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Alaska › Alaska House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Alaska House District 6
RCVTop fourSarah Vance has no major-party opponent.
Sarah Vance 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
Sarah Vance
- Experience
- State legislature
Independent
Brent Johnson
The district
Lean R+16: 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
- 22,116
- People per km²
- 2
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 32%
- White, no degree
- 54%of adults
- White 78%
- Hispanic 4%
- Asian 2%
- Other / multiracial 17%
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
11,390 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Sarah L Vance (R)47.1%
Brent Johnson (—)43.5%
Dawson R Slaughter (R)9.4%
2024 President Vote in this district
11,478 two-party votes · R+16.8 · R+15.3 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)58.4%
Kamala Harris (D)41.6%
2022
9,513 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Sarah L Vance (R)52.1%
Louis A Flora (I)44.0%
Ginger Bryant (I)3.6%
2020 Earlier district lines
8,690 votes · R+29.9✓ Mike Cronk (R)55.9%
Julia A Hnilicka (D)30.2%
Elijah M Verhagen (—)7.4%
Vernon J Carlson (—)4.8%
Deborah W Riley (—)1.6%
2020 President Vote in this district
10,948 two-party votes · R+11.7 · R+16.3 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)55.9%
Joe Biden (D)44.1%
2016 President Vote in this district
8,312 two-party votes · R+19.3 · R+21.5 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)59.6%
Hillary Clinton (D)40.4%