2024 Alaska Senate election

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2024 Alaska Senate elections
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Gary Stevens
(coalition)
None
(coalition)
None
(minority)
Party Republican Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 17, 2023
Leader's seatC District
Current seats893

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     Democratic coalition incumbent
     Republican coalition incumbent
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The 2024 Alaska Senate elections will take place on November 5, 2024, with the primary elections being held on August 20, 2024. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate, with half of the seats up for election every two years. [1]

Background

Republicans had maintained control of the state senate from the 2012 election until the 2022 midterms, after which a coalition government between 8 of the 11 Republicans and all 9 Democrats was formed. [2] The 3 remaining Republicans did not join the coalition; none of their seats are up for election.

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References

  1. "Alaska State Senate Elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  2. Rosen, Yereth. "In new bipartisan Alaska Senate majority of 17, members vow compromise and consensus". No. 29 November 2023. Alaska Beacon. Retrieved October 20, 2023.