The 2022 Alaska Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022, with the primary elections being held on August 16, 2022.^[1] State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate, with half of the seats normally up for election every two years.^[2] However, because most districts were greatly changed in redistricting, elections were held for 19 of the 20 seats; the only exception is District T, represented by Democrat Donny Olson, which was mostly unchanged in redistricting and thus did not have an election. Some senators were elected to serve four-year terms, while others would serve shortened two-year terms.^[3]

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2022 Alaska Senate elections

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19 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Peter Micciche (retired) Tom Begich (retired) Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 19, 2021 January 15, 2019 Leader's seat O District J District Last election 13 7 Seats before 13 7 Seats won 11 9 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 153,603 66,358 Percentage 63.76% 27.55%
Results:      Republican hold      Democratic hold      Democratic gain
Senate President before election Peter Micciche Republican Elected Senate President Gary Stevens Republican (Coalition)

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Following the previous election in 2020, Republicans had control of the Alaska Senate with 13 seats to Democrats' seven seats. One Democrat caucused with the Republicans, giving them a governing majority of 14 seats.

After the 2022 elections, Republicans lost two seats to Democrats, reducing their majority to 11-9. However, a coalition government was formed with 8 Republicans and all 9 Democrats.

In 2020, Alaskan voters approved Ballot Measure 2, an initiative to implement a nonpartisan blanket top-four primary with a single, open primary where candidates from all parties are listed on the ballot and the top four vote getters advance to the general election.^[4] The general election is then resolved using instant-runoff voting, where voters rank the candidates and the candidates receiving the lowest votes are eliminated one by one until one candidate has a majority. The first elections using the new system was the 2022 election cycle. As of the close of candidate filing, none of the elections for the Alaska Senate had more than four candidates.

• E District: Lora Reinbold (R)^[7]
• F District: Josh Revak (R) (ran for U.S. House)^[8]
• H District: Natasha von Imhof (R)^[9]
• J District: Tom Begich (D)^[10]

• Source for primary results^[11]
• Source for general election results^[12]

Negotiations for a governing coalition in the state senate occurred after ranked-choice votes in the state were tabulated. The bipartisan coalition was announced two days later on November 25, with eight Republicans and nine Democrats leading the new Senate majority. They stated that their top priorities would be energy costs, education, and the economy.^[18] Incoming Senate President Gary Stevens also remarked that the bipartisan coalition was necessary to pass responsible budgets and respond to calls for "more moderation" by the electorate.^[19]

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