Cheronda Smith

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Cheronda Smith

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Undeclared

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Cheronda Smith (Undeclared) ran for election to the Alaska State Senate to represent District J. Smith lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Alaska State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Alaska State Senate District J

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Forrest Dunbar in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Forrest Dunbar	69.8	7,292	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Cheronda Smith	28.9	3,022	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	1.2	129	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,443
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alaska State Senate District J

Incumbent Forrest Dunbar and Cheronda Smith advanced from the primary for Alaska State Senate District J on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Forrest Dunbar (D)	72.3	2,253
✔	Submit photo	Cheronda Smith (Undeclared)	27.7	863

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,116
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Smith signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

Campaign themes

2024

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Campaign finance summary

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Cheronda Smith campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Alaska State Senate District J	Lost general	$0	$0
Grand total			$0	$0
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Alaska State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Gary Stevens

Majority Leader:Catherine Giessel

Senators

District A

Bert Stedman (R)

District B

Jesse Kiehl (D)

District C

Gary Stevens (R)

District D

Jesse Bjorkman (R)

District E

Catherine Giessel (R)

District F

James Kaufman (R)

District G

Elvi Gray-Jackson (D)

District H

Matt Claman (D)

District I

Loki Tobin (D)

District J

Forrest Dunbar (D)

District K

Bill Wielechowski (D)

District L

Kelly Merrick (R)

District M

Shelley Hughes (R)

District N

Robert Yundt (R)

District O

Mike Shower (R)

District P

Scott Kawasaki (D)

District Q

Robert Myers (R)

District R

Mike Cronk (R)

District S

Lyman Hoffman (D)

District T

Donald Olson (D)

Republican Party (11)

Democratic Party (9)