Tuesday was huge night for Republicans and conservatives in Alaska. We have early numbers and analysis:
- President Trump won Alaska by 63%. In 2016, he won by 51%.
- Sen. Dan Sullivan won by 63%. In 2014 he won by 48%.
- Congressman Don Young won by 63%. In 2018 he won by 53%.
Voters voted a straight ticket at the top of the ballot especially — Dan Sullivan received the most votes of any candidate in Alaska in 2020, but all three winners were in the 108,000+ range on Election Night.
Trump / Pence – 108,231
Biden / Harris – 56,849
Dan Sullivan – 108,488
Al Gross – 54,755
Don Young – 108,473
Alyse Galvin – 62,385
Ballot Measure 1 – oil tax
No – 109,097 – solid loss for sponsor Robin Brena
Yes – 59,164
Ballot Measure 2 – ranked choice voting.
No – 95,330 13.8 percent lead
Yes – 72,454 – Outside billionaires need nearly a 40 percent swing in the remaining votes in order to win. Statistically very unlikely to overcome.
Senate and House results
Observation: Republicans won 9 seats in the Senate and 28 in the House on Election Day and early voting. Absentees could carve off some of these, but solid results for conservatives, nonetheless:
Senate Seat B
Rob Myers – 7,730 – R
Marna Sanford – 3,572
Senate Seat D
David Wilson – 8,785 – R
Thomas Lamb – 1,360
James Mayfield – 1,653
Senate Seat F
Shelley Hughes – 10,120 – R
Jim Cooper – 2,271
Senate Seat H
Madeleine Gaiser – 2,991 – R
Bill Wielechowski – 2,784
Senate Seat L
Natasha von Imhof – 6,339 – R
Roselynn Casy – 2,905
Senate Seat M
Josh Revak – 6,555 – R
Andy Holleman – 3,079
Senate Seat N
Roger Holland – 6,682 – R
Carl Johnson – 3,737
Senate Seat P
Gary Stevens – 3,667 – R
Greg Madden – 2,394
House District 1
Bart LeBon – 2,545 – R
Christopher Quist – 1,614
House District 2
Steve Thompson – 2,490 – R
Jeremiah Youmans – 785
House District 3
Mike Prax – 5,101 – R
House District 4
Keith Kurber – 3,415 – R
Grier Hopkins – 2,958
House District 5
Kevin McKinley – 2,824 – R
Adam Wool – 2,353
House District 6
Mike Cronk – 3,184 – R
Julie Hnilnicka – 1,378
Elijah Verhagen – 493
House District 7
Christopher Kurka – 4,418 – R
Jamin Burton – 1,208
House District 8
Kevin McCabe – 5,470 – R
Alma Hartley – 886
House District 9
George Rauscher – 4,453 – R
Bill Johnson – 1,114
House District 10
David Eastman – 5,152 – R
Monica Stein-Olson – 1,149
House District 11
DeLena Johnson – 5,207 – R
Andrea Hackbarth – 1,377
House District 12
Cathy Tilton – 5,752 – R
House District 13
Ken McCarty – 2,450 – R
James Canitz – 665
House District 14
Kelly Merrick – 3,263 – R
Mike Risinger – 623
House District 15
David Nelson – 1,411 – R
Lyn Franks – 1,022
House District 16
Paul Bauer – 1,721 – R
Ivy Spohnholz – 1,319
House District 17
Andy Josephson – 2,145 – D
House District 18
Harriet Drummond – 2,279 – D
House District 19
Geran Tarr – 1,916 – D
House District 20
Zack Fields – 2,075 – D
House District 21
Lynette Largent – 1,946 – R
Matt Claman – 1,869 (since publication, Claman has pulled ahead when final Election Day votes were tallied on Nov. 4).
House District 22
Sara Rasmussen – 3,158 – R
Stephen Trimble – 1,144
House District 23
Kathy Henslee – 2,136 – R
Chris Tuck – 1,587
House District 24
Tom McKay – 3,584 – R
Sue Levi – 1,718
House District 25
Mel Gillis – 2,794 – R
Cal Schrage – 1,963
House District 26
Laddie Shaw – 4,290 – R
House District 27
Lance Pruitt – 2,926 – R
Liz Snyder – 1,834
House District 28
James Kaufman – 3,837 – R
Suzanne LaFrance – 2,209
House District 29
Ben Carpenter – 2,453 – R
Paul Dale – 847
House District 30
Ron Gillham – 1,051 – R
James Baisden – 516
House District 31
Sarah Vance – 2,678 – R
Kelly Cooper – 1,281
House District 32
Louise Stutes – 1,953 – R
House District 33
Sara Hannan – 3,663 – D
House District 34
Andy Story – 2,934 – D
Ed King – 2,211
House District 35
Kenny Skaflestad – 2,063 – R
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins – 1,912
House District 36
Dan Ortiz – 2,805 – D
Leslie Becker – 2,214
House District 37
Bryce Edgmon – 624 – D
House District 38
Tiffany Zulkosky – 764 – D
Willy Keppel – 502
House District 39
Neal Foster – 1,834 – D
Dan Holmes – 573
House District 40
Josiah Patkotak – 1,342 – I
Elizabeth Ferguson – 678 -D
Not a single Republican incumbent was defeated. Republicans held all 10 open seats.
Five Democrat incumbents — Grier Hopkins, Adam Wool, Ivy Spohnholz, Chris Tuck and Jonathon Kriess-Tomkins — were defeated on Election Day. Claman and Kreiss-Tomkins may be able to claw back enough votes in absentees to recover their seats.
There are still over 125,000 votes to count and some results may change.
But on Nov. 3, in Alaska, 2020, the people voted for the largest Republican victory in this century.
