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Alaska State House elections, 2010
Majority control • Campaign contributions
Qualifications • Competitiveness analysis
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Alaska House of Representatives
State legislative elections, 2010

Elections for Alaska State House seats in all 40 districts were held on November 2, 2010.

Going into the election, the Republican Party held a 3-seat advantage in the state house. After the election, Republicans picked up three seats and Democrats lost two, giving the Republican Party an 8-seat advantage.

The incumbent representative ran for re-election in 36 of the 40 districts with elections in 2010. (90%)

The signature filing deadline for candidates to run in these elections was June 1, 2010, and the primary election day was August 24, 2010.

In Alaska, representatives serve two-year terms with no term limits.

See also: State house elections, 2010 and Alaska House of Representatives

November 2 General Election Results

See also: Election analysis, Alaska House of Representatives (2010)

The following candidates won election on November 2, 2010:

  1. Peggy Wilson
  2. Beth Kerttula
  3. Cathy Munoz
  4. Alan S. Dick
  5. Bill Thomas (Alaska)
  6. Bob Miller (Alaska)
  7. Scott Kawasaki
  8. Eric A. Feige
  9. Wes Keller
  10. Dan Saddler
  11. Lance Pruitt
  12. Berta Gardner
  13. Lindsey Holmes
  14. Chris S. Tuck
  15. Charisse E. Millett
  16. Mike Hawker
  17. Paul Seaton
  18. Alan Austerman
  19. Bryce E. Edgmon
  20. Bob Herron
  21. Reggie Joule
  22. Steve Thompson (Alaska)
  23. David Guttenberg
  24. Tammie Wilson
  25. Carl Gatto
  26. Mark A. Neuman
  27. Bill Stoltze
  28. Anna MacKinnon
  29. Pete Petersen
  30. Max Gruenberg
  31. Les S. Gara
  32. Mia Costello
  33. Mike Doogan
  34. Craig Johnson, Alaska Representative
  35. Bob Lynn
  36. Kurt Olson
  37. Mike Chenault
  38. Neal Winston Foster
  39. Sharon Cissna

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses

Heading into the November 2 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Alaska House of Representatives. In the election, the Republican Party picked up three more seats, while the Democratic Party lost two seats, giving the Republican Party an overall 8-seat advantage in the state house.

Alaska House of Representatives
Party As of November 1, 2010 After the 2010 Election
     Democratic Party 18 16
     Republican Party 21 24
     Vacancy 1 -
Total 40 40


Campaign contributions

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state house in Alaska in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state house races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.[1]

Year Number of candidates Total contributions
2008 96 $2,919,909
2006 97 $3,973,988
2004 107 $4,077,001
2002 102 $3,385,516

During the 2010 election, the total contributions to the 82 House candidates was $3,254,576. The top 10 contributors were:[2]

Donor Amount
Ivey, Patricia M $99,981
Ledoux, Gabrielle $85,551
Alaska House Democratic Campaign Cmte $79,717
Alaska State Employees Association Local 52 $53,000
Alaska Republican Party $46,300
Alaska Public Employees Association $42,395
Alaska Laborers Local 341 $35,430
Alaska Education Association $34,500
Alaska Association of Realtors $34,274
Alaska Public Employees Local 71 $30,000

Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

2010 state legislative elections analyzed using a Competitiveness Index

Eleven incumbents (30.56%) ran unopposed in the November 2 general election.

  • Seven Democratic incumbents faced no November challenger.
  • Four GOP incumbents faced no November challenger.

Primary challenges

Eight incumbents ran unopposed in the August 24 primary. All eight incumbents who won their primaries are listed below.

Retiring incumbents

Three incumbent representatives did not run for re-election, while 36 incumbents (92.31%) ran for re-election. Of the three incumbents who did not run for re-election, one was a Democrat and two were Republicans.

The retiring incumbents were:

Qualifications

Article II, Section 2 of the Alaska Constitution states: A member of the legislature shall be a qualified voter who has been a resident of Alaska for at least three years and of the district from which elected for at least one year, immediately preceding his filing for office. A senator shall be at least twenty-five years of age and a representative at least twenty-one years of age.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses

Heading into the November 2010 election, the Republican Party led the Democratic Party in state house seats.

List of candidates

Partisan dominance in state houses
heading into the 2010 state legislative elections
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District 1

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Kyle Johansen 1,444 Approveda Incumbent Johansen was first elected in 2006.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Ottar Mobley 1,640
Republican Party Kyle Johansen 3,433 Green check mark transparent.png

District 2

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Steven A. Samuelson 900
  • Peggy Wilson 1,023 Approveda Incumbent Wilson was first elected in 2000.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Reber P. Stein 2,109
Republican Party Peggy Wilson 3,899 Green check mark transparent.png

District 3

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Beth Kerttula 1,961 Approveda Incumbent Kerttula was first elected in 1998.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Beth Kerttula 5,668 Green check mark transparent.png

District 4

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Cathy Munoz 2,040 Approveda Incumbent Munoz was first elected in 2008.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Cathy Munoz 5,461 Green check mark transparent.png

District 5

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Bill Thomas 1,073 Approveda Incumbent Thomas was first elected in 2004.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Robert Beedle 2,082
Republican Party Bill Thomas 3,441 Green check mark transparent.png

District 6

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Woodie Salmon 2,210
Republican Party Alan S. Dick 3,131 Green check mark transparent.png

District 7

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Mike Kelly 2,654 Approveda Incumbent Kelly was first elected in 2004.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bob Miller 4,815 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Mike Kelly 4,141

District 8

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party David Guttenberg 4,377 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party David M. Talerico 3,583

District 9

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Scott Kawasaki 2,605 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Joseph A. Michel 2,223

District 10

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party John S. Brown 1,229
Republican Party Steve M. Thompson 2,099 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Republican Jay Ramras did not seek re-election.

District 11

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Tammie Wilson 2,684 Approveda Incumbent Wilson was first appointed in 2009.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Sean P. Rice 1,598
Republican Party Tammie Wilson 5,442 Green check mark transparent.png

District 12

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bert L. Cottle 1,863
Republican Party Eric A. Feige 3,166 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: Incumbent Republican John Harris did not seek re-election.

District 13

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Don Benson 1,750
  • Carl Gatto 2,218 Approveda Incumbent Gatto was first elected in 2003.
  • David J. Parks Parks withdrew from the primary, endorsing Don Benson.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Carl Gatto 7,142 Green check mark transparent.png

District 14

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Wes Keller 2,694 Approveda Incumbent Keller was first appointed in 2007.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Wes Keller 6,184 Green check mark transparent.png

District 15

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Stephen Jacobson 1,259
  • Mark Neuman 2,308 Approveda Incumbent Neuman was first elected in 2004.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Mark Neuman 6,963 Green check mark transparent.png

District 16

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Bill Stoltze 3,338 Approveda Incumbent Stoltze was first elected in 2003.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bonnie Nelson 1,789
Republican Party Bill Stoltze 6,496 Green check mark transparent.png

District 17

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Anna Fairclough 5,915 Green check mark transparent.png

District 18

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Martin J. Lindeke 707
Republican Party Dan Saddler 1,944 Green check mark transparent.png

Note: The incumbent did not run as the seat was vacant.

District 19

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Pete Petersen 943 Approveda Incumbent Petersen was first elected in 2008.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Pete Petersen 2,846 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Gabrielle LeDoux 2,576

District 20

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Max Gruenberg (D) 493 Approveda Incumbent Gruenberg was first elected in 2003.
Libertarian Party August 24 Libertarian primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Max Gruenberg 2,065 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Scott A. Kohlhaas 918

District 21

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Libertarian Party August 24 Libertarian primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Barbara E. Norton 2,771
Republican Party Lance Pruitt 3,508 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Robert E. Clift 189

Note: Incumbent Democrat Harry Crawford did not seek re-election.

District 22

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Sharon Cissna3,394 Green check mark transparent.png

District 23

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Les Gara 1,305 Approveda Incumbent Gara was first elected in 2003.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Les Gara 3,937 Green check mark transparent.png

District 24

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Berta Gardner 3,830 Green check mark transparent.png

District 25

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Mike Doogan (D) 1,042 Approveda Incumbent Doogan was first elected in 2006.
Libertarian Party August 24 Libertarian primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Mike Doogan 2,863 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Thomas M. Higgins 1,373
Libertarian Party Harley Brown 161

District 26

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Grey.png Independent candidate:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Lindsey Holmes 4,380 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Phil Isley 1,696

District 27

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Bob Buch 901 Approveda Incumbent Buch was first elected in 2006.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bob Buch 2,873
Republican Party Mia Costello 3,696 Green check mark transparent.png

District 28

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Craig Johnson 2,680 Approveda Incumbent Johnson was first elected in 2006.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Jodie Dominguez 2,652
Republican Party Craig Johnson 4,966 Green check mark transparent.png

District 29

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Chris Tuck 717 Approveda Incumbent Tuck was first elected in 2008.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Chris Tuck 2,601 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Kris Warren 2,104

District 30

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Charisse Millett 1,779 Approveda Incumbent Millett was first elected in 2008.
  • Jeannette O. Reddington 616
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Lynda L. Zaugg 2,888
Republican Party Charisse Millett 4,139 Green check mark transparent.png

District 31

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Bob Lynn 2,336 Approveda Incumbent Lynn was first elected in 2002.
  • Steve Pratt 1,550
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Guadalupe Marroquin 2,642
Republican Party Bob Lynn 5,596 Green check mark transparent.png

District 32

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Mike Hawker 3,559 Approveda Incumbent Hawker was first elected in 2002.
  • Christian M. Rawalt Rawalt withdrew from the race prior to the primary.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Matt Moore 2,896
Republican Party Mike Hawker 6,976 Green check mark transparent.png

District 33

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Kurt Olson 2,164 Approveda Incumbent Olson was first elected in 2004.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Richard Waisanen 1,525
Republican Party Kurt Olson 4,995 Green check mark transparent.png

District 34

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Limeslashed.png August 24 Alaskan Independence primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Charles Chenault 5,769 Green check mark transparent.png
Limeslashed.png Ray G. Southwell 1,334

District 35

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
  • Paul Seaton 1,853 Approveda Incumbent Seaton was first elected in 2002.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Paul Seaton 5,893 Green check mark transparent.png

District 36

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Terry J. Haines 1,405
Republican Party Alan Austerman 3,053 Green check mark transparent.png

District 37

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Bryce Edgmon 566 Approveda Incumbent Edgmon was first elected in 2006.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bryce Edgmon 3,062 Green check mark transparent.png

District 38

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Bob Herron 1,186 Approveda Incumbent Herron was first elected in 2008.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bob Herron 3,850 Green check mark transparent.png

District 39

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Vincent T. Beans 601
  • Neal Foster 831 Approveda Incumbent Foster was first appointed in November 2009.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Neal Foster 3,993 Green check mark transparent.png

District 40

Republican Party August 24 GOP primary:
No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Reggie Joule 900 Approveda Incumbent Joule was first elected in 1996.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Reggie Joule 3,390 Green check mark transparent.png

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Follow the Money, Alaska
  2. ↑ Follow the Money, "Alaska House of Representatives 2010 Campaign Contributions"


Current members of the Alaska House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Bryce Edgmon
Majority Leader:Dan Saddler
Minority Leader:Calvin Schrage
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