2018 Alaska Senate election

The 2018 Alaska Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary election on August 21, 2018.^[1][2] Voters in the 10 districts of the Alaska Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for the state House.

2018 Alaska Senate election

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10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Peter Micciche Berta Gardner Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 17, 2017 January 17, 2015 Leader's seat District O District I Seats before 14 6 Seats after 13 7 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 65,376 51,891 Percentage 50.12% 39.78%
Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election Peter Micciche Republican Elected President pro tempore Peter Micciche Republican

Overview

2018 Alaska Senate election General election — November 6, 2018
Party		Votes	%	Seats not up	Seats up	Candidates	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	65,376	50.12	6	8	8	14	13	1
	Democratic	51,891	39.78	3	3	8	6	7	1
	Independent	6,803	5.22	—	—	1	0	0
	Write-ins	6,366	4.88	—	—	—	—	—

Close races

District	Winner	Margin
District A	Democratic (flip)	1.99%
District K	Republican	14.32%
District M	Republican	17.25%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[3]	Safe R	October 8, 2018

Detailed results

A District • C District • E District • G District • I District • K District • M District • O District • Q District • S District

District A

2018 Alaska Senate election, district A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki	4,577	50.79
	Republican	Pete Kelly (incumbent)	4,398	48.8
	Write-ins	Write-ins	37	0.41
Total votes			9,012	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District C

2018 Alaska Senate election, district C

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Click Bishop (incumbent)	10,030	92.05
	Write-ins	Write-ins	866	7.95
Total votes			10,896	100%
	Republican hold

District E

2018 Alaska Senate election district E

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Shower (incumbent)	11,558	74.1
	Democratic	Susan Kay	3,992	25.59
	Write-ins	Write-ins	48	0.31
Total votes			15,598	100%
	Republican hold

District G

2018 Alaska Senate election, district G

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lora Reinbold	8,257	62.39
	Democratic	Oliver Schiess	4,911	37.11
	Write-ins	Write-ins	66	0.5
Total votes			13,234	100%
	Republican hold

District I

2018 Alaska Senate election, district I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elvi Gray-Jackson	6,724	59.9
	Republican	Jim Crawford	4,462	39.75
	Write-ins	Write-ins	39	0.35
Total votes			11,225	100%
	Democratic hold

District K

2018 Alaska Senate election, district K

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mia Costello (incumbent)	8,389	57.01
	Democratic	Sam Cason	6,281	42.69
	Write-ins	Write-ins	44	0.3
Total votes			14,714	100%
	Republican hold

District M

2018 Alaska Senate election, district M

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Birch	8,665	58.48
	Democratic	Janice Park	6,110	41.23
	Write-ins	Write-ins	43	0.29
Total votes			14,818	100%
	Republican hold

District O

2018 Alaska Senate election, district O

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Micciche (incumbent)	9,617	66.82
	Write-ins	Write-ins	4,776	33.18
Total votes			14,393	100%
	Republican hold

District Q

2018 Alaska Senate election, district Q

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse Kiehl	11,121	61.88
	Independent	Don Etheridge	6,803	37.85
	Write-ins	Write-ins	49	0.27
Total votes			17,973	100%
	Democratic hold

District S

2018 Alaska Senate election, district S

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lyman Hoffman (incumbent)	8,175	95.36
	Write-ins	Write-ins	398	4.64
Total votes			8,573	100%
	Democratic hold