The general election occurred today across all 50 states to elect officials across numerous federal, state and local positions. In Alaska, elections today included two ballot measures, two retention races for the State Supreme Court, 10 seats in the State Senate and all 40 seats in the State House. The legislative races were conducted with ranked-choice voting. The full list of results from the state can be found below.
Ballot Measures (1 Passed, 1 Rejected):
For Measure 1 (Increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour and require employers to provide paid sick leave), Yes won with 58.0% (183,744) against No with 42.0% (133,162). 316,906 votes counted.
For Measure 2 (Repeal top-four ranked-choice voting system), No won with 50.1% (160,861) against Yes with 49.9% (160,124). 320,985 votes counted.
State Supreme Court (Nonpartisan):
For the retention of Justice Dario Borghesan, Yes won with 60.6% (159,319) against No with 39.4% (103,541). 262,860 votes counted.
For the retention of Justice Jennifer Henderson, Yes won with 60.1% (156,819) against No with 39.9% (103,919). 260,738 votes counted.
State Senate (11 Republicans, 9 Democrats):
For District B, Democratic incumbent Jesse Kiehl won unopposed.
For District D (first round), Republican incumbent Jesse Bjorkman led with 47.9% (9,234) against Republican Ben Carpenter with 40.7% (7,848) and Democrat Tina Wegener with 11.4% (2,182). 19,264 votes counted.
For District D (final round), Republican incumbent Jesse Bjorkman won with 54.7% (9,800) against Republican Ben Carpenter with 45.3% (8,113). 17,913 votes counted.
For District F (first round), Republican incumbent James Kaufman led with 48.0% (8,147) against Democrat Janice Park with 45.1% (7,646) and Republican Harold Borbridge with 6.9% (1,178). 16,971 votes counted.
For District F (final round), Republican incumbent James Kaufman won with 52.8% (8,651) against Democrat Janice Park with 47.2% (7,731). 16,382 votes counted.
For District H, Democratic incumbent Matt Claman won with 55.4% (9,924) against Republican Liz Vazquez with 44.6% (7,989). 17,913 votes counted.
For District J, Democratic incumbent Forrest Dunbar won with 70.7% (7,292) against Independent Cheronda Smith with 29.3% (3,022). 10,314 votes counted.
For District L (first round), Republican incumbent Kelly Merrick led with 46.4% (9,050) against Republican Jared Goecker with 39.4% (7,685) and Democrat Lee Hammermeister with 14.2% (2,754). 19,489 votes counted.
For District L (final round), Republican incumbent Kelly Merrick won with 55.5% (9,892) against Republican Jared Goecker with 44.5% (7,938). 17,830 votes counted.
For District N, Republican Robert Yundt won with 53.3% (8,163) against Republican incumbent David Wilson with 29.6% (4,525) and Republican Stephen Wright with 17.1% (2,619). 15,307 votes counted.
For District P, Democratic incumbent Scott Kawasaki won with 51.5% (5,913) against Republican Leslie Hajdukovich with 48.5% (5,561). 11,474 votes counted.
For District R, Republican Mike Cronk won with 52.0% (9,387) against Independent Savannah Fletcher with 41.6% (7,509) and Alaskan Independence Robert Williams with 6.4% (1,157). 18,053 votes counted.
For District T, Democratic incumbent Donald Olson won unopposed.
State House (21 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 5 Independents):
For District 1, Republican Jeremy Bynum won with 52.1% (4,243) against Independent Agnes Moran with 24.5% (1,995) and Independent Grant Echohawk with 23.4% (1,909). 8,147 votes counted. REPUBLICAN FLIP
For District 2, Independent incumbent Rebecca Himschoot won unopposed.
For District 3, Democratic incumbent Andi Story won unopposed.
For District 4, Democratic incumbent Sara Hannan won unopposed.
For District 5, Republican incumbent Louise Stutes won with 77.9% (5,445) against Libertarian Leighton Radner with 22.1% (1,549). 6,994 votes counted.
For District 6 (first round), Republican incumbent Sarah Vance led with 47.1% (5,360) against Independent Brent Johnson with 43.5% (4,956) and Republican Dawson Slaughter with 9.4% (1,074). 11,390 votes counted.
For District 6 (final round), Republican incumbent Sarah Vance won with 52.3% (5,634) against Independent Brent Johnson with 47.7% (5,148). 10,782 votes counted.
For District 7, Republican incumbent Justin Ruffridge won with 59.5% (4,985) against Republican Ron Gillham with 40.5% (3,398). 8,383 votes counted.
For District 8, Republican Bill Elam won with 52.3% (4,655) against Republican John Hillyer with 47.7% (4,249). 8,904 votes counted.
For District 9, Independent Ky Holland won with 54.4% (6,085) against Republican Lucy Bauer with 45.6% (5,093). 11,178 votes counted. INDEPENDENT FLIP
For District 10, Republican Charles Kopp won with 62.4% (4,669) against Republican incumbent Craig Johnson with 37.6% (2,811). 7,480 votes counted.
For District 11, Republican incumbent Julie Coulombe won with 52.7% (4,836) against Independent Walter Featherly with 47.3% (4,341). 9,177 votes counted.
For District 12, Independent incumbent Calvin Schrage won with 61.0% (4,763) against Republican Joseph Lurtsema with 39.0% (3,041). 7,804 votes counted.
For District 13, Democratic incumbent Andrew Josephson won with 53.4% (3,743) against Republican Heather Gottshall with 46.6% (3,266). 7,009 votes counted.
For District 14, Independent incumbent Alyse Galvin won with 79.1% (4,847) against Democrat Harry Kamdem with 20.9% (1,278). 6,125 votes counted.
For District 15, Republican Mia Costello won with 51.6% (4,543) against Democrat Denny Wells with 45.6% (4,014) and Democrat Dustin Darden with 2.8% (242). 8,799 votes counted.
For District 16, Democrat Carolyn Hall won with 57.1% (4,860) against Independent Nick Moe with 42.9% (3,649). 8,509 votes counted.
For District 17, Democratic incumbent Zack Fields won unopposed.
For District 18, Republican David Nelson won with 50.3% (1,878) against Democratic incumbent Cliff Groh with 49.7% (1,856). 3,734 votes counted. REPUBLICAN FLIP
For District 19, Democratic incumbent Genevieve Mina won with 61.1% (2,654) against Republican Kaylee Anderson with 31.1% (1,353) and Independent Russell Wyatt with 7.8% (338). 4,345 votes counted.
For District 20, Democratic incumbent Andrew Gray won with 64.5% (3,927) against Libertarian Scott Kohlhaas with 35.5% (2,163). 6,090 votes counted.
For District 21, Democratic incumbent Donna Mears won with 55.5% (4,664) against Republican Aimee Sims with 44.5% (3,743). 8,407 votes counted.
For District 22, Democrat Ted Eischeid won with 52.5% (2,633) against Republican incumbent Stanley Wright with 47.5% (2,382). 5,015 votes counted. DEMOCRATIC FLIP
For District 23, Republican incumbent Jamie Allard won with 62.1% (6,132) against Democrat Jim Arlington with 37.9% (3,747). 9,879 votes counted.
For District 24, Republican incumbent Dan Saddler won unopposed.
For District 25, Republican incumbent DeLena Johnson won unopposed.
For District 26, Republican incumbent Cathy Tilton won unopposed.
For District 27, Republican Jubilee Underwood won with 51.3% (3,856) against Republican incumbent David Eastman with 48.7% (3,660). 7,516 votes counted.
For District 28 (first round), Republican Elexie Moore led with 37.9% (2,911) against Republican Steve Menard with 36.1% (2,780) and Republican Jessica Wright with 26.0% (1,997). 7,688 votes counted.
For District 28 (final round), Republican Elexie Moore won with 50.1% (3,243) against Republican Steve Menard with 49.9% (3,231). 6,474 votes counted.
For District 29, Republican incumbent George Rauscher won unopposed.
For District 30, Republican incumbent Kevin McCabe won with 55.2% (4,731) against Republican Doyle Holmes with 44.8% (3,846). 8,577 votes counted.
For District 31, Democratic incumbent Maxine Dibert won with 54.4% (3,518) against Republican Bart LeBon with 45.6% (2,948). 6,466 votes counted.
For District 32, Republican incumbent Will Stapp won with 67.6% (3,227) against Democrat Gary Damron with 32.4% (1,548). 4,775 votes counted.
For District 33, Republican incumbent Glenn Prax won unopposed.
For District 34, Republican incumbent Frank Tomaszewski won with 56.5% (4,887) against Republican Joy Cottle with 43.5% (3,765). 8,652 votes counted.
For District 35, Democratic incumbent Ashley Carrick won with 55.4% (5,047) against Republican Ruben McNeill with 44.6% (4,066). 9,113 votes counted.
For District 36 (first round), Republican Becky Schwanke led with 35.8% (3,180) against Democrat Brandon Kowalski with 33.1% (2,946), Republican Pamela Goode with 25.6% (2,276) and Libertarian James Fields with 5.5% (491). 8,893 votes counted.
For District 36 (final round), Republican Becky Schwanke won with 56.6% (4,048) against Democrat Brandon Kowalski with 43.4% (3,104). 7,152 votes counted.
For District 37, Independent incumbent Bryce Edgmon won with 73.3% (2,748) against Independent Darren Deacon with 26.7% (1,002). 3,750 votes counted.
For District 38 (first round), Democrat Nellie Jimmie led with 36.8% (1,380) against Democratic incumbent Conrad McCormick with 32.3% (1,212), Veterans Willy Keppel with 25.9% (971) and Democrat Victoria Sosa with 5.0% (187). 3,750 votes counted.
For District 38 (final round), Democrat Nellie Jimmie won with 52.3% (1,548) against Democratic incumbent Conrad McCormick with 47.7% (1,411). 2,959 votes counted.
For District 39, Democratic incumbent Neal Foster won with 58.3% (2,333) against Alaskan Independence Tyler Ivanoff with 41.7% (1,670). 4,003 votes counted.
For District 40 (first round), Democrat Robyn Burke led with 47.1% (1,417) against Democrat Saima Chase with 28.7% (863) and Independent incumbent Thomas Baker with 24.2% (731). 3,011 votes counted.
For District 40 (final round), Democrat Robyn Burke won with 60.1% against Democrat Saima Chase with 39.9%. DEMOCRATIC FLIP