1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Alaska Senate District J
Alaska State Senate · Alaska
Dave Donley (R) won with 81.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas Lamb (Ind) by 62.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dave DonleyRepublican · winner · incumbent
81.0%8,003
Thomas LambIndependent
19.0%1,878
9,881 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET