2022 Alaska Senate election

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{{distinguish|2022 United States Senate election in Alaska}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2022 Alaska Senate elections

| country = Alaska

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2020 Alaska Senate election

| previous_year = 2020

| next_election = 2024 Alaska Senate election

| next_year = 2024

| seats_for_election = 19 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate

| majority_seats = 11

| election_date = November 8, 2022

| image1 = x160px

| leader1 = Peter Micciche
(retired)

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| leader_since1 = January 19, 2021

| leaders_seat1 = O District

| last_election1 = 13

| seats_before1 = 13

| seats_needed1 = {{steady}}

| seats1 = 11

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 2

| popular_vote1 = 153,603

| percentage1 = 63.76%

| swing1 =

| image2 = x160px

| leader2 = Tom Begich
(retired)

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| leader_since2 = January 15, 2019

| leaders_seat2 = J District

| last_election2 = 7

| seats_before2 = 7

| seats_needed2 = {{increase}} 4

| seats2 = 9

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2

| popular_vote2 = 66,358

| percentage2 = 27.55%

| swing2 =

| map_image = 2022 Alaska State Senate election.svg

| map_size = 350px

| map_caption = Results:
{{legend0|#F48882|Republican hold}}
{{legend0|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}} {{legend0|#0671B0|Democratic gain}}

| title = Senate President

| before_election = Peter Micciche

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Gary Stevens

| after_party = Republican

(Coalition)

}}

{{Elections in Alaska sidebar}}

The 2022 Alaska Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022, with the primary elections being held on August 16, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/electioncalendar.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326184526/http://elections.alaska.gov/Core/electioncalendar.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 26, 2017 |title=Election Calendar |website=Alaska Division of Elections |publisher=Alaska Division of Elections |access-date=January 21, 2022}} State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate, with half of the seats normally up for election every two years.{{cite web |url=https://akleg.gov/pages/legbranch.php |title=About the Legislative Branch |website=The Alaska State Legislature |publisher=The Alaska State Legislature |access-date=January 21, 2022}} However, because most districts were greatly changed in redistricting, elections were held for 19 of the 20 seats; the only exception is District T, represented by Democrat Donny Olson, which was mostly unchanged in redistricting and thus did not have an election. Some senators were elected to serve four-year terms, while others would serve shortened two-year terms.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ktoo.org/2021/11/10/alaska-redistricting-board-adopts-maps-as-opponents-expect-lawsuits/|title=Alaska Redistricting Board finishes work to adopt maps; opponents say courts could toss out portions|first1=Andrew|last1=Kitchenman|first2=Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media &|last2=KTOO|first3=Andrew|last3=Kitchenman|date=November 11, 2021|website=KTOO}}

Following the previous election in 2020, Republicans had control of the Alaska Senate, with 13 seats to Democrats' seven seats. One Democrat caucused with the Republicans, giving them a governing majority of 14 seats.

After the 2022 elections, Republicans lost two seats to Democrats, reducing their majority to 11–9. However, a coalition government was formed with eight Republicans and all nine Democrats.

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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.{{Cite web|last=Piper|first=Kelsey|date=2020-11-19|title=Alaska voters adopt ranked-choice voting in ballot initiative|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/11/19/21537126/alaska-measure-2-ranked-choice-voting-results|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Vox|language=en}} 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 election using the new system was the 2022 election cycle. As of the close of candidate filing, none of the elections for the Alaska Senate had more than four candidates.

Predictions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball{{cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Louis|title=The Battle for State Legislatures|url=https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/the-battle-for-the-state-legislatures/|date=May 19, 2022|access-date=May 19, 2022}}

|{{USRaceRating|Likely|R}}

| May 19, 2022

Overview

= Primary elections =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" | 2022 Alaska State Senate election
Primary election – August 16, 2022
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"

! colspan=2 style="width: 11em" | Party

! style="width: 5em" | Votes

! style="width: 3em" | %

! style="width: 5em" | Candidates

! style="width: 5em" | Advancing to general

! style="width: 5em" | Seats contesting

style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| style="width: 130px" | Republican

| align="right" | 105,695

| align="right" | 65.01

| align="right" | 29

| align="right" | 29

| align="right" | 16

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| style="width: 130px" | Democratic

| align="right" | 47,461

| align="right" | 29.19

| align="right" | 13

| align="right" | 13

| align="right" | 11

style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|

| style="width: 130px" |Independent

| align="right" | 5,869

| align="right" | 3.61

| align="right" | 3

| align="right" | 3

| align="right" | 3

style="background:#FFC14E;"|

| style="width: 130px" | Alaska Independence

| align="right" | 2,344

| align="right" | 1.44

| align="right" | 2

| align="right" | 2

| align="right" | 2

style ="background:#674690;"|

| style="width: 130px" | Veterans of Alaska

| align="right" | 1,217

| align="right" | 0.75

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 1

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="right" | Totals

| align="right" |162,586

| align="right" | 100.00

| align="right" | 48

| align="right" | 48

| align="right" |

Two Republicans and one Democrat withdrew before the general election.{{Cite news |last=Maguire |first=Sean |date=October 12, 2022 |title=11 Alaska legislative candidates withdraw from the general election |work=Anchorage Daily News |url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/09/06/11-alaska-legislative-candidates-withdraw-from-the-general-election/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126050603/https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/09/06/11-alaska-legislative-candidates-withdraw-from-the-general-election/ |archive-date=November 26, 2022}}

= General election =

class="wikitable"
colspan=10 | 2022 Alaska Senate election
General election — November 8, 2022
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"

! colspan=2 style="width: 10em" | Party

! style="width: 5em" | Votes

! style="width: 3em" | %

! style="width: 5em" | Seats not up

! style="width: 5em" | Seats up

! style="width: 5em" | Candidates

! style="width: 5em" | Before

! style="width: 5em" | After

! ±

style="background-color:#F33; width: 3px" |

| style="width: 130px" | Republican

| align="right" | 154,004

| align="right" | 64.75

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 13

| align="right" | 27

| align="right" | 13

| align="right" | 11

| align="right" | {{loss}} 2

style="background-color:#33F; width: 3px" |

| style="width: 130px" | Democratic

| align="right" | 68,181

| align="right" | 28.67

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 6

| align="right" | 12

| align="right" | 7

| align="right" | 9

| align="right" | {{gain}} 2

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}; width: 3px" |

| style="width: 130px" | Independent

| align="right" | 8,205

| align="right" | 3.45

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | 3

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | {{steady}}

style="background-color:#FFC14E; width: 3px" |

| style="width: 130px" | Alaska Independence

| align="right" | 3,049

| align="right" | 1.28

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | 2

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | {{steady}}

style="background-color:#674690; width: 3px" |

| style="width: 130px" | Veterans of Alaska

| align="right" | 2,378

| align="right" | 1.00

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | {{steady}}

style="background-color:; width: 3px" |

| style="width: 130px" | Write-ins

| align="right" | 2,031

| align="right" | 0.85

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | —

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | {{steady}}

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

!colspan="2"| Total

| align="right" | 237,848

| align="right" | 100.00

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 19

| align="right" | 45

| align="right" | 20

| align="right" | 20

| align="right" | {{steady}}

Summary of results

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:95%;line-height:14px;"

! class="unsortable"| District

! class="unsortable"|Incumbent

! colspan="2"| Party

! class="unsortable"|Elected Senator

! colspan="2"| Party

A

| Bert Stedman

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| Bert Stedman

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

B

| Jesse Kiehl

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Jesse Kiehl

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

C

| Gary Stevens

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| Gary Stevens

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

D

| Peter Micciche

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| Jesse Bjorkman

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

E

| Roger Holland

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| Cathy Giessel

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

F

| Josh Revak

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| James D. Kaufman

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

G

| Elvi Gray-Jackson

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Elvi Gray-Jackson

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

rowspan=2| H

| Mia Costello

|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

|rowspan=2| Rep

|rowspan=2| Matt Claman

|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

|rowspan=2| Dem

Natasha von Imhof
I

|Vacant

| style="background:{{party color|Vacant}};" |

|

|Löki Tobin

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Dem

J

| Tom Begich

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

| Dem

| Forrest Dunbar

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

K

| Bill Wielechowski

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Bill Wielechowski

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

L

| Lora Reinbold

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

|

| Kelly Merrick

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

M

| Shelley Hughes

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| Shelley Hughes

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

N

| David Wilson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| David Wilson

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

O

| Mike Shower

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| Mike Shower

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

P

| Scott Kawasaki

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Scott Kawasaki

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

Q

| Robert Myers Jr.

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| Robert Myers Jr.

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

R

| Click Bishop

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| Click Bishop

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

S

| Lyman Hoffman

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem{{efn|name=Hoffman|Sen. Hoffman had caucused with the Republican majority since 2015.}}

| Lyman Hoffman

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

T

| Donny Olson

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Donny Olson

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

__NOTOC__

Retiring incumbents

  • E District: Lora Reinbold (R){{Cite web|url=https://alaska-native-news.com/senator-lora-reinbold-will-not-seek-reelection/61813/|title=Senator Lora Reinbold Will Not Seek Reelection|website=Alaska Native News|date=May 27, 2022}}
  • F District: Josh Revak (R) (ran for U.S. House){{Cite web|url=https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/06/02/alaska-general-election-filing-deadline-passes-with-10-incumbents-not-seeking-reelection/|title=Alaska general election filing deadline passes with 10 incumbents not seeking reelection|first=Sean|last=Maguire|website=alaskasnewssource.com}}
  • H District: Natasha von Imhof (R){{Cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2022/02/15/anchorage-sen-natasha-von-imhof-will-not-run-for-re-election-or-other-office-in-2022/|title=Anchorage Sen. Natasha von Imhof will not run for reelection or other office in 2022|website=Anchorage Daily News}}
  • J District: Tom Begich (D){{Cite web|last1=Samuels|first1=Iris|last2=Herz|first2=Nathaniel|title= Senate minority leader plans retirement as Alaska's election filing deadline arrives|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2022/06/02/senate-minority-leader-plans-retirement-as-alaskas-political-filing-deadline-arrives/|work=Anchorage Daily News|access-date=June 9, 2022|date=June 2, 2022}}

Detailed results

  • Source for primary results{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/22PRIM/ElectionSummaryReportRPT.pdf|title=Official Results|date=August 16, 2022|work=Alaska Division of Elections}}
  • Source for general election results{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/22GENR/ElectionSummaryReportRPT.pdf|title=Official Results|date=November 18, 2022|work=Alaska Division of Elections}}

= District A =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Bert Stedman (incumbent)

| votes = 5,537

| percentage = 68.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Mike Sheldon

| votes = 2,505

| percentage = 31.1

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 8,042

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Bert Stedman (incumbent)

| votes = 8,902

| percentage = 68.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Mike Sheldon

| votes = 3,941

| percentage = 30.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 98

| percentage = 0.8}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 12,941

| percentage = 100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District B =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Jesse Kiehl (incumbent)

| votes = 8,921

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 8,921

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Jesse Kiehl (incumbent)

| votes = 12,724

| percentage = 95.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 554

| percentage = 4.2}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 13,278

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District C =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Gary Stevens (incumbent)

| votes = 6,208

| percentage = 63.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Heath Smith

| votes = 2,634

| percentage = 26.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Walter Jones

| votes = 984

| percentage = 10.0

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 9,826

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Gary Stevens (incumbent)

| votes = 7,867

| percentage = 56.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Heath Smith

| votes = 4,353

| percentage = 31.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Walter Jones

| votes = 1,623

| percentage = 11.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 132

| percentage = 0.9}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 13,975

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District D =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Tuckerman Babcock

| votes = 5,157

| percentage = 49.3

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Jesse Bjorkman

| votes = 3,754

| percentage = 35.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = Andy Cizek

| votes = 1,543

| percentage = 14.8

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 10,454

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

|+ colspan=6 | General election{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2022 |title=RCV Detailed Report {{!}} General Election {{!}} State of Alaska |url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/22GENR/D.pdf |access-date=February 3, 2022 |publisher=Alaska Division of Elections}}

|-

! 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:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" | Republican

| style="text-align:left" scope="row" | {{sortname|Jesse|Bjorkman|nolink=1}}

| 6,950

| 45.8

| +122

| 7,072

| 46.6

| +532

| 7,604

| 53.6

|-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" | Republican

| style="text-align:left" scope="row" | {{sortname|Tuckerman|Babcock}}

| 6,311

| 41.6

| +20

| 6,331

| 41.7

| +263

| 6,594

| 46.4

|-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |

| style="text-align:left" | Independent

| style="text-align:left" scope="row" | {{sortname|Andy|Cizek|nolink=1}}

| 1,768

| 11.7

| +19

| 1,787

| 11.8

| -1,787

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated

|-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Write-in}}" |

| style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in

| 140

| 0.9

| -140

| colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated

|- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"

! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes

! colspan=3 |15,169

! colspan=3 | 15,190

! colspan=3 |14,198

|- class="sortbottom"

|- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"

! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots

! colspan=2 | 1,046

| +992

! colspan=2 | 2,038

|- class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;"

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" colspan=10 | Republican hold

{{Election box end}}

= District E =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Cathy Giessel

| votes = 4,441

| percentage = 35.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Roselynn Cacy

| votes = 4,195

| percentage = 33.7

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Roger Holland (incumbent)

| votes = 3,823

| percentage = 30.7

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 12,459

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

|+ colspan=6 | General election {{Cite web |date=November 30, 2022 |title=RCV Detailed Report {{!}} General Election {{!}} State of Alaska |url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/22GENR/E.pdf |access-date=February 3, 2022 |publisher=Alaska Division of Elections}}

|-

! 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:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" | Republican

| style="text-align:left" scope="row" | {{sortname|Cathy|Giessel}}

| 5,611

| 33.6

| +41

| 5,652

| 33.8

| +2,229

| 7,881

| 57.0

|-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" | Republican

| style="text-align:left" scope="row" | {{sortname|Roger|Holland}} (incumbent)

| 5,521

| 33.1

| +11

| 5,532

| 33.1

| +417

| 5,949

| 43.0

|-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" | Democratic

| style="text-align:left" scope="row" | {{sortname|Roselynn|Cacy|nolink=1}}

| 5,490

| 32.9

| +28

| 5,518

| 33.0

| -5,518

| colspan=2 {{not polled}} align=center|Eliminated

|-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Write-in}}" |

| style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in

| 58

| 0.4

| -58

| colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated

|- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"

! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes

! colspan=3 |16,680

! colspan=3 | 16,702

! colspan=3 |13,830

|- class="sortbottom"

|- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"

! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots

! colspan=2 | 735

| +2,872

! colspan=2 | 3,607

|- class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;"

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" colspan=10 | Republican hold

{{Election box end}}

= District F =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = James D. Kaufman

| votes = 5,453

| percentage = 54.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Janice Park

| votes = 4,612

| percentage = 45.8

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 10,065

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = James D. Kaufman

| votes = 7,795

| percentage = 54.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Janice Park

| votes = 6,476

| percentage = 45.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 29

| percentage = 0.2}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 14,300

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District G =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Elvi Gray-Jackson (incumbent)

| votes = 4,552

| percentage = 57.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Marcus Sanders

| votes = 3,365

| percentage = 42.5

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 7,917

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Elvi Gray-Jackson (incumbent)

| votes = 6,325

| percentage = 56.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Marcus Sanders

| votes = 4,832

| percentage = 43.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 42

| percentage = 0.4}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 11,199

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner= Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District H =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Matt Claman

| votes = 6,022

| percentage = 52.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Mia Costello (incumbent)

| votes = 5,424

| percentage = 47.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 11,446

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Matt Claman

| votes = 7,868

| percentage = 51.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Mia Costello (incumbent)

| votes = 7,271

| percentage = 47.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 51

| percentage = 0.3}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 15,190

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change

| winner= Democratic Party (United States)

| loser=Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District I =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Löki Tobin

| votes = 3,435

| percentage = 68.0

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = Heather Herndon

| votes = 1,615

| percentage = 32.0

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 5,050

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Löki Tobin

| votes = 5,011

| percentage = 66.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = Heather Herndon

| votes = 2,428

| percentage = 32.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 105

| percentage = 1.4}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 7,544

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District J =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Forrest Dunbar

| votes = 2,947

| percentage = 49.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Andrew Satterfield

| votes = 1,904

| percentage = 31.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Geran Tarr

| votes = 916

| percentage = 15.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Drew Cason (withdrew)

| votes = 201

| percentage = 3.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 5,968

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Forrest Dunbar

| votes = 4,306

| percentage = 50.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Andrew Satterfield

| votes = 2,813

| percentage = 32.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Geran Tarr

| votes = 1,443

| percentage = 16.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 45

| percentage = 0.5

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 8,607

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change

| winner= Democratic Party (United States)

| loser=Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District K =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Bill Wielechowski (incumbent)

| votes = 4,131

| percentage = 56.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = John Cunningham

| votes = 3,171

| percentage = 43.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 7,302

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Bill Wielechowski (incumbent)

| votes = 6,267

| percentage = 58.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = John Cunningham

| votes = 4,504

| percentage = 41.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 35

| percentage = 0.3}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 10,806

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District L =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Kelly Merrick

| votes = 5,324

| percentage = 53.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ken McCarty

| votes = 2,872

| percentage = 28.7

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Joe Wright

| votes = 1,132

| percentage = 11.3

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Clayton Trotter

| votes = 691

| percentage = 6.9

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 10,019

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

Republicans Joe Wright and Clayton Trotter withdrew prior to the general election.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskabeacon.com/2022/09/07/legislative-primary-results-encouraged-some-house-and-senate-candidates-to-quit/|title=Legislative primary results encouraged some Alaska House and Senate candidates to quit|first=James|last=Brooks|work=Alaska Beacon|date=September 7, 2022}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Kelly Merrick

| votes = 8,497

| percentage = 57.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ken McCarty

| votes = 6,024

| percentage = 41.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 156

| percentage = 1.1}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 14,677

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District M =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Shelley Hughes (incumbent)

| votes = 7,707

| percentage = 75.7

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Jim Cooper

| votes = 2,479

| percentage = 24.3

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 10,186

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Shelley Hughes (incumbent)

| votes = 11,257

| percentage = 75.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Jim Cooper

| votes = 35,61

| percentage = 24.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 32

| percentage = 0.2}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 14,850

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District N =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = David Wilson (incumbent)

| votes = 3,585

| percentage = 46.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Steven Wright

| votes = 2,123

| percentage = 27.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Scott Clayton

| votes = 2,025

| percentage = 26.2

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 7,733

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

|+ colspan=6 | General election{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2022 |title=RCV Detailed Report {{!}} General Election {{!}} State of Alaska |url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/22GENR/N.pdf |access-date=February 3, 2022 |publisher=Alaska Division of Elections}}

|-

! 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:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" | Republican

| style="text-align:left" scope="row" | {{sortname|David|Wilson|David S. Wilson}} (incumbent)

| 5,133

| 44.5

| +37

| 5,170

| 44.8

| +954

| 6,124

| 58.7

|-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" | Republican

| style="text-align:left" scope="row" | {{sortname|Steven|Wright|nolink=1}}

| 3,347

| 29.0

| +38

| 3,385

| 29.4

| +926

| 4,311

| 41.3

|-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" | Republican

| style="text-align:left" scope="row" | {{sortname|Scott|Clayton|nolink=1}}

| 2,923

| 25.3

| +54

| 2,977

| 25.8

| -2,977

| colspan=3 {{not polled}} align=center|Eliminated

|-

! style="background-color:{{party color|Write-in}}" |

| style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in

| 141

| 1.2

| -141

| colspan=5 {{not polled}} align=center|Eliminated

|- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"

! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes

! colspan=3 |11,544

! colspan=3 | 11,532

! colspan=3 |10,435

|- class="sortbottom"

|- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6"

! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots

! colspan=2 | 2,244

| +1,097

! colspan=2 | 3,341

|- class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;"

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

| style="text-align:left" colspan=10 | Republican hold

{{election box end}}

= District O =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Doug Massie

| votes = 5,007

| percentage = 53.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Mike Shower (incumbent)

| votes = 4,288

| percentage = 46.1

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 9,295

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Mike Shower (incumbent)

| votes = 7,396

| percentage = 51.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Doug Massie

| votes = 6,712

| percentage = 47.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 169

| percentage = 1.2}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 14,277

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District P =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)

| votes = 2,664

| percentage = 48.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Jim Matherly

| votes = 2,426

| percentage = 44.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Alex Jafre

| votes = 370

| percentage = 6.8

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 5,460

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)

| votes = 4,274

| percentage = 51.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Jim Matherly

| votes = 3,509

| percentage = 42.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Alex Jafre

| votes = 539

| percentage = 6.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 35

| percentage = 0.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 8,357

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District Q =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Robert Myers Jr. (incumbent)

| votes = 5,506

| percentage = 62.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = John Bennett

| votes = 2,711

| percentage = 31.0

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Alaskan Independence Party

| candidate = Arthur Serkov

| votes = 539

| percentage = 6.2

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 8,756

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Robert Myers Jr. (incumbent)

| votes = 8,119

| percentage = 62.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = John Bennett

| votes = 4,009

| percentage = 30.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Alaskan Independence Party

| candidate = Arthur Serkov

| votes = 774

| percentage = 6.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 74

| percentage = 0.6

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 12,976

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District R =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Click Bishop (incumbent)

| votes = 5,736

| percentage = 56.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Elijah Verhagen

| votes = 2,543

| percentage = 25.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Alaskan Independence Party

| candidate = Bert Williams

| votes = 1,805

| percentage = 17.9

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 10,084

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Click Bishop (incumbent)

| votes = 8,297

| percentage = 56.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Elijah Verhagen

| votes = 3,957

| percentage = 27.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Alaskan Independence Party

| candidate = Bert Williams

| votes = 2,275

| percentage = 15.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 95

| percentage = 0.6}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 14,624

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= District S =

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Lyman Hoffman (incumbent)

| votes = 2,386

| percentage = 66.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate no change

| party = Veterans of Alaska

| color = #674690

| candidate = Willy Keppel

| votes = 1,217

| percentage = 33.8

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 3,603

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Lyman Hoffman (incumbent)

| votes = 4,436

| percentage = 64.7

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

| party = Veterans of Alaska

| color = #674690

| candidate = Willy Keppel

| votes = 2,378

| percentage = 34.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Write-in

| candidate = Write-ins

| votes = 40

| percentage = 0.6}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 6,854

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Aftermath

Negotiations for a governing coalition in the state senate occurred after ranked-choice votes in the state were tabulated. The bipartisan coalition was announced two days later on November 25, with eight Republicans and nine Democrats leading the new Senate majority. They stated that their top priorities would be energy costs, education, and the economy.{{Cite news |last=Sabbatini |first=Mark |date=November 25, 2022 |title=Bipartisan majority formed for new state Senate |work=Juneau Empire |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/bipartisan-majority-formed-for-new-state-senate/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221127093615/https://www.juneauempire.com/news/bipartisan-majority-formed-for-new-state-senate/ |archive-date=November 27, 2022}} Incoming Senate President Gary Stevens also remarked that the bipartisan coalition was necessary to pass responsible budgets and respond to calls for "more moderation" by the electorate.{{Cite news |last=Downing |first=Suzanne |date=November 25, 2022 |title=Senate Democrat-dominated majority announces formation, and Sen. Stevens, incoming Senate president, says he doubts they'll overturn ranked choice voting |work=Must Read Alaska |url=https://mustreadalaska.com/senate-democrat-dominated-majority-announces-formation-and-sen-stevens-incoming-senate-president-says-he-doubts-theyll-overturn-ranked-choice-voting/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221127093552/https://mustreadalaska.com/senate-democrat-dominated-majority-announces-formation-and-sen-stevens-incoming-senate-president-says-he-doubts-theyll-overturn-ranked-choice-voting/ |archive-date=November 27, 2022}}

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