Alaska Senate District B

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Jesse Kiehl Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Jesse Kiehl (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024

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History (17 elections for this seat)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJesse KiehlWon	Democratic	15,508100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,278
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJesse KiehlWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,72495.8%	95.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	5544.2%	4.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,812
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2014 to 2021)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert H. Myers Jr.Won	Republican	10,21357.3%	57.3%
OtherMarna L. Sanford	Other	6,61237.1%	37.1%
OtherEvan A. Eads	Other	9875.5%	5.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,916
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2014 to 2021)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn B. Coghill Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	8,42953.0%	53.0%
DemocraticLuke Hopkins	Democratic	7,33646.1%	46.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1510.9%	0.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 11,517
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2013)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPete KellyWon	Republican	6,23254.1%	54.1%
DemocraticJoe Paskvan(incumbent)	Democratic	5,24945.6%	45.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	360.3%	0.3%

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDennis EganWon	Democratic	11,683100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,421
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKim S. EltonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	8,67964.7%	64.7%
RepublicanHerman M. Meiners Jr.	Republican	4,74235.3%	35.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,582
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKim S. EltonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	7,98751.3%	51.3%
RepublicanCathy Munoz	Republican	7,57048.6%	48.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	250.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 14,051
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKim S. EltonWon	Democratic	7,71054.9%	54.9%
RepublicanDon Abel	Republican	6,34145.1%	45.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,477
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJim DuncanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	10,54468.1%	68.1%
RepublicanRed Swanson	Republican	4,93331.9%	31.9%

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJim DuncanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,046100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 6,809
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRichard EliasonWon(incumbent)	Republican	6,74499.0%	99.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	650.9%	0.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 8,386
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRichard EliasonWon(incumbent)	Republican	6,18973.8%	73.8%
DemocraticJames Axel Wilson	Democratic	2,17826.0%	26.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	190.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 7,074
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1981)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRichard EliasonWon	Republican	4,69766.4%	66.4%
DemocraticAlan Dill	Democratic	2,36933.5%	33.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	80.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,519
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1981)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticH. D. MelandWon(incumbent)	Democratic	3,67766.6%	66.6%
RepublicanGary Oines	Republican	1,84233.4%	33.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,344
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1973)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticH. D. MelandWon	Democratic	4,23879.3%	79.3%
RepublicanVanhorn	Republican	1,10620.7%	20.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,343
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Alaska Senate, State Senate District B, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHoward C. BradshawWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,71362.5%	62.5%
RepublicanMassey	Republican	1,63037.5%	37.5%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ak/sldu:b

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026