2006 Alaska elections explained

On November 7, 2006, the state of Alaska held its general elections. On the ballot were races for U.S Representative, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, 10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate, all 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives, 2 ballot measures, plus retention elections for 18 judges of the Alaska Superior Court and 13 judges of the Alaska District Court.

In the tables below, bold indicates the winners, while italics indicates the incumbents.

Federal races

U.S. Representative election

See main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska.

Party	Candidate	Hometown	Votes	%
	Diane E. Benson	Chugiak	93,879	40.01
	Alexander Crawford	Anchorage	4,029	1.72
	Eva L. Ince	Anchorage	1,819	0.78
		William W. "Bill" Ratigan	Juneau	1,615	0.69
	Don Young	Fort Yukon	132,743	56.57
	Write-in votes		560	0.24

State races

Alaska gubernatorial election

See main article: 2006 Alaska gubernatorial election.

Party	Candidates	Hometowns	Votes	%
	Andrew Halcro and Fay Von Gemmingen	Anchorage/Palmer	22,443	9.46
	Tony Knowles and Ethan Berkowitz	Anchorage/Anchorage	97,238	40.97
	David M. Massie (no running mate)	Anchorage	593	0.25
	Sarah Palin and Sean Parnell	Wasilla/Anchorage	114,697	48.33
	William S. "Billy" Toien and Robert D. Mirabal	Anchorage/Anchorage	682	0.29
	Don Wright and Douglas L. Welton	Fairbanks/Fairbanks	1,285	0.54
	Write-in votes		384	0.16

State Senate elections

Analysis

24th Legislature (incumbents) Members   Republican 12   Democrat 8

In the 2006 elections Members   Republican held and uncontested 7   Contested 9   Democratic held and uncontested 4  Total 20

State Senate results

Party Candidate Hometown Votes % District B Kim Elton Juneau 8,679 64.51 Herman M. "Mac" Meiners Jr. Juneau 4,742 35.25 Write-in votes 32 0.24 District D David P. Braun Healy 415 2.70 Ralph C. Seekins Fairbanks 5,952 38.67 Joe Thomas Fairbanks 8,992 58.42 Write-in votes 34 0.22 District F Tim Beck North Pole 2,953 27.19 Gene Therriault North Pole 6,881 72.57 Write-in votes 26 0.24 District H Jay Cross Big Lake 4,351 30.74 Charlie Huggins Wasilla 9,743 68.83 Write-in votes 61 0.43 District J Earl Mayo Anchorage 3,082 38.70 Bill Wielechowski Anchorage 4,848 60.88 Write-in votes 33 0.41

Party Candidate Hometown Votes % District L Johnny Ellis Anchorage 7,105 95.01 Write-in votes 373 4.99 District N Lesil McGuire Anchorage 8,348 65.92 Ray Utter Anchorage 4,269 33.71 Write-in votes 46 0.36 District P Con Bunde Anchorage 8,607 53.10 Macon Roberts Anchorage 7,567 46.68 Write-in votes 36 0.22 District R Charles E. Davidson Kodiak 4,300 39.66 Gary Stevens Kodiak 6,510 60.04 Write-in votes 32 0.30 District S Norman Ayagalria Bethel 2,234 30.30 Lyman Hoffman Bethel 5,010 67.96 Write-in votes 128 1.74

State House elections

Analysis

24th Legislature (incumbents) Members   Republican 27   Democrat 13

In the 2006 elections Members   Uncontested Republican 6   Contested 28   Uncontested Democratic 6  Total 40

State House results

Party Candidate Hometown Votes % District 1 Kyle Johansen Ketchikan 3,752 94.32 Write-in votes 226 5.68 District 2 Jay Stelzenmuller Sitka 2,356 43.21 Peggy Wilson Wrangell 3,072 56.35 Write-in votes 24 0.44 District 3 Beth Kerttula Juneau 5,708 95.64 Write-in votes 260 4.36 District 4 Andrea Doll Juneau 3,288 50.28 Randy Wanamaker Juneau 3,217 49.19 Write-in votes 35 0.54 District 5 Aaron T. Isaacs Jr. Klawock 2,245 42.76 Bill Thomas Haines 2,988 56.91 Write-in votes 17 0.32 District 6 Carl Morgan Jr. Aniak 2,412 48.21 Woodie Salmon Beaver 2,580 51.57 Write-in votes 11 0.22 District 7 Mark A. Ames Fairbanks 288 3.68 Mike Kelly Fairbanks 4,413 56.35 Dave Watts Fairbanks 3,107 39.68 Write-in votes 23 0.29 District 8 Jason Crawford Fairbanks 2,648 35.75 David Guttenberg Fairbanks 4,740 64.00 Write-in votes 18 0.24 District 9 James A. "Jim" Holm Fairbanks 2,118 44.65 Scott Kawasaki Fairbanks 2,617 55.16 Write-in votes 9 0.19 District 10 Jay Ramras Fairbanks 2,366 92.13 Write-in votes 202 7.87 District 11 John Coghill North Pole 4,369 69.84 John E. Pile, Sr. North Pole 1,870 29.89 Write-in votes 17 0.27 District 12 John Harris Valdez 3,412 71.35 William R. "Bill" Johnson Delta Junction 1,351 28.25 Write-in votes 19 0.40 District 13 Carl Gatto Palmer 5,485 73.02 Jim Wardman Palmer 1,987 26.45 Write-in votes 40 0.53 District 14 Katie Hurley Wasilla 2,674 38.70 Vic Kohring Wasilla 4,218 61.04 Write-in votes 18 0.26 District 15 Mark Neuman Big Lake 4,125 57.81 Myrl "Boone" Thompson Wasilla 2,990 41.91 Write-in votes 20 0.28 District 16 Patricia R. Chesbro Palmer 2,142 28.49 Bill Stoltze Chugiak 5,355 71.23 Write-in votes 21 0.28 District 17 Anna Fairclough Eagle River 4,583 70.97 Karla F. Huntington Eagle River 1,848 28.62 Write-in votes 27 0.42 District 18 Nancy Dahlstrom Eagle River 2,037 95.99 Write-in votes 85 4.01 District 19 Mary L. Pedlow Anchorage 2,131 44.22 Bob Roses Anchorage 2,672 55.45 Write-in votes 16 0.33 District 20 Max Gruenberg Anchorage 1,786 57.72 Scott A. Kohlhaas Anchorage 97 3.14 Matt Moon Anchorage 1,205 38.95 Write-in votes 6 0.19

Party Candidate Hometown Votes % District 21 Harry Crawford Anchorage 3,383 55.43 Jeff Gonnason Anchorage 2,711 44.42 Write-in votes 9 0.15 District 22 Sharon Cissna Anchorage 3,256 94.32 Write-in votes 196 5.68 District 23 Les Gara Anchorage 3,881 95.99 Write-in votes 162 4.01 District 24 Berta Gardner Anchorage 2,928 59.90 Darwin R. Peterson Anchorage 1,949 39.87 Write-in votes 11 0.23 District 25 Mike Doogan Anchorage 2,931 70.25 Thomas A. Lamb Anchorage 1,226 29.39 Write-in votes 15 0.36 District 26 Lindsey Holmes Anchorage 3,954 61.45 Steve Strait Anchorage 2,469 38.37 Write-in votes 11 0.17 District 27 Bob Buch Anchorage 3,351 56.57 Tom Moffatt Anchorage 2,556 43.15 Write-in votes 17 0.29 District 28 Valerie "Val" Baffone Anchorage 3,278 48.34 Craig Johnson Anchorage 3,483 51.36 Write-in votes 20 0.29 District 29 Ralph Samuels Anchorage 2,467 55.87 Chris Tuck Anchorage 1,940 43.93 Write-in votes 9 0.20 District 30 Kevin Meyer Anchorage 4,893 94.55 Write-in votes 282 5.45 District 31 Bob Lynn Anchorage 5,920 95.68 Write-in votes 267 4.32 District 32 Pat A. Abney Anchorage 3,919 44.25 William "Bill" Bartee Anchorage 221 2.50 Mike Hawker Anchorage 4,701 53.08 Write-in votes 15 0.17 District 33 Kurt Olson Soldotna 3,409 56.31 John G. "Ozzie" Osborne Kenai 437 7.22 Pete Sprague Soldotna 2,200 36.34 Write-in votes 8 0.13 District 34 Mike Chenault Nikiski 5,079 94.23 Write-in votes 311 5.77 District 35 Paul Seaton Homer 4,465 68.35 Anthony K. Sieminski Seward 2,024 30.98 Write-in votes 44 0.67 District 36 Gabrielle LeDoux Kodiak 2,693 39.87 Dan Ogg Kodiak 1,811 39.87 Write-in votes 38 0.84 District 37 Ron Bowers Dillingham 818 21.58 Bryce Edgmon Dillingham 2,023 53.36 Write-in votes 950 25.06 District 38 Mary Sattler Kapsner Bethel 3,553 97.40 Write-in votes 95 2.60 District 39 Richard Foster Nome 3,687 97.03 Write-in votes 113 2.97 District 40 Reggie Joule Kotzebue 3,412 97.82 Write-in votes 76 2.18

See also

• 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
• 2006 Alaska gubernatorial election