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Denny Wells

Democratic · On the Nov 3 ballot for Alaska House District 15 · vs. Mia Costello (R)
First race on record
2022
Races
Won 1 of 2

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Spectrum

Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works

By donors (CFscore, 2022 cycle)

Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source

Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.

Method and limits

Published score −0.798 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 269 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.

Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.

Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.

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Career

YearRaceResultShareLost to, or other round
2024State House, AKLost45.6%Mia Costello 51.6%
2022State House, AKWon46.6%

Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss. Some races are matched to this person by name and seat, not by an ID, so one could belong to someone with the same name.

More about Denny Wells

Offices held (1 term or office)

  • State House, Alaska

Sources (5 sources)

  • Ballot listing, elections.alaska.gov

    Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Sep 25, 2026.

  • Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)

    CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.

    Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.

    Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .

  • Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)

    Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.

  • Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source

    Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.

  • Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file

    Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.

  • First win in our records: State House district 15, 2022-11-08. Basis: first win in our records (Election Wrld results files; earlier wins may exist outside them).

Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.

Not available for Denny Wells: state campaign finance.

DataSources: DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026