Louise Stutes

Louise Stutes

Republican Party

Alaska House of Representatives District 5

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor: Adam Wool (D)

Prior offices:

Alaska House of Representatives District 32

Years in office: 2015 - 2023

Successor: Will Stapp (R)

Compensation

Base salary

$84,000/year

Per diem

$307/day

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Associates

Shoreline Community College

Bachelor's

University of Alaska

Personal

Birthplace

Seattle, WA

Profession

Business owner

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Louise Stutes (Republican Party) is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing District 5. She assumed office on January 17, 2023. Her current term ends on January 19, 2027.

Stutes (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Alaska House of Representatives to represent District 5. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

On February 11, 2021, Stutes was elected speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives.

Biography

Louise Stutes was born in Seattle, Washington and lives in Alaska. Stutes graduated from Queen Anne High School. She earned an associate degree from Shoreline Community College and a B.A. from NW Medical College at the University of Alaska, Kodiak. Her career experience includes working as a business owner in Kodiak. She served as the president of the Pioneers of Alaska in Ketchikan.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Stutes was assigned to the following committees:

• House Rules Committee, Chair
• House Transportation Committee
• Fisheries Committee, Chair
• Armed Services Committee
• Legislative Council Committee

2023-2024

Stutes was assigned to the following committees:

• House Transportation Committee

2021-2022

Stutes was assigned to the following committees:

• House Rules Committee, Vice chair
• Legislative Council Committee

2019-2020

Stutes was assigned to the following committees:

• Legislative Council Committee, Vice chair
• House Rules Committee
• House Judiciary Committee
• House Labor & Commerce Committee
• House Transportation Committee, Co-chair

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Alaska committee assignments, 2017
• Labor & Commerce
• Rules
• Transportation, Chair
• Legislative Council

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Stutes served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 5

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Louise Stutes in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Louise Stutes	77.4	5,445	0	Won (1)
		Leighton Radner	22.0	1,549	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.	0.6	44	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,038
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 5

Incumbent Louise Stutes and Leighton Radner advanced from the primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 5 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Louise Stutes (R)	80.4	1,566
✔		Leighton Radner (L)	19.6	381

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,947
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 5

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Louise Stutes in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Louise Stutes	60.9	3,276	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Benjamin Vincent	38.5	2,071	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.	0.5	29	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,376
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 5

Incumbent Louise Stutes and Benjamin Vincent advanced from the primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 5 on August 16, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Louise Stutes (R)	65.8	2,282
✔	Submit photo	Benjamin Vincent (R)	34.2	1,185

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,467
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2020

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Louise Stutes won election in the general election for Alaska House of Representatives District 32 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Louise Stutes (R)	96.0	6,682
		Other/Write-in votes	4.0	280

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,962
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Louise Stutes advanced from the Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 32 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Louise Stutes	100.0	1,078

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,078 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Peter Hoepfner (D)

2018

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Louise Stutes defeated Dennis Harris and Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester in the general election for Alaska House of Representatives District 32 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Louise Stutes (R)	53.1	3,261
		Dennis Harris (D)	33.7	2,072
	Submit photo	Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester (Independent)	12.5	767
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	40

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,140
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Louise Stutes defeated Rich Walker in the Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 32 on August 21, 2018.

		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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Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary election

Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 32

Dennis Harris advanced from the Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 32 on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dennis Harris	100.0	708

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 708
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Republican primary overview

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.

2016

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Alaska House of Representatives 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 Louise Stutes defeated Brent L. Watkins and Duncan Fields in the Alaska House of Representatives District 32 general election.

Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Louise Stutes Incumbent	43.29%	2,981
	Democratic	Brent L. Watkins	16.38%	1,128
	Independent	Duncan Fields	40.33%	2,777
Total Votes				6,886
Source: Alaska Secretary of State

Brent L. Watkins ran unopposed in the Alaska House of Representatives District 32 Democratic Primary.

Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Brent L. Watkins  (unopposed)

Incumbent Louise Stutes ran unopposed in the Alaska House of Representatives District 32 Republican Primary.

Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Louise Stutes Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Alaska House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 19, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Jerry G. McCune was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Louise B. Stutes defeated Carol Austerman and Rich Walker in the Republican primary. Stutes defeated McCune in the general election.

Alaska House of Representatives, District 32, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Louise B. Stutes	55.4%	3,236
	Democratic	Jerry G. McCune	44.6%	2,608
Total Votes				5,844

Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Louise Stutes	43.4%	941
Carol Austerman	28.8%	625
Rich Walker	27.8%	602
Total Votes		2,168

Campaign themes

2024

Louise Stutes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Louise Stutes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Louise Stutes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Louise Stutes campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Alaska House of Representatives District 5	Won general	$39,289	$34,288
2022	Alaska House of Representatives District 5	Won general	$47,535	$53,672
2020	Alaska House of Representatives District 32	Won general	$21,068	N/A**
2018	Alaska House of Representatives District 32	Won general	$43,202	N/A**
2016	Alaska House of Representatives, District 32	Won	$46,590	N/A**
2014	Alaska State House, District 32	Won	$38,545	N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2020

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In 2020, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 21 to May 20. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2019

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In 2019, the legislature was in session from January 15, 2019, through May 14, 2019. Alaska Business Report Card Legislators are scored by the Alaska Business Report Card on "how they support legislation that helps Alaska’s private business sector." The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2018

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In 2018, the 31st Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 16 through May 13. The Alaska Business Report Card Legislators are scored by the Alaska Business Report Card on "how supportive they are of Alaska’s private business sector." The Alaska Policy Forum Legislators are scored on their votes on specific legislation. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2017

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In 2017, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 17 through May 17. The legislature held a special session from May 18 to June 16, a second special session from June 16 to July 15, a one-day special session on July 27, and a fourth special session from October 23 to November 21. The Alaska Business Report Card Legislators are scored by the Alaska Business Report Card on "how supportive they are of Alaska’s private business sector." The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2016

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In 2016, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 19 through May 18 (extended session). The Legislature held a special session from May 23, 2016, to June 19, 2016. The Legislature held a second special session from July 11 to July 18. The Alaska Business Report Card Legislators are scored by the Alaska Business Report Card on "how supportive they are of Alaska’s private business sector." The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2015

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In 2015, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 20 through April 27 (Session extended). The first special session was held from April 28 to May 21. The second special session was held from May 21 to June 11. A third special session was held from October 24 to November 5. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Adam Wool (D)	Alaska House of Representatives District 5 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Alaska House of Representatives District 32 2015-2023	Succeeded by Will Stapp (R)

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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)