1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for Alaska Senate District J
Alaska State Senate · Alaska
John B. Coghill (R) won with 83.1% of the vote, defeating H. D. Black (D) by 67.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John B. CoghillRepublican · winner
83.1%8,684
H. D. BlackDemocrat
15.8%1,651
Write-ins and other votesOther party
1.1%111
10,446 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET