Top-four primary
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Alaska › Alaska State Senate · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Alaska State Senate District K
RCVTop fourBill Wielechowski has no major-party opponent.
Bill Wielechowski 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
Bill Wielechowski
- Experience
- State legislature
The district
Lean D+6: 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
- 40,356
- People per km²
- 2,749
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 31%
- White, no degree
- 29%of adults
- White 37%
- Hispanic 10%
- Black 10%
- Asian 19%
- Other / multiracial 25%
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
13,949 two-party votes · D+5.7 · D+7.2 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)52.8%
Donald Trump (R)47.2%
2022
10,806 votes · D+16.4✓ Bill Wielechowski (D)58.0%
John W Cunningham (R)41.7%
2020 President Vote in this district
15,269 two-party votes · D+6.5 · D+1.9 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)53.2%
Donald Trump (R)46.8%
2018 Earlier district lines
14,714 votes · R+14.4✓ Mia Costello (R)57.0%
Sam Cason (D)42.7%
2016 President Vote in this district
12,599 two-party votes · R+4.3 · R+6.5 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)52.2%
Hillary Clinton (D)47.8%
2014 Earlier district lines
15,060 votes · R+13.3✓ Mia Costello (R)56.6%
Clare Ross (D)43.4%