2022 Alaska House of Representatives election

The 2022 Alaska House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election on August 16, 2022. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives, in conjunction with state senate elections and the biennial United States elections for federal offices.

Background
In 2020, Alaskan voters approved Ballot Measure 2, an initiative to implement a nonpartisan blanket top-four primary with a single, open primary where candidates from all parties are listed on the ballot and the top four vote getters advance to the general election. The general election is then resolved using instant-runoff voting, where voters rank the candidates and the candidates receiving the lowest votes are eliminated one by one until one candidate has a majority. The first elections using the new system will be the 2022 election cycle. As of the close of candidate filing, only one election for the Alaska House of Representatives had more than four candidates.

General election
Eight candidates withdrew from the general election after advancing from the primary. In District 35, Independent Tim Parker withdrew and was replaced on the general election ballot by Kieran Brown of the Constitution Party.

Summary of results


Retiring incumbents

 * District 2: Steve Thompson (R)
 * District 13: Chris Tuck (D)
 * District 14: Kelly Merrick (Coalition R) (ran for state senate)
 * District 16: Ivy Spohnholz (D)
 * District 19: Geran Tarr (D) (ran for state senate)
 * District 21: Matt Claman (D) (ran for state senate)
 * District 22: Sara Rasmussen (Independent R)
 * District 24: Ken McCarty (R) (ran for state senate)
 * District 27: Christopher Kurka (R) (ran for governor)
 * District 27: Liz Snyder (D)
 * District 28: James Kaufman (R) (ran for state senate)
 * District 35: Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D)
 * District 35: Adam Wool (D) (ran for U.S. House)
 * District 38: Tiffany Zulkosky (D)

District 1

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District 2

 * Primary

Himschoot said she planned on joining the bipartisan coalition if elected.
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District 3

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District 4

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District 5

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District 6

 * Primary


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District 7

 * Primary


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District 8

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District 9

 * Primary


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District 10

 * Primary

Sue Levi withdrew after the primary.
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District 11

 * Primary

Featherly expressed willingness to join a bipartisan coalition if he won. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |7,645 ! colspan=3 | 7,671 ! colspan=3 |7,242 ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 519 ! colspan=2 | 948
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 * + colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 11
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Julie Coulombe
 * 2,952
 * 38.6
 * 49
 * 3,001
 * 39.1
 * +676
 * 3,677
 * 50.8
 * style="text-align:left" | Independent
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Walter Featherly
 * 3,476
 * 45.5
 * 8
 * 3,484
 * 45.4
 * +81
 * 3,565
 * 49.2
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Ross Bieling
 * 1,177
 * 15.4
 * 9
 * 1,186
 * 15.5
 * -1,186
 * colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in
 * 40
 * 0.5
 * -40
 * colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * +429

District 12

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District 13

 * Primary


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District 14

 * Primary

Galvin said she would join the bipartisan coalition if elected.
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District 15

 * Primary

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |7,253 ! colspan=3 | 7,262 ! colspan=3 |6,959 ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 274 ! colspan=2 | 578
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 * + colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Tom McKay (incumbent)
 * 2,812
 * 38.8
 * +28
 * 2,840
 * 39.1
 * +645
 * 3,485
 * 50.1
 * style="text-align:left" | Democratic
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Denny Wells
 * 3,379
 * 46.6
 * +6
 * 3,385
 * 46.6
 * +91
 * 3,476
 * 49.9
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | David Eibeck
 * 1,026
 * 14.2
 * +14
 * 1,040
 * 14.3
 * -1,040
 * colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in
 * 36
 * 0.5
 * -36
 * colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * +304

District 16

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District 17

 * Primary


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District 18

 * Primary

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |2,105 ! colspan=3 | 2,117 ! colspan=3 |2,013 ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 180 ! colspan=2 | 284
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 * + colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 18
 * style="text-align:left" | Democratic
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Cliff Groh
 * 743
 * 35.3
 * +3
 * 746
 * 35.2
 * +299
 * 1,045
 * 51.9
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | David Nelson (incumbent)
 * 927
 * 44.0
 * 0
 * 927
 * 43.8
 * +41
 * 968
 * 48.1
 * style="text-align:left" | Democratic
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Lyn Franks
 * 426
 * 20.2
 * +18
 * 444
 * 21.0
 * -444
 * colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in
 * 9
 * 0.4
 * -9
 * colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * +104

District 19

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District 20

 * Primary


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District 21

 * Primary


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District 22

 * Primary


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District 23

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District 24

 * Primary


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District 25

 * Primary


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District 26

 * Primary


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District 27

 * Primary


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District 28

 * Primary

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 ! colspan=3 | Round 3 ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |5,924 ! colspan=3 | 5,942 ! colspan=3 |5,630 ! colspan=3 |5,056 ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 1,156 ! colspan=2 | 1,468 ! colspan=2 | 2,042
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 * + colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 28
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Jesse Sumner (politician)
 * 2,168
 * 36.6
 * +49
 * 2,217
 * 37.3
 * +201
 * 2,418
 * 43.0
 * +702
 * 3,120
 * 61.7
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Steve Menard
 * 1,523
 * 25.7
 * +52
 * 1,575
 * 26.5
 * +146
 * 1,721
 * 30.6
 * +215
 * 1,936
 * 38.3
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Rachel Allen
 * 1,273
 * 21.5
 * +14
 * 1,287
 * 21.7
 * +204
 * 1,491
 * 26.5
 * -1,491
 * colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Jessica Wright
 * 853
 * 14.4
 * +10
 * 863
 * 14.5
 * -863
 * colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in
 * 107
 * 1.8
 * -107
 * colspan="8" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * +312
 * +574

District 29

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District 30

 * Primary

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |7,538 ! colspan=3 | 7,519 ! colspan=3 |6,546 ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 616 ! colspan=2 | 1,589
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 * + colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 30
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Kevin McCabe (incumbent)
 * 3,391
 * 45.0
 * +3
 * 3,394
 * 45.1
 * +268
 * 3,662
 * 55.9
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Doyle Holmes
 * 2,595
 * 34.4
 * +13
 * 2,608
 * 34.7
 * +276
 * 2,884
 * 44.1
 * style="text-align:left" | Democratic
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Joy Mindiola
 * 1,506
 * 20.0
 * +11
 * 1,517
 * 20.2
 * -1,517
 * colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in
 * 46
 * 0.6
 * -46
 * colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * +973

District 31

 * Primary

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |5,027 ! colspan=3 | 5,062 ! colspan=3 |4,663 ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 268 ! colspan=2 | 667
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 * + colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 31
 * style="text-align:left" | Democratic
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Maxine Dibert
 * 2,469
 * 49.1
 * +9
 * 2,478
 * 49.0
 * +111
 * 2,589
 * 55.5
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Bart LeBon (incumbent)
 * 1,479
 * 29.4
 * +13
 * 1,492
 * 29.5
 * +582
 * 2,074
 * 44.5
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Kelly Nash
 * 1,040
 * 20.7
 * +52
 * 1,092
 * 21.6
 * -1,092
 * colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in
 * 39
 * 0.8
 * -39
 * colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * +399

District 32

 * Primary


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District 33

 * Primary


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District 34

 * Primary

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! style="background-color:" | ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |7,370 ! colspan=3 | 7,376 ! colspan=3 |7,213 ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 317 ! colspan=2 | 480
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 * + colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 34
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Frank Tomaszewski
 * 3,607
 * 48.9
 * +8
 * 3,615
 * 49.0
 * +398
 * 4,013
 * 55.6
 * style="text-align:left" | Democratic
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Grier Hopkins (incumbent)
 * 3,172
 * 43.0
 * +3
 * 3,175
 * 43.1
 * +25
 * 3,200
 * 44.4
 * style="text-align:left" | Republican
 * style="text-align:left" scope="row" | Nate DeMars
 * 575
 * 7.8
 * +11
 * 586
 * 7.9
 * -586
 * colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in
 * 16
 * 0.2
 * -16
 * colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"
 * +163

District 35

 * Primary

Tim Parker withdrew from the race after the primary, which allowed Kieran Brown to advance to the general election.


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District 36

 * Primary


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District 37

 * Primary


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District 38

 * Primary


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General election
Ivanoff said he would not join a bipartisan coalition if elected.

District 40

 * Primary


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