7.55%
	Independent	Jeanne Olson	2,270	31.91%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	16	0.22%
Total votes			7,114	100%

District 4

2016 Alaska's House district 4 election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Guttenberg (incumbent)	6,078	91.47%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	567	8.53%
Total votes			6,645	100%

District 5

2016 Alaska's House district 5 election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Wool (incumbent)	3,812	52.77%
	Republican	Aaron Lojewski	3,384	46.84%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	28	0.39%
Total votes			7,224	100%

District 6

2016 Alaska's House district 6 election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Talerico (incumbent)	5,126	68.37%
	Democratic	Jason T. Land	2,327	31.04%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	44	0.59%
Total votes			7,497	100%

District 7

2016 Alaska's House district 7 election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Colleen Sullivan-Leonard	5,293	76.42%
	Democratic	Sherie A. Olson	1,573	22.71%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	60	0.87%
Total votes			6,926	100%

District 8

2016 Alaska's House district 8 election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Neuman (incumbent)	5,753	81.36%
	Democratic	Gregory I. Jones	1,268	17.93%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	50	0.71%
Total votes			7,071	100%

District 9

2016 Alaska's House district 9 election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Rauscher	4,758	61.09%
	Constitution	Pamela Goode	2,816	36.15%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	215	2.76%
Total votes			7,789	100%

District 10

2016 Alaska's House district 10 election^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Eastman	5,901	73.98%
	Democratic	Patricia Faye-Brazel	2,021	25.34%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	54	0.68%
Total votes			7,976	100%

District 11

2016 Alaska's House district 11 election^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	DeLena Johnson	5,752	67.94%
	Independent	Bert Verrall	2,681	31.67%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	33	0.39%
Total votes			8,466	100%

District 12

2016 Alaska's House district 12 election^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cathy Tilton (incumbent)	5,597	64.83%
	Democratic	Gretchen L. Wehmhoff	2,061	23.87%
	Constitution	Karen Perry	949	10.99%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	26	0.30%
Total votes			8,633	100%

District 13

2016 Alaska's House district 13 election^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Saddler (incumbent)	4,417	94.32%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	266	5.68%
Total votes			4,683	100%

District 14

2016 Alaska's House district 14 election^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lora Reinbold (incumbent)	5,733	59.36%
	Independent	Joe Hackenmueller	3,882	40.19%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	43	0.45%
Total votes			9,658	100%

District 15

2016 Alaska's House district 15 election^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gabrielle LeDoux (incumbent)	2,834	67.54%
	Democratic	Patrick M. McCormack	1,344	32.03%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	18	0.43%
Total votes			4,196	100%

District 16

2016 Alaska's House district 16 election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ivy Spohnholz (incumbent)	3,367	51.51%
	Republican	Don Hadley	2,740	41.92%
	Independent	Ian Sharrock	410	6.27%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	19	0.29%
Total votes			6,536	100%

District 17

2016 Alaska's House district 17 election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Josephson (incumbent)	4,238	92.80%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	329	7.20%
Total votes			4,567	100%

District 18

2016 Alaska's House district 18 election^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriet Drummond (incumbent)	3,490	55.51%
	Republican	Michael W. Gordon	2,760	43.90%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	37	0.59%
Total votes			6,287	100%

District 19

2016 Alaska's House district 19 election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Geran Tarr (incumbent)	3,201	93.98%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	205	6.02%
Total votes			3,406	100%

District 20

2016 Alaska's House district 20 election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Les Gara (incumbent)	4,730	93.04%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	354	6.96%
Total votes			5,084	100%

District 21

2016 Alaska's House district 21 election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Claman (incumbent)	4,145	52.15%
	Republican	Marilyn Stewart	3,767	47.40%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	36	0.45%
Total votes			7,948	100%

District 22

2016 Alaska's House district 22 election^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jason Grenn	3,561	46.33%
	Republican	Liz Vazquez (incumbent)	3,375	43.91%
	Independence	Dustin Darden	730	9.50%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	20	0.26%
Total votes			7,686	100%

District 23

2016 Alaska's House district 23 election^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Tuck (incumbent)	3,443	56.05%
	Republican	Timothy R. Hui	2,672	43.50%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	28	0.46%
Total votes			6,143	100%

District 24

2016 Alaska's House district 24 election^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Kopp	5,019	58.55%
	Democratic	Sue Levi	3,518	41.04%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	35	0.41%
Total votes			8,572	100%

District 25

2016 Alaska's House district 25 election^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charisse Millett (incumbent)	3,685	50.41%
	Democratic	Pat Higgins	3,592	49.14%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	33	0.45%
Total votes			7,310	100%

District 26

2016 Alaska's House district 26 election^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Birch	5,141	63.86%
	Democratic	David Gillespie	2,873	35.69%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	37	0.46%
Total votes			8,051	100%

District 27

2016 Alaska's House district 27 election^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lance Pruitt (incumbent)	4,086	50.77%
	Democratic	Harry Crawford Jr.	3,929	48.82%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	33	0.41%
Total votes			8,051	100%

District 28

2016 Alaska's House district 28 election^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer Johnston	5,903	55.94%
	Democratic	Shirley A. Cote	4,606	43.65%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	44	0.42%
Total votes			10,553	100%

District 29

2016 Alaska's House district 29 election^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Chenault	6,580	91.64%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	600	8.36%
Total votes			7,180	100%

District 30

2016 Alaska's House district 30 election^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Knopp	5,346	65.29%
	Democratic	Shauna Thornton	1,868	22.81%
	Constitution	J.R. Myers	473	5.78%
	Independent	Daniel Lynch	473	5.78%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	28	0.34%
Total votes			8,188	100%

District 31

2016 Alaska's House district 31 election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Seaton (incumbent)	7,556	95.60%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	348	4.40%
Total votes			7,904	100%

District 32

2016 Alaska's House district 32 election^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louise Stutes (incumbent)	2,981	43.20%
	Independent	Duncan Fields	2,777	40.24%
	Democratic	Brent L. Watkins	1,128	16.35%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	15	0.22%
Total votes			6,901	100%

District 33

2016 Alaska's House district 33 election^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Kito III (incumbent)	7,576	95.67%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	343	4.33%
Total votes			7,919	100%

District 34

2016 Alaska's House district 34 election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Justin Parish	4,527	50.85%
	Republican	Cathy Muñoz (incumbent)	4,332	48.66%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	43	0.48%
Total votes			8,902	100%

District 35

2016 Alaska's House district 35 election^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (incumbent)	5,068	59.01%
	Republican	Sheila Finkenbinder	3,486	40.59%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	34	0.40%
Total votes			8,588	100%

District 36

2016 Alaska's House district 36 election^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dan Ortiz (incumbent)	4,109	52.43%
	Republican	Robert W. Siversten	3,319	42.35%
	Constitution	Kenneth Shaw	396	5.05%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	13	0.17%
Total votes			7,837	100%

District 37

2016 Alaska's House district 37 election^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bryce Edgmon (incumbent)	2,724	58.76%
	Republican	William W. Weatherby	1,868	40.29%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	44	0.95%
Total votes			4,636	100%

District 38

2016 Alaska's House district 38 election^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zach Fansler	4,134	95.63%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	189	4.37%
Total votes			4,323	100%

District 39

2016 Alaska's House district 39 election^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neal Foster (incumbent)	4,661	96.80%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	154	3.20%
Total votes			4,815	100%

District 40

2016 Alaska's House district 40 election^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dean Westlake	2,984	78.20%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	832	21.80%
Total votes			3,816	100%

See also

• 2016 Alaska Senate election

Notes

1. 3 Republicans and 2 independents caucus with Democrats.