2010 Alaska Senate elections

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2010 Alaska Senate election
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10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Johnny Ellis Con Bunde
(retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since19 January 200919 January 2009
Leader's seat District L District P
Last election1010
Seats after1010
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote50,16453,895
Percentage46.40%49.85%
President pro tempore before election

Gary Stevens
Republican

Elected President pro tempore

Gary Stevens
Republican

The 2010 Alaska Senate election was held on 2 November 2010 to determine which party would control the Alaska Senate for the following two years in the 27th Alaska State Legislature. District 19 (District S) and all even-numbered districts (except District 20) were up for election. The primary was held on 24 August 2010. Prior to the election, the Alaska Senate was evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with six Republicans and all Democrats joining a governing coalition in the previous legislature. The general election saw both parties holding on to the same amount of seats as the previous election, which resulted in five Republicans and all Democrats joining a governing coalition. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [4] Tossup1 November 2010

Retirements

  1. District P: Con Bunde (R) retired.

Results

District B

District B election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis Egan (incumbent) 11,683 96.96%
Scattering3663.04%
Total votes12,049 100.0%
Democratic hold

District D

District D election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Thomas (incumbent) 9,723 57.15%
Republican Pete Higgins7,24542.59%
Scattering450.26%
Total votes17,013 100.0%
Democratic hold

District F

District F election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Coghill (incumbent) 10,678 97.22%
Scattering3052.78%
Total votes10,983 100.0%
Republican hold

District J

District J election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Wielechowski (incumbent) 4,975 58.15%
Republican Ron Slepecki3,55041.49%
Scattering310.36%
Total votes8,556 100.0%
Democratic hold

District L

District L election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Johnny Ellis (incumbent) 6,159 61.21%
Republican Richard M. Wanda3,85238.28%
Scattering510.51%
Total votes10,062 100.0%
Democratic hold

District N

District N election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lesil McGuire (incumbent) 9,746 69.14%
Democratic Ed Cullinane3,69726.23%
Independent Clinton Desjarlais5904.19%
Scattering630.45%
Total votes14,096 100.0%
Republican hold

District P

District P election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cathy Giessel 9,255 50.29%
Democratic Janet L. Reiser7,04238.27%
Independent Philip Dziubinski2,07211.26%
Scattering330.18%
Total votes18,402 100.0%
Republican hold

District R

District R election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gary Stevens (incumbent) 9,569 96.92%
Scattering3043.08%
Total votes9,873 100.0%
Republican hold

District S

District S election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lyman Hoffman (incumbent) 6,885 97.25%
Scattering1952.75%
Total votes7,080 100.0%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ "State of Alaska 2010 General Election" (PDF). elections.alaska.gov. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Alaska State Senate elections, 2010". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Member Information 27th Legislature". akleg.gov. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (1 November 2010). "Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats". Governing. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
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