Alaska Senate district J

Alaska's J
State Senate district
Alaska's J; State Senate district
Senator
	Forrest Dunbar; D–Anchorage
	since 2023
Population	36,482

Alaska Senate district J is one of 20 districts of the Alaska Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Forrest Dunbar since 2023. District J is located in Anchorage and encompasses the entirety of Alaska's 19th House of Representatives district and 20th House of Representatives district, including Mountain View and the University of Alaska Anchorage.^[2]

Election results (2022 boundaries)

Nonpartisan primary^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar (incumbent)	2,253	72.3
	Independent	Cheronda Smith^[a]	863	27.7
Total votes			3,116	100.0

General election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar (incumbent)	7,292	69.83
	Independent	Cheronda Smith^[a]	3,022	28.94
	Write-in		129	1.24
Total votes			10,443	100.0
	Democratic hold
	Coalition hold

Nonpartisan primary^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar	2,947	49.4
	Republican	Andrew Satterfield	1,904	31.9
	Democratic	Geran Tarr	916	15.3
	Democratic	Drew Cason (withdrew)	201	3.4
Total votes			5,968	100.00

General election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar	4,306	50.0
	Republican	Andrew Satterfield	2,813	32.7
	Democratic	Geran Tarr	1,443	16.8
	Write in	Write-ins	45	0.5
Total votes			8,607	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Map of District J of the Alaska Senate from 2013 to 2022

Democratic primary^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Begich (incumbent)	1,739	50.2
Total votes			1,739	100.0

General election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Begich (incumbent)	9,235	92.6
	Write-in	Write-ins	734	7.4
Total votes			9,969	100.0
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Begich (incumbent)	1,629	62.46
	Democratic	Ed Wesley	979	37.54
Total votes			2,608	100

General election^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Begich (incumbent)	8,103	93.49
	Write-ins	Write-ins	564	6.51
Total votes			8,667	100
	Democratic hold

Map of District J of the Alaska Senate from 2012 to 2013

Republican primary^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Bell	2,622	60.53
	Republican	Liz Vazquez	1,710	39.47
Total votes			4,332	100

Democratic primary^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hollis French (incumbent)	2,284	100.0
Total votes			2,284	100

General election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hollis French (incumbent)	7,593	50.01
	Republican	Bob Bell	7,542	49.68
	Write-ins	Write-ins	47	0.31
Total votes			15,182	100
	Democratic hold

^ "Total Population". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "HOUSE AND SENATE DISTRICT DESIGNATIONS" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. May 24, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
^ "OFFICIAL RESULTS" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. September 1, 2024.
^ "State of Alaska 2024 GENERAL ELECTION Election Summary Report November 5, 2024 OFFICIAL RESULTS" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
^ "Official Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. August 16, 2022.
^ "Official Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. November 18, 2022.
^ "2020 PRIMARY ELECTION Election Summary Report August 18, 2020 OFFICIAL Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ "2020 GENERAL ELECTION Election Summary Report November 3, 2020 OFFICIAL Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ "2016 PRIMARY ELECTION Election Summary Report August 16, 2016 Official Results" (PDF).
^ "Alaska Election Summary" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "State of Alaska 2012 Primary Election August 28, 2012 Official Results". Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "State of Alaska 2012 General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results". Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 21 December 2024.