2018 Alaska Senate election

2018 Alaska Senate election

November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Peter Micciche Berta Gardner Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 17, 2017 January 17, 2015 Leader's seat District O District I Seats before 14 6 Seats after 13 7 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 65,376 51,891 Percentage 50.12% 39.78%
Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election Peter Micciche Republican Elected President pro tempore Peter Micciche Republican

The 2018 Alaska Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary election on August 21, 2018. Voters in the 10 districts of the Alaska Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for the state House.

Overview

2018 Alaska Senate election General election — November 6, 2018
Party		Votes	%	Seats not up	Seats up	Candidates	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	65,376	50.12	6	8	8	14	13	1
	Democratic	51,891	39.78	3	3	8	6	7	1
	Independent	6,803	5.22	—	—	1	0	0
	Write-ins	6,366	4.88	—	—	—	—	—

Close races

District	Winner	Margin
District A	Democratic (flip)	1.99%
District K	Republican	14.32%
District M	Republican	17.25%

Detailed results

District A

2018 Alaska Senate election, district A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Kawasaki	4,577	50.79
	Republican	Pete Kelly (incumbent)	4,398	48.8
	Write-ins	Write-ins	37	0.41
Total votes			9,012	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District C

2018 Alaska Senate election, district C

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Click Bishop (incumbent)	10,030	92.05
	Write-ins	Write-ins	866	7.95
Total votes			10,896	100%
	Republican hold

District E

2018 Alaska Senate election district E

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Shower (incumbent)	11,558	74.1
	Democratic	Susan Kay	3,992	25.59
	Write-ins	Write-ins	48	0.31
Total votes			15,598	100%
	Republican hold

District G

2018 Alaska Senate election, district G

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lora Reinbold	8,257	62.39
	Democratic	Oliver Schiess	4,911	37.11
	Write-ins	Write-ins	66	0.5
Total votes			13,234	100%
	Republican hold

District I

2018 Alaska Senate election, district I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elvi Gray-Jackson	6,724	59.9
	Republican	Jim Crawford	4,462	39.75
	Write-ins	Write-ins	39	0.35
Total votes			11,225	100%
	Democratic hold

District K

2018 Alaska Senate election, district K

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mia Costello (incumbent)	8,389	57.01
	Democratic	Sam Cason	6,281	42.69
	Write-ins	Write-ins	44	0.3
Total votes			14,714	100%
	Republican hold

District M

2018 Alaska Senate election, district M

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Birch	8,665	58.48
	Democratic	Janice Park	6,110	41.23
	Write-ins	Write-ins	43	0.29
Total votes			14,818	100%
	Republican hold

District O

2018 Alaska Senate election, district O

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Micciche (incumbent)	9,617	66.82
	Write-ins	Write-ins	4,776	33.18
Total votes			14,393	100%
	Republican hold

District Q

2018 Alaska Senate election, district Q

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse Kiehl	11,121	61.88
	Independent	Don Etheridge	6,803	37.85
	Write-ins	Write-ins	49	0.27
Total votes			17,973	100%
	Democratic hold

District S

2018 Alaska Senate election, district S

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lyman Hoffman (incumbent)	8,175	95.36
	Write-ins	Write-ins	398	4.64
Total votes			8,573	100%
	Democratic hold