1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsSpecial election
1984 special election for Alaska Senate District E
Alaska State Senate · Alaska
Edna B. Armstrongdevries (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Charles Sassara (D) by 1.4 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Edna B. ArmstrongdevriesRepublican · winner
50.6%11,470
Charles SassaraDemocrat
49.2%11,157
22,655 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)