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Elvi Gray-Jackson
2023 - Present
2027
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Elvi Gray-Jackson (Democratic Party) is a member of the Alaska State Senate, representing District G. She assumed office on January 17, 2023. Her current term ends on January 19, 2027.
Gray-Jackson (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Alaska State Senate to represent District G. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Gray-Jackson also ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Alaska. She did not appear on the ballot for the primary on August 16, 2022.
Gray-Jackson is a former member of the Anchorage Municipal Assembly in Alaska, representing District 4 from 2008 to 2017.[1]
Gray-Jackson served as the vice chair of the assembly from 2014 to 2017.[2]
Biography
As of 2023, Elvi Gray-Jackson lived in Anchorage, Alaska. She earned a degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1974 and a B.S. from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, in 1988. Her career experience includes working for the public transit department of the Municipality of Anchorage; for the Anchorage Assembly as an administrative assistant, senior budget analyst, and director of the budget and legislative services office; and or Municipal Light and Power as director of the Alaska Energy Railbelt Authority.[3]
Gray-Jackson served on the Anchorage Assembly, representing Midtown-District 4, from 2008 to 2017. During that time, she was vice-chair from December 2015 to April 2016, and chair from April 2016 to April 2017. She volunteered on the Boys and Girls Club of Alaska board of directors, on the Woodside East Homeowners Association, and on the National League of Cities. [3]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Gray-Jackson was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Community & Regional Affairs Committee
- Senate Education Committee
- Senate Labor & Commerce Committee
- Legislative Council Committee, Chair
2021-2022
Gray-Jackson was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Gray-Jackson was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
Alaska State Senate
See also: Alaska State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Alaska State Senate District I
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Loki Tobin in round 1 .
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Total votes: 7,544 |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Alaska State Senate District I
Loki Tobin and Heather Herndon advanced from the primary for Alaska State Senate District I on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Loki Tobin (D) | 68.0 | 3,435 |
| ✔ | Heather Herndon (Independent) | 32.0 | 1,615 | |
| Total votes: 5,050 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tom Begich (D)
U.S. Senate Alaska
See also: United States Senate election in Alaska, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Alaska
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Lisa Murkowski in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 263,027 |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Alaska
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Alaska on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Murkowski (R) | 45.0 | 85,794 |
| ✔ |  | Kelly Tshibaka (R) | 38.5 | 73,414 |
| ✔ |  | Patricia Chesbro (D) | 6.8 | 12,989 |
| ✔ |  | Buzz Kelley (R) | 2.1 | 4,055 |
| Pat Nolin (R) | 1.1 | 2,004 | ||
 | Edgar Blatchford (D) | 1.0 | 1,981 | |
 | Ivan Taylor (D) | 1.0 | 1,897 | |
 | Samuel Merrill (R) | 0.8 | 1,529 | |
 | Sean Thorne (L) | 0.7 | 1,399 | |
 | Shoshana Gungurstein (Independent) | 0.4 | 853 | |
 | Joe Stephens (Alaskan Independence Party) | 0.4 | 805 | |
 | John Schiess (R) | 0.4 | 734 | |
 | Dustin Darden (Alaskan Independence Party) | 0.3 | 649 | |
 | Kendall Shorkey (R) | 0.3 | 627 | |
 | Karl Speights (R) | 0.3 | 613 | |
| Jeremy Keller (Independent) | 0.2 | 405 | ||
 | Sid Hill (Independent) | 0.1 | 274 | |
 | Huhnkie Lee (Independent) | 0.1 | 238 | |
| David Darden (Independent) | 0.1 | 198 | ||
| Total votes: 190,458 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sam Little (R)
- Elvi Gray-Jackson (D)
- Shellie Wyatt (Alaskan Independence Party)
2018
- See also: Alaska State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Alaska State Senate District I
Elvi Gray-Jackson defeated Jimmy Crawford in the general election for Alaska State Senate District I on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elvi Gray-Jackson (D) | 59.9 | 6,724 |
 | Jimmy Crawford (R) | 39.8 | 4,462 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 39 | ||
| Total votes: 11,225 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Alaska State Senate District I
Jimmy Crawford advanced from the Republican primary for Alaska State Senate District I on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jimmy Crawford | 100.0 | 1,709 |
| Total votes: 1,709 | |||
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Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary election
Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska State Senate District I
Elvi Gray-Jackson advanced from the Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska State Senate District I on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elvi Gray-Jackson | 100.0 | 2,141 |
| Total votes: 2,141 | |||
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2014
Elections for the Municipal Assembly of Anchorage, Alaska were held on April 1, 2014. Elvi Gray-Jackson won the uncontested race for District 4, Seat G.[4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Nonpartisan |  Elvi Gray-Jackson |
84.9% | 4,333 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in | 15.1% | 773 | |
| Total Votes | 5,106 | |||
| Source: Anchorage, Alaska Municipal Clerk | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Alaska State Senate
Ballotpedia survey responses
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U.S. Senate Alaska
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Elvi Gray-Jackson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 16 to May 15. |
2023
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In 2023, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 17 to May 17.
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2022
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In 2022, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 18 to May 18. |
2021
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In 2021, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 19 to May 19.
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2020
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In 2020, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 21 to May 20.
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2019
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In 2019, the legislature was in session from January 15, 2019, through May 14, 2019.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Alaska State Senate District G |
Officeholder Alaska State Senate District G |
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Footnotes
- ↑ City of Anchorage, "Assembly Member Profiles," accessed November 13, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Dispatch News, "Traini elected chair of Anchorage Assembly, starts 4th term," December 16, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Elvi Gray-Jackson," accessed January 29, 2023
- ↑ City of Anchorage "2014 Candidates," accessed February 18, 2014
- ↑ Municipality of Anchorage "2014 Regular Municipal Election - Unofficial Results," accessed April 2, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Business Report Card, "About," accessed November 5, 2019
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Lora Reinbold (R) |
Alaska State Senate District G 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Berta Gardner (D) |
Alaska State Senate District I 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Loki Tobin (D) |
| Preceded by - |
Anchorage Assembly District 4 Seat G 2008-2017 |
Succeeded by - |
