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2000Final results

2000 election for Alaska Senate District M

Alaska State Senate · Alaska

Rick Halford (R) won with 70.0% of the vote, defeating James Dellasilva (D) by 56.2 points.

Rick HalfordRepublican · winner · incumbent
70.0%10,485
13.7%2,058
Dawn M. MendiasOther party
10.2%1,526
6.1%919
14,988 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+67.91990R+56.22000D+14.32002D+25.42004R+24.52012R+40.12014

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