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Alaska › Alaska House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Alaska House District 40
D vs DRCVTop fourSame-party general election. Two Democrats advanced to November: the seat stays Democratic.
Robyn Niayuq Frier has no major-party opponent.
Robyn Niayuq Frier 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
Robyn Niayuq Frier
- Experience
- State legislature
Democratic
Saima Chase
The district
Lean R+7: 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
- 18,251
- People per km²
- 0
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 14%
- White, no degree
- 21%of adults
- White 22%
- Hispanic 4%
- Black 1%
- Asian 4%
- Other / multiracial 69%
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
3,011 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Robyn "niayuq" Burke (D)47.1%
Saima "ikrik" Chase (D)28.7%
Thomas C "ikaaq" Baker (—)24.3%
2024 President Vote in this district
3,050 two-party votes · R+10.7 · R+9.2 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)55.3%
Kamala Harris (D)44.7%
2022
2,412 votes✓ Josiah B Patkotak (I)97.8%
Write-In (—)2.2%
2020 Earlier district lines
4,378 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Josiah Patkotak (—)52.4%
Elizabeth Ferguson (D)47.6%
2020 President Vote in this district
4,125 two-party votes · D+6.0 · D+1.5 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)53.0%
Donald Trump (R)47.0%
2016 President Vote in this district
3,552 two-party votes · D+24.9 · D+22.6 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)62.4%
Donald Trump (R)37.6%