| James D. Kaufman | |
| State Senate: | Alaska |
| District: | F |
| Term Start: | January 2023 |
| Preceded: | Josh Revak (District M) |
| State House2: | Alaska |
| District2: | 28th |
| Term Start2: | January 2021 |
| Term End2: | January 2023 |
| Preceded2: | Jennifer Johnston |
| Succeeded2: | Julie Coulombe (District 11) |
| Birth Name: | James Denis Kaufman |
| Birth Place: | Neptune, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Occupation: | Project manager |
James Denis Kaufman (born 1958) is an American Republican politician from Anchorage, Alaska. He represents District F in South Anchorage in the Alaska Senate and previously served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.[1] At the time of his election to the legislature in November 2000, he was retired from a career as a construction project manager in the oil industry and was active in neighborhood level politics in the Hillside area of Anchorage.