Louise Stutes
Alaska State Representative, District 5 since 2014. Did not run for re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 7 elections between 2014 and 2024, winning 7. Ran for Alaska Senate District C in 2026; the count goes on.
- In office
- 12 yrs
- Since 2014
- Bills became law
- 4
- 4 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.3%
- Chamber median 0.6%
- With party
- 8%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +55.7
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 8
- 2014–2026
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Fisheries Special · chair
- Rules · chair
- Armed Services
- Committee on Committees
- Legislative Council
- Transportation
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
ALCOHOL · Became law Jun 2026
BOARDS & COMMISSIONS · Became law Apr 2026
BOATS & BOATING · Became law Jul 2025
BONDS & BONDING · Became law Mar 2025
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Stutes sits in the Alaska House of Representatives
Stutes is closer to the center than 84% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Robyn Frier, Alyse Galvin, Maxine Dibert
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:44 PM ET
With Stutes’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans8%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills36%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Alaska House of Representatives.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Stutes’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Stutes | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | HB 16: An Act requiring a group supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot proposition in a… | Yes | No | Yes | Passed 21–19 |
| May 19, 2026 | SB 24: An Act relating to tobacco, tobacco products, electronic smoking products, nicotine, and… | No | Yes | No | Failed 19–21 |
| May 19, 2026 | SB 174: An Act establishing the Alaska Invasive Species Council in the Department of Fish and… | No | No | Yes | Failed 16–23 |
| May 19, 2026 | HB 263: An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state… | Yes | No | Yes | Passed 21–19 |
| May 17, 2026 | SB 208: An Act relating to industrial hemp; relating to the sale and lease of state land for… | Yes | Yes | No | Failed 19–21 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Stutes was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Alaska State Senate, SD-C | Counting | R+8.9 | R+15.4 | −6.5 |
| 2024 | Alaska House of Representatives, District 5 | Won | R+55.7 | R+13.3 | +42.4 |
| 2022 | Alaska House of Representatives, District 5 | Won | R+22.4 | R+11.7 | +10.7 |
| 2020 | Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2018 | Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 | Won | R+19.4 | — | — |
| 2016 | Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 | Won | R+3.0 | — | — |
| 2014 | Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 | Won | R+10.7 | — | — |
| 2014 | Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 (primary) | Won | +14.6 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Alaska Division of Elections (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Campaign money, 2025–26
- Raised
- $144.1K
- Spent
- $84.7K
Source: Alaska Public Offices Commission filings through Oct 26, 2026Updated Oct 31, 2026, 4:24 PM ET
Campaign committees
Open committees can still raise and spend money.
| Louise Stutes State | Active |
Source: Alaska Public Offices Commission filings through Oct 26, 2026Updated Oct 31, 2026, 4:24 PM ET
Seats Stutes has held
- Alaska House of Representatives, District 5 · since 2022
- Alaska House of Representatives, District 32 · since 2014
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Stutes has run against
- Heath Smith (R) · 2026 election
- Leighton Radner (L) · 2024 election, won
- Benjamin T. Vincent (R) · 2022 election, won
- Dennis P. Harris (D) · 2018 election, won
- Duncan Fields (I) · 2016 election, won
- Jerry G. McCune (D) · 2014 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Alaska Division of Elections (unofficial)
How we know Stutes
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/2d74c456-7818-42bc-a284-63026fbbfc56
- Wikidata Q19665616
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET