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2002Final results

2002 election for Alaska House District 8

Alaska House of Representatives · Alaska

David Guttenberg (D) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Thomas Scarborough (R) by 7.2 points.

David GuttenbergDemocrat · winner
51.5%3,656
44.3%3,144
William J. NemecIndependent
4.0%283
7,097 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+43.71996R+36.01998R+26.62000D+7.22002D+3.62004D+28.32006

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

The candidates