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Alaska › Alaska State Senate · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Alaska State Senate District A
RCVTop fourBert Stedman has no major-party opponent.
Bert Stedman 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.
Staggered Senate
Senators serve four-year terms; half the seats are on the ballot each election.
The candidates
RepublicanIncumbent
Bert Stedman
- Experience
- State legislature
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
- 36,186
- People per km²
- 0
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 26%
- White, no degree
- 40%of adults
- White 56%
- Hispanic 6%
- Black 1%
- Asian 8%
- Other / multiracial 30%
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 President Vote in this district
17,333 two-party votes · R+8.4 · R+6.9 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)54.2%
Kamala Harris (D)45.8%
2022
12,941 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Bert K Stedman (R)68.8%
Mike Sheldon (R)30.5%
Write-In (—)0.8%
2020 President Vote in this district
20,135 two-party votes · R+2.9 · R+7.4 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)51.5%
Joe Biden (D)48.5%
2018 Earlier district lines
9,012 votes · D+2.0✓ Scott Kawasaki (D)50.8%
Pete Kelly (R)48.8%
2016 President Vote in this district
16,165 two-party votes · R+10.5 · R+12.7 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)55.2%
Hillary Clinton (D)44.8%
2014 Earlier district lines
8,877 votes · R+21.5✓ Pete Kelly (R)60.8%
Tama Kruseroselius (D)39.2%