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Alaska › Alaska State Senate · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Alaska State Senate District I
RCVTop fourLöki Tobin has no major-party opponent.
Löki Tobin 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
DemocraticIncumbent
Löki Tobin
- Experience
- State legislature
The district
Lean D+18: 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
- 40,917
- People per km²
- 300
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 33%
- White, no degree
- 30%of adults
- White 46%
- Hispanic 16%
- Black 6%
- Asian 8%
- Other / multiracial 24%
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
12,011 two-party votes · D+15.2 · D+16.7 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)57.6%
Donald Trump (R)42.4%
2022
7,544 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Loki Tobin (D)66.4%
Heather Herndon (OTH)32.2%
Write-In (—)1.4%
2020 President Vote in this district
12,006 two-party votes · D+25.4 · D+20.9 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)62.7%
Donald Trump (R)37.3%
2018 Earlier district lines
11,225 votes · D+20.2✓ Elvi Gray-Jackson (D)59.9%
Jim Crawford (R)39.8%
2016 President Vote in this district
10,400 two-party votes · D+18.5 · D+16.3 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)59.3%
Donald Trump (R)40.7%
2014 Earlier district lines
8,769 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Berta Gardner (D)100.0%