2016 Alaska elections

On November 8, 2016, the state of Alaska held its general election. On the ballot were races for U.S Representative, 10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate, all 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives.

Federal races

U.S. Representative election

2016 Alaska U.S. House of Representatives general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Young	155,088	50.32
	Democratic	Steve Lindbeck	111,019	36.02
	Libertarian	Jim McDermott	31,770	10.31
	NA	Bernie Souphanavong	9,093	2.95
	Write-ins	Others	1,228	0.40
Majority			44,069	14.30
Total votes			308,198	100
	Republican hold

U.S. Senate election

2016 United States Senate election in Alaska^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Murkowski (Incumbent)	138,149	44.36%
	Libertarian	Joe Miller	90,825	29.16%
	Independent	Margaret Stock	41,194	13.23%
	Democratic	Ray Metcalfe	36,200	11.62%
	Independent	Breck A. Craig	2,609	0.84%
	Independent	Ted Gianoutsos	1,758	0.56%
	Write-In	Other write-in votes	706	0.23%
Total votes			311,441	100.00%
	Republican hold

State races

Alaska House of Representatives elections

District 1

2016 Alaska's House district 1 election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott J. 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve M. 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tammie Wilson (incumbent)	4,291	60.32%
	Democratic	Truno Holdaway	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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David M. 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^[2]
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark A. 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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cathy L. 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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew L. 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriet A. 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^[2]
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Les S. 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^[2]
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jason Grenn	3,561	46.33%
	Republican	Liz Vazquez (incumbent)	3,375	43.91%
	Alaskan 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris S. 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charisse E. 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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer B. 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer B. Johnston	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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary A. 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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jonathan S. 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Daniel 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bryce E. 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^[2]
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neal Winston 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dean Westlake	2,984	78.20%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	832	21.80%
Total votes			3,816	100%

Alaska Senate election

District B

2016 Alaska's Senate district B election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Coghill Jr. (incumbent)	8,429	52.96%
	Democratic	Luke Hopkins	7,336	46.09%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	151	0.95%
Total votes			15,916	100%

District D

2016 Alaska's Senate district D election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David S. Wilson	11,689	96.44%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	431	3.56%
Total votes			12,120	100%

District F

2016 Alaska's Senate district F election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelley Hughes	12,284	71.73%
	Independent	Tim Hale	4,750	27.74%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	92	0.54%
Total votes			17,126	100%

District H

2016 Alaska's Senate district H election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Wielechowski (incumbent)	6,125	56.56%
	Republican	Kevin D. Kastner	4,674	43.16%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	30	0.28%
Total votes			10,829	100%

District J

2016 Alaska's Senate district J election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Wielechowski (incumbent)	8,103	93.49%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	564	6.51%
Total votes			8,667	100%

District L

2016 Alaska's Senate district L election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Natasha A. Von Imhof	7,645	51.81%
	Democratic	Forrest J. McDonald	5,971	40.46%
	Independent	Tom Johnson	1,088	7.37%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	53	0.36%
Total votes			14,757	100%

District N

2016 Alaska's Senate district N election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catherine A. Giessel (incumbent)	9,570	51.90%
	Independent	Vince Beltrami	8,772	47.57%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	98	0.53%
Total votes			18,440	100%

District P

2016 Alaska's Senate district P election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Stevens (incumbent)	12,950	96.40%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	484	3.60%
Total votes			13,434	100%

District R

2016 Alaska's Senate district R election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bert K. Stedman (incumbent)	12,882	95.73%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	574	4.27%
Total votes			13,456	100%

District T

2016 Alaska's Senate district T election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald C. Olson (incumbent)	8,603	96.94%
	Write-ins	Write-ins	272	3.06%
Total votes			8,875	100%

References

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