Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent

Ashley Carrick

Assumed office: January 17, 2023

Alaska House of Representatives District 35 is represented by Ashley Carrick (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Alaska state representatives represented an average of 18,402 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 18,038 residents.

About the office

Members of the Alaska House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subjected to term limits. The Alaska House of Representatives is the smallest legislative lower house in the United States. Alaska legislators assume office on the third Tuesday of January following their election.^[1][2]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Article II, Section 2 of the Alaska Constitution states: "A member of the legislature shall be a qualified voter who has been a resident of Alaska for at least three years and of the district from which elected for at least one year, immediately preceding his filing for office. A senator shall be at least twenty-five years of age and a representative at least twenty-one years of age."^[3]

Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the Alaska State Legislature, the governor is responsible for selecting a replacement. The governor must select the replacement within 30 days after the vacancy happens. Nevertheless, if the predecessor's term is set to expire or if a special election is scheduled to fill a vacancy in the state Senate before the legislature reconvenes, the governor is not authorized to appoint someone to fill the vacancy.^[5]

See sources: Alaska Stat. §15.40.320

District map

Redistricting

2020-2022

See also: Redistricting in Alaska after the 2020 census

Alaska completed its state legislative redistricting on May 24, 2022, when the Alaska Redistricting Board adopted a new map of state Senate districts at the direction of the state supreme court. In its ruling, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld a May 16, 2022, decision by the Third District of Alaska's Superior Court that determined that the mapping of state House districts to Senate ones was unconstitutional and ordered the Alaska Redistricting Board to adopt another proposed plan for pairing the districts. Click here to read more about litigation surrounding Alaska's legislative boundaries. These maps took effect for Alaska's 2022 legislative elections.

Alaska had initially enacted legislative district boundaries on November 10, 2021, following a 3-2 vote by the Alaska Redistricting Board. The three Republican-appointed board members voted in favor of the map and the two nonpartisan board members voted against it.^[6] On March 25, 2022, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that one state House and one state Senate district did not comply with the state constitution and required they be redrawn.^[7] The Alaska Redistricting Board adopted new legislative district boundaries to comply with the state supreme court's ruling on April 13, 2022.^[8]

How does redistricting in Alaska work? Because Alaska has only one congressional district, congressional redistricting is not necessary. A non-politician commission draws state legislative district lines. In place since 1998, Alaska's redistricting commission comprises five members. Two commissioners are appointed by the governor, one by the state Senate majority leader, one by the state House majority leader, and one by the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. State law mandates that commissioners "be chosen without regard to party affiliation." One commissioner must be selected from each of the state's judicial districts.^[9]

The Alaska Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and compact. Furthermore, every state legislative district must contain a "relatively integrated socio-economic area." Each state legislative district is served by one state senator and two state representatives.^[9]

Elections

2024

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Ashley Carrick in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Ashley Carrick	55.2	5,047	0	Won (1)
		Ruben McNeill	44.5	4,066	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.3	23	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,136
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Ashley Carrick and Ruben McNeill advanced from the primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ashley Carrick (D)	60.6	2,332
✔		Ruben McNeill (R)	39.4	1,517

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,849
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2022

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Ashley Carrick in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Ashley Carrick	53.5	3,977	0	Won (1)
		Kevin McKinley	28.2	2,093	0	1
		Ruben McNeill	14.8	1,098	0	1
		Kieran Brown	3.1	231	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.5	34	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,433
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tim Parker (Independent)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Ashley Carrick, Kevin McKinley, Tim Parker, and Ruben McNeill defeated Kieran Brown in the primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35 on August 16, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ashley Carrick (D)	41.0	2,165
✔		Kevin McKinley (R)	27.6	1,454
✔		Tim Parker (Independent)	17.6	931
✔		Ruben McNeill (R)	11.8	621
		Kieran Brown (Constitution Party of Alaska)	2.0	106

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,277
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2020

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins defeated Kenny Karl Skaflestad in the general election for Alaska House of Representatives District 35 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D)	58.7	5,682
		Kenny Karl Skaflestad (R)	41.0	3,972
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	31

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,685
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Kenny Karl Skaflestad defeated Arthur Martin in the Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenny Karl Skaflestad	53.3	594
		Arthur Martin	46.7	521

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,115
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Calkins (R)

Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary election

Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins advanced from the Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins	100.0	1,811

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,811
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2018

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins defeated Richard Wein in the general election for Alaska House of Representatives District 35 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D)	56.9	4,480
		Richard Wein (R)	42.7	3,367
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	32

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,879
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Richard Wein defeated Kenny Karl Skaflestad in the Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35 on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Wein	60.6	727
		Kenny Karl Skaflestad	39.4	472

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,199
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Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary election

Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins advanced from the Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 35 on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins	100.0	1,159

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,159
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2016

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Alaska House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 16, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

Incumbent Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins defeated Sheila Finkenbinder in the Alaska House of Representatives District 35 general election.^[10][11]

Alaska House of Representatives, District 35 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins Incumbent	59.25%	5,068
	Republican	Sheila Finkenbinder	40.75%	3,486
Total Votes				8,554
Source: Alaska Secretary of State

Incumbent Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins ran unopposed in the Alaska House of Representatives District 35 Democratic Primary.^[12][13]

Alaska House of Representatives, District 35 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins Incumbent (unopposed)

Sheila Finkenbinder ran unopposed in the Alaska House of Representatives District 35 Republican Primary.^[12][13]

Alaska House of Representatives, District 35 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Sheila Finkenbinder  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Alaska House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 19, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. District 34 incumbent Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Steven A. Samuelson was unopposed in the Republican primary. Kreiss-Tomkins defeated Samuelson in the general election.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Alaska House of Representatives, District 35, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins Incumbent	59.2%	4,630
	Republican	Steven A. Samuelson	40.8%	3,189
Total Votes				7,819

2012

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2012

Elections for the office of Alaska House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on August 28, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 1, 2012. Incumbent Alan Austerman ran unopposed in the August 28 Republican primary before defeating a write-in candidate in the general election.^[18][19][20]

Alaska House of Representatives, District 35, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Alan Austerman Incumbent	96.8%	5,226
	Write-in	Write-in	3.2%	175
Total Votes				5,401

Campaign contributions

From 2000 to 2024, candidates for Alaska House of Representatives District 35 raised a total of $911,473. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $28,484 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

See also

Suggest a link

• Alaska State Legislature
• Alaska State Senate
• Alaska House of Representatives
• Alaska state legislative districts

External links

• The Alaska State Legislature

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