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Alaska › Alaska House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Alaska House District 39
RCVTop fourNeal “Quannaq” Foster has no major-party opponent.
Neal “Quannaq” Foster 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
DemocraticIncumbent
Neal “Quannaq” Foster
- Experience
- State legislature
Independent
Tyler Ivanoff
Independent
Papa Joe Okitkun
The district
Lean D+17: 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
- 18,042
- People per km²
- 0
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 11%
- White, no degree
- 8%of adults
- White 9%
- Hispanic 2%
- Black 1%
- Asian 1%
- Other / multiracial 88%
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
4,003 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Neal W Foster (D)58.3%
Tyler Ivanoff (—)41.7%
2024 President Vote in this district
3,870 two-party votes · D+12.7 · D+14.2 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)56.3%
Donald Trump (R)43.7%
2022
3,647 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Neal W Foster (D)50.9%
Tyler L Ivanoff (I)48.4%
Write-In (—)0.6%
2020 Earlier district lines
4,667 votes · D+55.3✓ Neal W Foster (D)77.6%
Dan Holmes (R)22.4%
2020 President Vote in this district
4,820 two-party votes · D+28.7 · D+24.2 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)64.4%
Donald Trump (R)35.6%
2016 President Vote in this district
3,931 two-party votes · D+36.2 · D+33.9 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)68.1%
Donald Trump (R)31.9%