Forrest McDonald

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Forrest McDonald

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Contact

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Forrest McDonald (Republican Party) (also known as Jay) ran for election to the Alaska House of Representatives to represent District 12. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

McDonald was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District L of the Alaska State Senate.

Elections

2022

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 12

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Calvin Schrage in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Calvin Schrage	59.0	3,820	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Forrest McDonald	40.9	2,652	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.	0.1	5	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,477
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 12

Incumbent Calvin Schrage and Forrest McDonald advanced from the primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 12 on August 16, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Calvin Schrage (Nonpartisan)	57.2	2,554
✔	Submit photo	Forrest McDonald (R)	42.8	1,911

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,465
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2018

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 23

Incumbent Chris Tuck defeated Connie Dougherty in the general election for Alaska House of Representatives District 23 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Tuck (D)	53.1	2,973
	Submit photo	Connie Dougherty (R)	46.6	2,605
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	18

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,596
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 23

Connie Dougherty defeated Forrest McDonald in the Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 23 on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Connie Dougherty	53.5	619
	Submit photo	Forrest McDonald	46.5	538

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,157
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Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary election

Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 23

Incumbent Chris Tuck advanced from the Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 23 on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Tuck	100.0	757

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 757
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2016

See also: Alaska State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Alaska State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 16, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016. Incumbent Lesil McGuire (R) did not seek re-election.

Natasha A. Von Imhof defeated Forrest J. McDonald and Tom Johnson in the Alaska State Senate District L general election.

Alaska State Senate, District L General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Natasha A. Von Imhof	51.99%	7,645
	Democratic	Forrest J. McDonald	40.61%	5,971
	Independent	Tom Johnson	7.40%	1,088
Total Votes				14,704
Source: Alaska Secretary of State

Forrest J. McDonald defeated Roselynn Cacy in the Alaska State Senate District L Democratic Primary.

Alaska State Senate, District L Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Forrest J. McDonald	63.39%	930
	Democratic	Roselynn Cacy	36.61%	537
Total Votes				1,467

Natasha A. Von Imhof defeated Craig W. Johnson and Jeff Landfield in the Alaska State Senate District L Republican Primary.

Alaska State Senate, District L Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Natasha A. Von Imhof	47.32%	1,671
	Republican	Craig W. Johnson	30.19%	1,066
	Republican	Jeff Landfield	22.49%	794
Total Votes				3,531

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2016

McDonald's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“ Budget deficit: The budget deficit was not created by a price of oil crisis, the deficit was created by a leadership crisis in our state government. Like most Alaskans, I am incredibly frustrated that once again we find ourselves facing a fiscal cliff the instant oil prices have dropped because our legislators do not have the foresight to plan for long term financial security. Education: We need to stop having the same conversation over and over with one side saying “cut cut cut,” while the other side says “spend spend spend”. We need to determine what an adequate level of funding for our public school system is, and how we can best meet that level. We also need to strive to lower administrative costs so that we can focus our resources on providing a more competitive education to our children. We need legislators that are ready to get to work on solutions to the challenges facing our public education system, and that are dedicated to fight to keep lobbyists and special interests out of our public education system. Healthcare reform: When Alaskans paying for private insurance premiums saw their rates increase 31% last year and nearly 40% this year, that is not sustainable. When we have the highest commercial premiums in the nation, that makes Alaskan businesses less competitive. When Medicaid fraud costs our state over $100 million per year, that is not acceptable. As your representative, I will be committed to repairing our broken health care system. Economy and gasline: If we rush to build a gas line which we leverage against the main body of the permanent fund and then find ourselves pumping gas at a negative wellhead value, our state would be devastated. The world climate has changed drastically in recent years, and these changes present us with opportunities to safely and efficiently develop this resource without sinking billions of dollars into the gas line project. With 200+ ice free days in the arctic per year now, new shipping routes are opening up. We need to see research done to explore the possibility of building a port on the north slope so that we can develop this resource and create new wealth for the state of Alaska without gambling the entire main body of the permanent fund. ” —Forrest J. McDonald,

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Alaska House of Representatives District 12

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Alaska House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Bryce Edgmon

Majority Leader:Dan Saddler

Minority Leader:Calvin Schrage

Representatives

District 1

Jeremy Bynum (R)

District 2

Rebecca Himschoot (N)

District 3

Andi Story (D)

District 4

Sara Hannan (D)

District 5

Louise Stutes (R)

District 6

Sarah Vance (R)

District 7

Justin Ruffridge (R)

District 8

Bill Elam (R)

District 9

Ky Holland (N)

District 10

Charles Kopp (R)

District 11

Julie Coulombe (R)

District 12

Calvin Schrage (N)

District 13

Andrew Josephson (D)

District 14

Alyse Galvin (N)

District 15

Mia Costello (R)

District 16

Carolyn Hall (D)

District 17

Zack Fields (D)

District 18

David Nelson (R)

District 19

Genevieve Mina (D)

District 20

Andrew Gray (D)

District 21

Donna Mears (D)

District 22

Ted Eischeid (D)

District 23

Jamie Allard (R)

District 24

Dan Saddler (R)

District 25

DeLena Johnson (R)

District 26

Cathy Tilton (R)

District 27

Jubilee Underwood (R)

District 28

Elexie Moore (R)

District 29

George Rauscher (R)

District 30

Kevin McCabe (R)

District 31

Maxine Dibert (D)

District 32

Will Stapp (R)

District 33

Glenn Prax (R)

District 34

Frank Tomaszewski (R)

District 35

Ashley Carrick (D)

District 36

Becky Schwanke (R)

District 37

Bryce Edgmon (U)

District 38

Nellie Jimmie (D)

District 39

Neal Foster (D)

District 40

Robyn Burke (D)

Republican Party (21)

Democratic Party (14)

Nonpartisan (4)

Undeclared (1)