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1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1986 election for Alaska Senate District A

Alaska State Senate · Alaska

Lloyd Jones (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Robert H. Ziegler (D) by 8.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Lloyd JonesRepublican · winner
54.2%3,618
Robert H. ZieglerDemocrat · incumbent
45.7%3,047
6,673 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenR+8.61986R+17.81990R+11.91992R+10.81996R+8.12000R+16.42004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET