Alaska state legislative Republican primaries, 2018

Elections in Alaska, 2018

• General election: Nov. 6
• Voter registration deadline: Oct. 7
• Early voting: Oct. 22 - Nov. 5
• Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6

• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: No
• Voter ID: Non-photo ID required
• Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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2018 Alaska State Legislature elections
General	November 6, 2018
Primary	August 21, 2018

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The Republican primaries on August 21, 2018, were the next front in an intra-party feud over budgetary policy that was amplified when Republican state Reps. Paul Seaton, Louise Stutes, and Gabrielle LeDoux left the Republican caucus following the 2016 elections. They joined all 17 House Democrats and two independents to form a 22-member bipartisan majority coalition even though Republicans won 21 of 40 state House seats.

Seaton, Stutes, and LeDoux left the Republican caucus because they aligned more with Democrats on how to address the state's budget deficit, which began to grow in 2014 due to a decline in oil prices. Prior to the 2016 elections, they were part of the Musk Ox Coalition, a group of Republicans that broke with their party leadership by calling for revenue increases, including establishing a state income tax, to address the state's budget deficit instead of only relying on spending cuts or tapping into the savings generated by the state's Permanent Fund. Read more below about how Alaska legislators wanted to address the budget deficit after the 2016 elections.

Alaska GOP Chairman Tuckerman Babcock unsuccessfully attempted to remove Seaton, Stutes, and LeDoux from the Republican ballot and directed the state party to support their primary challengers.

Seaton filed to run for re-election as a nonpartisan candidate rather than as a Republican. Sarah Vance defeated John Cox and Hank Kroll in the Republican primary and faced Seaton in the general election.

Stutes and LeDoux both filed as Republicans won their primaries against Rich Walker and Aaron Weaver, respectively.

The Musk Ox Coalition also played offense in the Republican primaries. Two potential Musk Ox Republicans, former state Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom and Kelly Merrick, won the open primaries for Districts 13 and 14, respectively. Former state Rep. Jim Colver, who helped form the Coalition while in office, unsuccessfully ran against state Rep. George Rauscher, who defeated Colver in the 2016 primaries.

Kelly Merrick is married to Joey Merrick, the head of the union-aligned political organization Working Families for Alaska. The group had spent about $70,000 supporting Stutes, LeDoux, Colver, and Dahlstrom as of July 21. Several other union-aligned groups contributed to Kelly Merrick's campaign.

For information about the Democratic primary elections in Alaska, click here.

The general election was on November 6, 2018. In the state Senate, 10 of 20 seats were up for election. In the state House, all 40 seats were up for election.

As of August 2018, Alaska was one of 16 states under divided government and not under a state government trifecta. A state government trifecta is a term used to describe a single-party government where one political party holds the governor's office and a majority in both chambers of the state legislature. To find out more about state government trifectas, click here.

Incumbents who did not advance to the general election

Retiring incumbents

Two state Senate Republicans did not seek re-election in 2018.

• Anna MacKinnon (District G)
• Kevin Meyer (District M)

Four state House Republicans did not seek re-election in 2018.

• Dan Saddler (District 13)
• Lora Reinbold (District 14)
• Chris Birch (District 26)
• Mike Chenault (District 29)

Incumbents defeated

One state House Republican was defeated in 2018.

• Charisse Millett (District 25)

Competitiveness

See also: 2018 primary election competitiveness in state and federal government and Alaska state legislative Democratic primaries, 2018

Year	Total seats	Open seats	Total candidates	Democratic primaries contested	Republican primaries contested	Total contested	Incumbents contested in primaries	Total incumbents contested in primaries
2018	50	15	126	5	23	28.0%	12	34.3%
2016	50	9	115	4	17	21.0%	12	29.3%
2014	54	8	106	2	11	12.0%	4	8.7%

Factional conflict

This section outlines the four factions that members of the Alaska House of Representatives belonged to heading into the 2018 elections. There were 40 seats in the Alaska House in 2018.

Democrats (majority caucus members)

Who were they?

• The 17 Democrats elected in the 2016 elections.
• Their top-ranking member was House Speaker Bryce Edgmon. Prior the 2016 elections, he caucused with the Republican-led majority coalition and aligned with Musk Ox Republicans on fiscal issues.

What were their views on budgetary policy?

• Supportive of using a progressive income tax to decrease the budget deficit and increase education spending.

Musk Ox Republicans (majority caucus members)

Who were they?

• Three of the 21 Republicans who were elected in the 2016 and chose to caucus with Democrats—Gabrielle LeDoux, Paul Seaton, and Louise Stutes

What were their views on budgetary policy?

• Supportive of using a progressive income tax to decrease the budget deficit.
  • Despite her vote to support the income tax proposal in 2017, LeDoux said, "They're all pretty lousy choices. But at some time, the rubber meets the road. I think we were sent here to do something."
  • Seaton said he left the Republican caucus because its members "just want to cut spending and deplete our savings accounts...That's their only plan."

Independents (majority caucus members)

Who were they?

• The two independents elected in the 2016 elections (neither had a Democratic opponent) and chose to caucus with Democrats and the Musk Ox Republicans—Jason Grenn and Daniel Ortiz

What were their views on budgetary policy?

• Supportive of using a progressive income tax to decrease the budget deficit.

Mainline Republicans

Who were they?

• Eighteen of the 21 Republicans elected in the 2016 elections.
• Their top-ranking member was House Minority Leader Charisse E. Millett (R)

What were their views on budgetary policy?

• Supportive of decreasing spending to decrease the budget deficit. Opposed to a progressive income tax.
  • Millet said an income tax was not needed to solve the budget situation. She said, "We can take other measures and weather the storm and go forward without doing an income tax. If this bill is implemented, an income tax will never go away."

Battleground races

Ballotpedia identified battleground races in the 2018 Alaska state legislative Republican primary elections. These primaries had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could have led to changes in the membership of the Republican caucus or had an impact on general election races.

To determine the Alaska state legislative Republican primary battleground races in 2018, Ballotpedia examined races that fit one or more of the three factors listed below:

1. Identified by the media as a notable primary election.
2. One or more of the candidates received a notable endorsement.
3. The primary was known to be competitive based on past results or because it was a rematch of a primary that was competitive in the past.

House battleground races

This map shows the 2018 Alaska state House Republican primaries that we watched.

House District 9

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes.

What made this a battleground race?

George Rauscher (R) held this seat heading into the 2018 elections. He drew a primary challenge from former incumbent Jim Colver, who Rauscher defeated in the 2016 primaries. Colver was a member of the Musk Ox Coalition while he served in the legislature. His campaign was supported by the union-aligned political group Working Families for Alaska.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 9

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		George Rauscher	49.4	1,533
		Jim Colver	29.8	923
		Pamela Goode	20.8	645

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,101
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House District 13

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

No.

What made this a battleground race?

Former state Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom, Bill Cook, and Craig Christenson ran to replace incumbent Dan Saddler (R), who did not file for re-election. Dahlstrom's campaign was supported by the union-aligned political group Working Families for Alaska. According to Suzanne Downing of Must Read Alaska, Dahlstrom "was known as a reliable union backer the last time she served in the House and is seen as a potential Musk Ox coalition member."

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 13

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Dahlstrom	41.0	642
	Submit photo	Craig Christenson	30.3	475
	Submit photo	Bill Cook	28.7	450

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,567
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House District 14

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

No.

What made this a battleground race?

Jamie Allard, Eugene Harnett, and Kelly Merrick ran to replace incumbent Lora Reinbold (R), who did not file for re-election. Merrick married Joey Merrick, the head of the union-aligned political group Working Families for Alaska. Merrick received support from a number of union political funds and union officials, including Public Employees Local 71 and United Association Local 367.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 14

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kelly Merrick	42.5	1,339
		Jamie Allard	36.4	1,148
	Submit photo	Eugene Harnett	21.1	664

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,151
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House District 15

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes.

What made this a battleground race?

Gabrielle LeDoux held this seat heading into the 2018 elections. She was one of three Republicans to leave their party and join the Democratic-led majority coalition after the 2016 elections. She filed for re-election and drew a primary challenge from former KTUU photographer Aaron Weaver.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 15

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gabrielle LeDoux	57.4	456
		Aaron Weaver	42.6	339

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 795
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House District 31

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes (running as a nonpartisan candidate)

What made this a battleground race?

Paul Seaton held this seat heading into the 2018 elections. He was one of three Republicans to leave their party and join the Democratic-led majority coalition after the 2016 elections. After the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that independents could run in party primaries, Seaton filed for re-election as a nonpartisan candidate and chose to run in the Democratic primary. No other Democrats filed to run, while Republicans John Cox (who unsuccessfully challenged Seaton in the 2016 primaries), Sarah Vance, and Hank Kroll filed to run.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 31

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sarah Vance	44.6	1,222
		John Cox	40.9	1,122
		Hank Kroll	14.5	398

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,742
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House District 32

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes.

What made this a battleground race?

Louise B. Stutes held this seat heading into the 2018 elections. She was one of three Republicans to leave their party and join the Democratic-led majority coalition after the 2016 elections. She filed for re-election and drew a primary challenge from Rich Walker. He faced Stutes in the 2014 Republican primary and received 27.8 percent of the vote. Stutes received 43.4 percent and Carol Austerman (R) received 28.8 percent.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 32

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Louise Stutes	54.9	959
		Rich Walker	45.1	788

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,747
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Campaign activity

Union spending on behalf of Musk Ox Coalition members

Working Families for Alaska, the political organization associated with Laborer Local 341, had spent $68,500 supporting Republican primary candidates as of July 21, 2018.

The group donated to the following candidates running in the Republican primaries:

• Jim Colver-District 9
• Nancy Dahlstrom-District 13
• Gabrielle LeDoux (incumbent)-District 15
• Louise Stutes (incumbent)-District 32

Kelly Merrick, a Republican candidate for District 14, was the wife of Joey Merrick, the head of Local 341 and chairman of Working Families for Alaska. Political funds or officials associated the following unions donated to Merrick: Public Employees Local 71, International Assoc. of Firefighters Local 1264, Alaska Laborers, UA Local 375, ALPEC Laborer’s Local 942, United Association Local 367, and IBEW Local 1547.

Noteworthy events prior to primaries

LeDoux, Seaton, and Stutes leave GOP caucus

After they were re-elected in the 2016 elections as Republicans, Paul Seaton, Louise Stutes, and Gabrielle LeDoux left the Republican caucus to join the majority coalition composed of all 17 Democrats and two independents. With LeDoux, Seaton, and Stutes joining, the coalition had a 22-18 majority in the Alaska state House. Its members elected Democrat Bryce Edgmon as House speaker. They joined the coalition on November 9, one day after the November 8 general elections. Seaton became the Finance Committee co-chairman, LeDoux became the Rules Committee chairwoman, and Stutes became the majority whip.

Members of the majority coalition said that they formed in order to address the state's budget deficit through a combination of spending reductions and new revenues. Edgmon said he wanted to move the state away from dependence on oil-based revenues. Seaton expressed support for a state income tax and a percent-of-market-value draw on the earnings of the state's Permanent Fund, which, in 1976, began providing Alaska residents with a dividend generated by investment funds from the oil industry. In early 2015, Edgmon, LeDoux, Seaton, and Stutes joined in writing a letter to then-House Speaker Mike Chenault (R) that said using savings from the Permanent Fund to decrease the deficit was unwise and Democratic demands for additional revenue should be entertained. Edgmon was caucusing with the Republican majority at the time. After writing the letter, the group began siding with Democrats on other issues and calling themselves the "Musk Ox Coalition."

Alaska Republican Party Chairman Tuckerman Babcock wrote a letter that was critical of the trio's departure from the caucus. “You won your elections running as Republicans in your respective districts. That was an illusion, a false picture you presented to the voters of your districts,” Babcock wrote. “Because of your recent actions abandoning your team and joining with the House Democrats, we invite you to drop the pretense that you are Republican and leave the Republican Party.”

In response, Seaton said, "[the letter] was to intimidate other members not to join. That letter wasn't to us."

Republican primary ballot dispute

On December 4, 2017, Babcock wrote a letter to the state Division of Elections requesting that Seaton, Stutes, and LeDoux be blocked from the Republican primary ballot on August 21, 2018. Babcock's letter came after state party leaders voted to change the party's rules so that certain candidates could be kept off the ballot.

On December 7, Division of Elections Director Josie Bahnke denied Babcock's request. In his response letter, she said that the request missed the September 1, 2017, deadline for the submission of a rule change that expands or limits participation in a party's 2018 primaries. She also said that Alaska law allows any registered Republican to run in a party's primary and that none of the three candidates had yet filed for re-election, making any action against them premature. In an interview with the Anchorage Daily News, Babcock said that Republicans would wait to see the outcome of a Democratic lawsuit that sought to allow independent candidates to run in their primaries before deciding how to proceed.

On April 4, the Alaska Supreme Court affirmed a lower court rule that said independents could run in the Democratic Party primary if the party changed its rules to allow it. Babcock praised the decision and said that it meant that parties have a "constitutional right...to determine who can offer themselves as one of your candidates in your primary.” He said he would bring the decision to Bahnke and ask her to overturn her early decision that prevented Babcock from removing Seaton, Stutes, and LeDoux from the Republican primary ballot. He said that if Bahnke did not comply, he would bring a lawsuit.

On April 12, Babcock sent a letter to the Division of Elections informing them that Alaska GOP would not allow Seaton, Stutes, or LeDoux onto its ballot due to the Supreme Court ruling. He said, "“ARP is not asking the Division of Elections to concur with this determination, only to acknowledge it and not to intervene in a manner that frustrates ARP’s internal administration of our rules.”

Josie Bahnke rejected Babcock's interpretation on April 18, saying that the Supreme Court's ruling applied to whether independents could run in a primary, not whether party members could be blocked from a ballot. She said she would allow any eligible Republican who filed to appear on the ballot.

The executive committee of the Alaska Republican Party authorized Babcock to file a lawsuit challenging Bahnke's decision on April 30.

On May 6, Babcock asked Bahnke to reconsider her decision. He wrote, "“The State Executive Committee of the ARP has authorized me to pursue all legal means to enforce our Rules. However, a lawsuit, besides needless expense and a waste of court time, would leave the candidacies of LeDoux, Seaton and Stutes in limbo and their eligibility in question. There is no harm to the electorate at large, nor any harm to the three apostate incumbents, from enforcing our Rule insofar as those three individuals can still run for office as petition candidates in the general election or as candidates of another political party.”

On June 1, Paul Seaton filed to run for re-election as a nonpartisan candidate in the Democratic primary. LeDoux and Stutes both filed as Republicans and each drew a primary challenger.

Alaska Republican Party support withdrawal

On January 28, 2018, Alaska Republican Party Chairman Tuckerman Babcock wrote a letter to Paul Seaton, Louise Stutes, and Gabrielle LeDoux notifying them that they had been cut off from financial and other forms of support from the state party. The letter also said that they would not be recognized as legitimate Republican primary candidates in 2018.

Babcock wrote, "We do not begrudge you your freedom to align with the Democrats and the goals and political objectives of that Party. We all recognize this is America, the 'Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.' While you have every right to abandon your old team and align with another political party, your old team has every right to abandon you and align with another candidate."

Call for Gabrielle LeDoux to resign

In January 2018, state Rep. Tammie Wilson (R) called on state Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux (R), one of the three Republicans who joined the Democratic coalition after the 2016 elections, to resign. Wilson said that LeDoux, the chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, ignored a sexual harassment complaint against state Rep. Dean Westlake (D) in early 2017 and, thus, did not perform the duties required of the Rules chair. LeDoux said she would not resign and said that Wilson was politicizing sexual harassment. Westlake resigned over sexual harassment allegations in December 2017.

Partisan control

The tables below show the partisan breakdowns of the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska State Senate as of August 2018:

Alaska House of Representatives

Party		As of August 2018
	Democratic Party	17
	Republican Party	21
	Independent	2
	Vacancies	0
Total		40

Alaska State Senate

Party		As of August 2018
	Democratic Party	6
	Republican Party	14
	Vacancies	0
Total		20

Voter information

How the primary works

Alaska uses a top-four primary for congressional and state-level offices. Under Alaska's top-four primary system, all candidates for a given office run in a single primary election. The top four vote-getters, regardless of partisan affiliation, then advance to the general election.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Poll times

In Alaska, polling places are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time. Alaska is divided between the Alaska time zone and the Hawaii-Aleutian time zone. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.

Registration requirements

Check your voter registration status here.

To register to vote in Alaska, each applicant must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Alaska, and at least 18 years of age or within 90 days of their 18th birthday. An individual convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude may not register to vote until their voting rights have been restored. If registered to vote in another state, applicants must be willing to cancel that registration in order to vote in Alaska. To vote in Alaska, registered voters must be at least 18 years old and have been a resident of the state and election district for at least 30 days.

Prospective voters can register online, with a paper form, or in person at a Division of Elections Office or a voter registration agency. The deadline to register or make changes to a registration is 30 days before an election.

If submitting an application form by mail, fax, or email, the applicant must provide one of the following forms of identification either with his or her application or when voting for the first time:

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Current and valid photo identification Driver’s license Passport State identification card Birth certificate Hunting and Fishing license.

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Automatic registration

Alaska automatically registers eligible individuals to vote when they apply for a Permanent Fund Dividend, unless they opt out.

Online registration

See also: Online voter registration

Alaska has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.

Same-day registration

Alaska allows same-day voter registration in presidential election years, but voters who do so can vote only for the offices of president and vice president.

Residency requirements

Alaska law requires 30 days of residency in the state and election district before a person may vote.

According to the Division of Elections' website, "you are considered an Alaska resident if you reside in the state and intend to remain a resident or, if you temporarily leave the state, you have intention to return (Active military members, spouses or dependents are exempt from the intent to return requirement)."

Verification of citizenship

See also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States

Alaska does not require proof of citizenship for voter registration. An individual applying to register to vote must attest that they are a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury.

All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment. Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.

Verifying your registration

The site My Voter Information, run by the Alaska Department of Elections, allows residents to check their voter registration status online.

Voter ID requirements

Alaska requires voters to present non-photo identification while voting.

The following were accepted forms of identification as of July 2024. Click here for the Alaska Division of Elections' page on accepted ID to ensure you have the most current information.

• Voter ID card
• Driver’s license
• State ID
• Other photo ID
• Passport
• Hunting or fishing license
• If you do not have the one of the identifications listed above, you may present a current utility bill or paycheck, government check or bank statement or other government issued document. These documents must have your current residence address.

Early voting

Alaska permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.

Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on Election Day. States that allow voters to cast no-excuse absentee/mail-in ballots in person are counted as no-excuse early voting states.

Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit no-excuse early voting.

Absentee voting

All voters are eligible to vote absentee/by-mail in Alaska. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee/by-mail.

If a voter is already registered to vote, an absentee ballot application must be received by elections officials at least 10 days prior to the election. If a voter has not yet registered to vote, or needs to update voter registration information, an absentee/mail-in ballot application must be received at least 30 days before the election.

See also

• Alaska state legislative Democratic primaries, 2018
• Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2018
• Alaska State Senate elections, 2018
• Alaska State Legislature
• Alaska elections, 2018