2024 Alaska Senate election

2024 Alaska Senate elections

November 5, 2024
10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Leader Gary Stevens (coalition) None (coalition) None (minority) Party Republican Democratic Republican Leader since January 17, 2023 Leader's seat C District Current seats 8 9 3
Democratic coalition incumbent      Republican coalition incumbent      No election

The 2024 Alaska Senate elections took place on November 5, 2024, with the primary elections being held on August 20, 2024. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska State Senate, with half of the seats up for election every two years.

Background

Republicans maintained control of the state senate from the 2012 election until the 2022 midterms, after which a coalition government between 8 of the 11 Republicans and all 9 Democrats was formed. The 3 remaining Republicans did not join the coalition; none of their seats are up for election. Some majority-coalition Republicans faced conservative opponents who vowed not to join the caucus, such as Jesse Bjorkman and Kelly Merrick, who face challenges from State Representatives Ben Carpenter and Ken McCarty respectively.

Overview

Primary elections

2024 Alaska State Senate election Primary election – August 20, 2024
Party		Votes	%	Candidates	Advancing to general	Seats contesting
	Republican	26,810	51.06	16	12	7
	Democratic	20,988	39.97	8	8	8
	Undeclared	4,056	7.72	2	2	2
	Independence	653	1.24	2	1	1
Totals		52,507	100.00	28	23	—

Summary of results

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
B	Jesse Kiehl		Dem	Jesse Kiehl		Dem
D	Jesse Bjorkman		Rep
F	James D. Kaufman		Rep
H	Matt Claman		Dem
J	Forrest Dunbar		Dem	Forrest Dunbar		Dem
L	Kelly Merrick		Rep
N	David Wilson		Rep
P	Scott Kawasaki		Dem
R	Click Bishop†		Rep
T	Donny Olson		Dem	Donny Olson		Dem

Retirements

1. R District: Click Bishop is retiring.

Detailed results

• Source for primary results

Certified candidate list:

District B

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse Kiehl (incumbent)	6,256	100.0
Total votes			6,256	100.0

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse Kiehl (incumbent)
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes				100.0

District D

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jesse Bjorkman (incumbent)	2,924	44.3
	Republican	Ben Carpenter	2,660	40.3
	Democratic	Tina Wegener	845	12.8
	Independence	Andy Cizek (withdrew)	172	2.6
Total votes			6,601	100.0

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jesse Bjorkman (incumbent)
	Republican	Ben Carpenter
	Democratic	Tina Wegener
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes

District F

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janice Park	2,737	48.8
	Republican	James D. Kaufman (incumbent)	2,563	45.7
	Republican	Harold Borbridge	307	5.5
Total votes			5,607	100.0

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janice Park
	Republican	James D. Kaufman (incumbent)
	Republican	Harold Borbridge
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes				100.0

District H

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Claman (incumbent)	4,036	60.1
	Republican	Thomas McKay (withdrew)	1,393	20.7
	Republican	Liz Vazquez	1,287	19.2
Total votes			6,716	100.0

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Claman (incumbent)
	Republican	Liz Vazquez
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes				100.0

District J

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar (incumbent)	2,253	72.3
	Independent	Cheronda Smith	863	27.7
Total votes			3,116	100.0

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar (incumbent)
	Independent	Cheronda Smith
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes				100.0

District L

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Merrick (incumbent)	2,332	33.9
	Republican	Jared Goecker	2,247	32.7
	Democratic	Lee Hammermeister	1,003	14.6
	Republican	Ken McCarty (withdrew)	779	11.3
	Republican	Sharon Jackson (withdrew)	513	7.5
Total votes			6,874	100.0

After the primary, McCarty withdrew from the race and endorsed Goecker. This would normally mean that Jackson, the fifth place finisher, would move up, but she also endorsed Goecker.

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Merrick (incumbent)
	Republican	Jared Goecker
	Democratic	Lee Hammermeister
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes				100.0

District N

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Wilson (incumbent)	1,724	41.4
	Republican	Robert Yundt	1,360	32.7
	Republican	Stephen Wright	1,080	25.9
Total votes			4,164	100.0

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Wilson (incumbent)
	Republican	Robert Yundt
	Republican	Stephen Wright
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes				100.0

District P

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leslie Hajdukovich	1,764	51.35
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)	1,671	48.65
Total votes			3,435	100.0

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leslie Hajdukovich
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes				100.0

District R

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Cronk	3,305	43.8
	Independent	Savannah Fletcher	3,193	42.3
	Republican	James Squyres (withdrew)	572	7.6
	Independence	Robert Williams	481	6.4
Total votes			7,551	100.0

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Cronk
	Independent	Savannah Fletcher
	Independence	Robert Williams
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes				100.0

District T

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donny Olson (incumbent)	2,187	100.0
Total votes			2,187	100.0

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donny Olson (incumbent)
	Write-in	Write-ins
Total votes				100.0

See also

• List of Alaska State Legislatures