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Alaska › Alaska State Senate · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Alaska State Senate District E
R vs RRCVTop fourSame-party general election. Two Republicans advanced to November: the seat stays Republican.
Cathy Giessel has no major-party opponent.
Cathy Giessel 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
Cathy Giessel
- Experience
- State legislature
Republican
Gretchen Stoddard
Republican
Jace White
The district
Lean Even: 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
- 39,326
- People per km²
- 21
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 51%
- White, no degree
- 30%of adults
- White 67%
- Hispanic 7%
- Black 2%
- Asian 7%
- 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 President Vote in this district
19,857 two-party votes · R+0.1 · D+1.4 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)50.0%
Kamala Harris (D)50.0%
2022
16,680 votes · R+1.1✓ Cathy Giessel (R)33.6%
Roger Holland (R)33.1%
Roselynn Cacy (D)32.9%
2020 President Vote in this district
21,083 two-party votes · R+1.2 · R+5.8 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)50.6%
Joe Biden (D)49.4%
2018 Earlier district lines
15,598 votes · R+48.7✓ Michael K Shower (R)74.1%
Susan Kay (D)25.6%
2016 President Vote in this district
17,152 two-party votes · R+9.9 · R+12.1 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)54.9%
Hillary Clinton (D)45.1%
2014 Earlier district lines
13,946 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Michael J Dunleavy (R)65.0%
Warren Keogh (OTH)35.0%