1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Alaska House District 15
Alaska House of Representatives · Alaska
Eric Sutcliffe (R) won with 57.2% of the vote, defeating Alvin Osterback (D) by 14.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Eric SutcliffeRepublican · winner
57.2%980
Alvin OsterbackDemocrat · incumbent
42.5%727
1,712 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET