Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district

Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district is the first of 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives and was created in statehood in 1959. It is currently represented by Republican Bart LeBon.^[1] Following redistricting in 2013, the district is currently composed of downtown Fairbanks and has a population of 17,182.^[2][3]

Alaska's 1st State House of Representatives district
2023 boundaries
Representative	Bart LeBon R–Fairbanks since January 15, 2019
Population (2020)	17,182

The state legislature underwent redistricting following the 2020 census, which placed the first district in Southeast Alaska, covering the cities of Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Metlakatla.^[4] The new district will come into effect upon the start of the 33rd legislature in 2023.^[5]

Results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2014	Senate	Begich 49.5% – 44.2%
	House	Young 50.2% – 39.7%
	Governor	Walker 50.9% – 42.4%
2016	President	Trump 47.9% – 38.8%
	Senate	Murkowski 46.0% – 28.5%
	House	Young 47.1% – 37.9%
2018	House	Galvin 52.4% – 47.1%
	Governor	Begich 49.3% – 45.8%
2020	President	Trump 47.7% – 47.2%
	Senate	Sullivan 48.4% – 45.7%
	House	Galvin 51.3% – 48.4%

List of members

Non-Lettered districts (1959-1983)

Representatives	Party	Years	Residence	Source
Charles M. Jones		Democratic	January 26, 1959 – January 22, 1961	Craig	[6]
Alfred E. Widmark		Republican	January 23, 1961 - April 12, 1962	Klawock	[6]

Multi-member districts (1983–1993)

Seat A

Representative	Party	Years of Service	Residency	Notes	Ref
Ron Wendte	Democratic	1983 – January 14, 1985	Ketchikan		[7]
Robin L. Taylor	Republican	January 14, 1985 – June 10, 1992	Wrangell	Resigned to join the Alaska Senate	[8]
Carroll Fader	Republican	June 10, 1992 – January 11, 1993		Appointed	[9]

Seat B

Representative	Party	Years of Service	Residency	Notes	Ref
Jack McBride	Democratic	1983 – April 16, 1984	Ketchikan	Died in office	[10]
John Sund	Democratic	April 16, 1984 – January 9, 1989	Ketchikan	Appointed	[11]
Cheri Davis	Republican	January 9, 1989 – January 11, 1993	Ketchikan		[12]

Single-member districts (1993–present)

Representative	Party	Years of Service	Residency	Notes	Ref
Bill K. Williams	Democratic	January 11, 1993 – January 18, 2005	Saxman	Switched party to Republican in 1999	[13]
Jim Elkins	Republican	January 18, 2005 – January 16, 2007	Ketchikan		[14]
Kyle Johansen	Republican	January 16, 2007 – January 14, 2013	Ketchikan		[15]
Doug Isaacson	Republican	January 14, 2013 – January 20, 2015	North Pole	Redistricted to the 3rd district	[16]
Scott Kawasaki	Democratic	January 20, 2015 – January 15, 2019	Fairbanks	Redistricted from the 9th district	[17]
Bart LeBon	Republican	January 15, 2019 – present	Fairbanks	Redistricted to the 31st district	[18]

Recent election results

2014

Main article: 2014 Alaska House of Representatives election

2014 Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district election^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)	2,973	54.76
	Republican	Gregory Don Bringhurst	2,434	44.83
	Write-in		22	0.41
Total votes			5,429	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016

Main article: 2016 Alaska House of Representatives election

2016 Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)	4,376	90.19
	Write-in		476	9.81
Total votes			4,852	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018

Main article: 2018 Alaska House of Representatives election

2018 Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bart LeBon	2,663	49.85
	Democratic	Kathryn Dodge	2,662	49.83
	Write-in		17	0.32
Total votes			5,342	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

After originally being tied, a recount was ordered, which put LeBon ahead by only one vote. Dodge appealed the result to the Alaska Supreme Court.^[22] However, the court denied Dodge's appeal, officially making LeBon the winner.^[23]

2020

Main article: 2020 Alaska House of Representatives election

2020 Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district election^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bart LeBon (incumbent)	3,769	55.30
	Democratic	Kathryn Dodge	3,027	44.42
	Write-in		19	0.28
Total votes			6,815	100.00
	Republican hold