1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1990 election for Alaska Senate District I
Alaska State Senate · Alaska
Sam Cotten (D) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Walt Furnace (R) by 1.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Sam CottenDemocrat · winner
50.5%10,517
Walt FurnaceRepublican
49.5%10,289
20,806 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET