1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1990 election for Alaska Senate District K
Alaska State Senate · Alaska
Bettye Fahrenkamp (D) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Joe Ryan (R) by 18.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bettye FahrenkampDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.0%11,976
Joe RyanRepublican
41.0%8,309
20,285 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