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Alaska › Alaska House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Alaska House District 36
RCVTop fourRebecca Schwanke has no major-party opponent.
Rebecca Schwanke has no major-party opponent.
How this race is decided
Ranked-choice voting
Voters rank the finalists. If nobody has a majority of first choices, last-place candidates are eliminated and their votes move to each voter's next choice. The forecast models the final two-candidate round.
The candidates
RepublicanIncumbent
Rebecca Schwanke
- Experience
- State legislature
Independent
Crystal Jones
The district
Lean R+21: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 20,814
- People per km²
- 0
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 32%
- White, no degree
- 36%of adults
- White 60%
- Hispanic 5%
- Black 1%
- Asian 1%
- Other / multiracial 33%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024
8,893 votes · R+3.8✓ Rebecca A Schwanke (R)35.8%
Brandon P "putuuqti" Kowalski (D)33.1%
Pamela Goode (R)25.6%
James Fields (L)5.5%
2024 President Vote in this district
9,171 two-party votes · R+22.8 · R+21.3 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)61.4%
Kamala Harris (D)38.6%
2022
7,464 votes · R+31.3✓ Mike Cronk (R)65.4%
Angela K Fowler (D)34.2%
2020 Earlier district lines
8,925 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Daniel H Ortiz (—)60.6%
Leslie Becker (R)39.4%
2020 President Vote in this district
11,678 two-party votes · R+15.7 · R+20.2 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)57.8%
Joe Biden (D)42.2%
2016 President Vote in this district
9,648 two-party votes · R+16.5 · R+18.8 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)58.3%
Hillary Clinton (D)41.7%
Also on the ballot in Alaska
Neighboring districts
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