2012 Alaska Senate election

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2012 Alaska Senate election
Flag of Alaska.svg
 2010November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2014  

19 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Senator John Coghill.jpg Johnny Ellis (a).jpg
Leader John Coghill Johnny Ellis
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 15, 2013January 15, 2013
Leader's seat District A
(redistricted)
District I
(redistricted)
Seats before1010
Seats after137
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote151,56888,868
Percentage60.5335.49

2012 Alaska State Senate election.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
Note: the Democratic gain was through redistricting - no election took place in district P

President pro tempore before election

Gary Stevens
Republican

President pro tempore-designate

Charlie Huggins
Republican

The 2014 Alaska Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, with the primary elections on August 28, 2012. 19 of the 20 districts of the Alaska Senate were up for election. Prior to the election, the Senate was evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with 6 Republicans joining the Democrats in coalition. [1] Following redistricting, the Republican Party gained 4 seats in the election to take control of the Senate, with the Democrats gaining the seat without an election through redistricting.

Contents

Overview

2014 Alaska Senate elections
General election — November 4, 2014
PartyVotesPercentageNot upContestedBeforeAfter+/–
Republican 151,56860.530181013Increase2.svg 3
Democratic 88,86835.49116107Decrease2.svg 3
Independent 7,2022.880100Steady2.svg
Write-ins 2,7711.1101900Steady2.svg

Results

District ADistrict BDistrict CDistrict DDistrict EDistrict FDistrict GDistrict HDistrict IDistrict J
District KDistrict LDistrict MDistrict NDistrict ODistrict QDistrict RDistrict SDistrict T

District A

2012 Alaska Senate district A election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Coghill (incumbent) 9,464 60.35
Democratic Joe Thomas (incumbent)6,17539.38
Write-insWrite-ins430.27
Total votes15,682 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District B

2012 Alaska Senate district B election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Kelly 6,232 54.11
Democratic Joe Paskvan (incumbent)5,24945.58
Write-insWrite-ins360.31
Total votes11,517 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District C

2012 Alaska Senate district C election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Click Bishop 10,051 70.40
Democratic Anne Sudkamp4,07428.54
Write-insWrite-ins1521.06
Total votes14,277 100
Republican hold

District D

2012 Alaska Senate district D election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Dunleavy 11,724 94.24
Write-insWrite-ins7165.76
Total votes12,440 100
Republican hold

District E

2012 Alaska Senate district E election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charlie Huggins (incumbent) 9,828 77.65
Democratic Susan Herman2,79022.04
Write-insWrite-ins390.31
Total votes12,657 100
Republican hold

District F

2012 Alaska Senate district F election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fred Dyson (incumbent) 9,954 75.15
Democratic Martin Lindeke3,23824.45
Write-insWrite-ins530.40
Total votes13,245 100
Republican hold

District G

2012 Alaska Senate district G election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Wielechowski (incumbent) 6,378 56.02
Republican Bob Roses4,97743.72
Write-insWrite-ins300.26
Total votes11,385 100
Democratic hold

District H

2012 Alaska Senate district H election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Berta Gardner 6,950 59.23
Republican Don Smith4,73040.31
Write-insWrite-ins540.46
Total votes11,734 100
Democratic hold

District I

2012 Alaska Senate district I election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Johnny Ellis (incumbent) 6,818 67.87
Republican Paul Kendall3,19031.75
Write-insWrite-ins380.38
Total votes10,046 100
Democratic hold

District J

2012 Alaska Senate district J election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Hollis French (incumbent) 7,593 50.01
Republican Bob Bell7,54249.68
Write-insWrite-ins470.31
Total votes15,182 100
Democratic hold

District K

2012 Alaska Senate district K election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lesil McGuire (incumbent) 9,291 66.02
Democratic Roselynn Cacy4,69433.35
Write-insWrite-ins880.63
Total votes14,073 100
Republican hold

District L

2012 Alaska Senate district L election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Meyer (incumbent) 10,304 72.41
Democratic Jacob Hale3,89427.36
Write-insWrite-ins320.22
Total votes14,230 100
Republican hold

District M

2012 Alaska Senate district M election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Anna Fairclough 11,012 62.12
Democratic Bettye Davis (incumbent)6,67637.66
Write-insWrite-ins380.21
Total votes17,726 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District N

2012 Alaska Senate district N election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cathy Giessel (incumbent) 10,405 58.80
Independent Ron Devon7,20240.70
Write-insWrite-ins880.50
Total votes17,695 100
Republican hold

District O

2012 Alaska Senate district O election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter Micciche 12,947 94.61
Write-insWrite-ins7385.39
Total votes13,685 100
Republican hold

District Q

2012 Alaska Senate district Q election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bert Stedman (incumbent) 9,829 64.30
Democratic Albert Kookesh (incumbent)5,41335.41
Write-insWrite-ins440.29
Total votes15,286 100
Republican gain from Democratic

District R

2012 Alaska Senate district R election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gary Stevens (incumbent) 7,673 69.76
Democratic Robert Henrichs3,27729.79
Write-insWrite-ins490.45
Total votes10,999 100
Republican hold

District S

2012 Alaska Senate district S election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lyman Hoffman (incumbent) 8,194 95.07
Write-insWrite-ins4254.93
Total votes8,619 100
Democratic hold

District T

2012 Alaska Senate district T election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Donny Olson (incumbent) 7,455 75.07
Republican Allen Minish2,41524.32
Write-insWrite-ins610.61
Total votes9,931 100
Democratic hold

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