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

Background

Republicans had 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 face conservative opponents who have 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	24,522	51.39	16	15	7
	Democratic	18,804	39.41	8	8	8
	Independent	3,786	7.93	2	2	2
	Independence	604	1.27	2	2	2
Totals			100.00	28	27	—

Summary of results

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
B	Jesse Kiehl		Dem
D	Jesse Bjorkman		Rep
F	James D. Kaufman		Rep
H	Matt Claman		Dem
J	Forrest Dunbar		Dem
L	Kelly Merrick		Rep
N	David Wilson		Rep
P	Scott Kawasaki		Dem
R	Click Bishop†		Rep
T	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)	5,660	100.0
Total votes			5,660	100.0

District D

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jesse Bjorkman (incumbent)	2,605	43.9
	Republican	Ben Carpenter	2,445	41.2
	Democratic	Tina Wegener	724	12.2
	Independence	Andy Cizek	156	2.6
Total votes			5,930	100.0

District F

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janice Park	2,429	48.4
	Republican	James D. Kaufman (incumbent)	2,298	45.8
	Republican	Harold Borbridge	287	5.7
Total votes			5,014	100.0

District H

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Claman (incumbent)	3,644	59.6
	Republican	Thomas McKay	1,280	21.0
	Republican	Liz Vazquez	1,186	19.4
Total votes			6,110	100.0

District J

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar (incumbent)	1,982	71.5
	Independent	Cheronda Smith	790	28.5
Total votes			2,772	100.0

District L

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Merrick (incumbent)	2,095	33.8
	Republican	Jared Goecker	2,052	33.1
	Democratic	Lee Hammermeister	881	14.2
	Republican	Ken McCarty	699	11.3
	Republican	Sharon Jackson	465	7.5
Total votes			6,192	100.0

District N

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Wilson (incumbent)	1,604	41.2
	Republican	Robert Yundt	1,279	32.9
	Republican	Stephen Wright	1,009	25.9
Total votes			3,892	100.0

District P

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leslie Hajdukovich	1,653	51.1
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki (incumbent)	1,583	48.9
Total votes			3,236	100.0

District R

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Cronk	3,041	43.4
	Independent	Savannah Fletcher	2,996	42.6
	Republican	James Squyres	524	7.5
	Independence	Robert Williams	448	6.4
Total votes			7,009	100.0

District T

Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donny Olson (incumbent)	1,901	100.0
Total votes			1,901	100.0

See also

• List of Alaska State Legislatures