Political party strength in Alaska

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The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Alaska:

Governor, including pre-statehood governors, who were appointed by the U.S. president and usually of the same political party; and
Lieutenant Governor

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

Territorial and State Senate
Territorial and State House of Representatives
State delegation to the United States Senate
State delegation to the United States House of Representatives, including non-voting delegates elected pre-statehood

For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Year	Executive offices	Territorial Legislature^[1]		United States Congress
Year	Governor	Senate	House	Delegate
1884	John Henry Kinkead (R)	no such bodies		no such office
1885	Alfred P. Swineford (D)
…
1888
1889	Lyman Enos Knapp (R)
…
1892
1893	James Sheakley (D)
…
1896
1897	John Green Brady (R)
…
1905
1906	Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (R)			Frank Hinman Waskey (D)
1907				Thomas Cale (I)
1908				Thomas Cale (I)
1909	Walter Eli Clark (R)			James Wickersham (R)
1910
1911
1912
1913	John Franklin Alexander Strong (D)	3NP, 2D, 1I, 1IR, 1R	10NP, 2R, 1D, 1IR, 1PH, 1 vac.
1914		3NP, 2D, 1I, 1IR, 1R	10NP, 2R, 1D, 1IR, 1PH, 1 vac.
1915		3D, 3NP, 1I, 1Prog	7NP, 3D, 3I, 1H, 1ID, 1R
1916		3D, 3NP, 1I, 1Prog	7NP, 3D, 3I, 1H, 1ID, 1R
1917		3D, 2NP, 1IR, 1Prog, 1R	7D, 6R, 2I, 1PD	Charles A. Sulzer (D)
1918	Thomas Riggs Jr. (D)	3D, 2NP, 1IR, 1Prog, 1R	7D, 6R, 2I, 1PD	Charles A. Sulzer (D)
1919		5D, 2NP, 1IR	11D, 4R, 1I	James Wickersham (R)
				Charles A. Sulzer (D)^[a]
				vacant
1920				vacant
1920				George B. Grigsby (D)
1921	Scott Cordelle Bone (R)	4D, 3R, 1IR	11R, 2I, 1D, 1ID, 1IR	James Wickersham (R)
1921				Daniel Sutherland (R)
1922
1923		5R, 2I, 1D	11R, 4I, 1D
1924		5R, 2I, 1D	11R, 4I, 1D
1925	George Alexander Parks (R)	4R, 2D, 2I	9R, 4D, 2I, 1IR
1926		4R, 2D, 2I	9R, 4D, 2I, 1IR
1927		5R, 2I, 1D	12R, 3D, 1I
1928		5R, 2I, 1D	12R, 3D, 1I
1929		5R, 2D, 1I	9R, 3D, 3I, 1IR
1930		5R, 2D, 1I	9R, 3D, 3I, 1IR
1931		4D, 4R	11R, 4D, 1I	James Wickersham (R)
1931		4R, 3D, 1 vac.^[b]
1932		4R, 3D, 1 vac.^[b]
1933	John Weir Troy (D)	6D, 2R	12D, 4R	Anthony Dimond (D)
1934		6D, 2R	12D, 4R
1935		8D	15D, 1R
1936			15D, 1R
1937			14D, 2R
1938			14D, 2R
1939		7D, 1R	16D
1940	Ernest Gruening (D)		16D
1941			14D, 2R
1942			14D, 2R
1943			16D
1944			16D
1945		14D, 2R	20D, 4R	Bob Bartlett (D)
1946		14D, 2R	20D, 4R
1947		9D, 7R	13R, 11D
1948			13R, 11D
1949			19D, 5R
1950			19D, 5R
1951			14D, 10R
1952			14D, 10R
1953	B. Frank Heintzleman (R)	11R, 5D	19R, 5D
1954		11R, 5D	19R, 5D
1955		12D, 4R	21D, 3R
1956		12D, 4R
1957	Waino Hendrickson (acting) (R)	11D, 5R
1957	Mike Stepovich (R)
1958	Mike Stepovich (R)
1958	Waino Hendrickson (acting) (R)

1959–present

Year	Executive offices		State Legislature^[2]		United States Congress			Electoral votes
Year	Governor	Lt. Governor	Senate	House	U.S. Senate (Class II)	U.S. Senate (Class III)	House	Electoral votes
1959	William A. Egan (D)	Hugh Wade (D)	18D, 2R	34D, 5R, 1I	Bob Bartlett (D)^[a]	Ernest Gruening (D)	Ralph Rivers (D)^[c]
1960			18D, 2R	34D, 5R, 1I				Richard Nixon/ Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) N
1961			13D, 7R	20D, 19R, 1I
1962			13D, 7R	20D, 19R, 1I
1963			15D, 5R	20D, 20R^[d]
1964			15D, 5R	20D, 20R^[d]				Lyndon B. Johnson/ Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
1965			17D, 3R	30D, 10R
1966			17D, 3R	30D, 10R
1967	Wally Hickel (R)^[e]	Keith Harvey Miller (R)	14R, 6D	26R, 14D			Howard Pollock (R)
1968								Richard Nixon/ Spiro Agnew (R) Y
1968					Ted Stevens (R)^[f]
1969			11R, 9D	22D, 18R		Mike Gravel (D)
1969	Keith Harvey Miller (R)^[g]	Robert W. Ward (R)^[g]
1970	Keith Harvey Miller (R)^[g]	Robert W. Ward (R)^[g]
1971	William A. Egan (D)	H. A. Boucher (D)	10D, 10R^[h]	31D, 9R			Nick Begich (D)^[a]
1972			10D, 10R^[h]	31D, 9R			Nick Begich (D)^[a]
1973			11R, 9D	20D, 19R, 1NP^[i]^[j]			Don Young (R)^[k]^[a]
1974			11R, 9D	20D, 19R, 1NP^[i]^[j]
1975	Jay Hammond (R)	Lowell Thomas Jr. (R)	13D, 7R	30D, 9R, 1I
1976			13D, 7R	30D, 9R, 1I				Gerald Ford/ Bob Dole (R) N
1977			12D, 8R	25D, 15R
1978			12D, 8R	25D, 15R
1979		Terry Miller (R)	11R, 9D	25D, 14R, 1L
1980			11R, 9D	25D, 14R, 1L				Ronald Reagan/ George H. W. Bush (R) Y
1981			10D, 10R^[l]	22D, 16R, 2L		Frank Murkowski (R)^[m]
1981				22D, 16R, 2L^[n]
1982				22D, 16R, 2L^[n]
1983	Bill Sheffield (D)	Steve McAlpine (D)	11R, 9D^[l]	20D, 20R^[d]
1984			11R, 9D^[l]	20D, 20R^[d]
1985			11R, 9D	21D, 18R, 1L
1986			11R, 9D	21D, 18R, 1L
1987	Steve Cowper (D)		12R, 8D	24D, 16R
1988								George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R) Y
1989
1990
1991	Wally Hickel (AKIP)	Jack Coghill (AKIP)	10D, 10R^[h]	23D, 17R
1992			10D, 10R^[h]	23D, 17R				George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R) N
1993			10R, 9D, 1ID^[h]	20D, 18R, 1AKIP, 1I^[o]
1994				20D, 18R, 1AKIP, 1I^[o]
1994	Wally Hickel (R)			21D, 18R, 1I^[p]
1995	Tony Knowles (D)	Fran Ulmer (D)	12R, 7D, 1ID	22R, 17D, 1I
1996			12R, 7D, 1ID	22R, 17D, 1I				Bob Dole/ Jack Kemp (R) N
1997			14R, 6D	25R, 15D
1998			14R, 6D	25R, 15D
1999			15R, 5D	26R, 14D
2000			15R, 5D	26R, 14D				George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (R) Y
2001			14R, 6D	27R, 13D
2002			14R, 6D
2003	Frank Murkowski (R)	Loren Leman (R)	12R, 8D^[q]			Lisa Murkowski (R)^[r]
2004
2005				26R, 14D
2006				26R, 14D
2007	Sarah Palin (R)^[s]	Sean Parnell (R)	11R, 9D^[t]	23R, 17D
2008	Sarah Palin (R)^[s]	Sean Parnell (R)	11R, 9D^[t]	23R, 17D				John McCain/ Sarah Palin (R) N
2009	Sean Parnell (R)^[g]	Craig Campbell (R)^[r]	10R, 10D^[u]	22R, 18D	Mark Begich (D)
2010		Craig Campbell (R)^[r]		22R, 18D
2011		Mead Treadwell (R)		24R, 16D^[v]
2012				24R, 16D^[v]				Mitt Romney/ Paul Ryan (R) N
2013			13R, 7D^[w]	26R, 14D^[v]
2014			13R, 7D^[w]	26R, 14D^[v]
2015	Bill Walker (I)	Byron Mallott (D)^[s]^[6]	14R, 6D^[x]	23R, 16D, 1I^[v]	Dan Sullivan (R)
2016				23R, 16D, 1I^[v]				Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R) Y
2017				21R, 17D, 2I^[y]
2018		Valerie Davidson (D)^[g]		21R, 17D, 2I^[y]
2019	Mike Dunleavy (R)	Kevin Meyer (R)	13R, 7D^[x]	23R, 15D, 2I^[z]
2020				23R, 15D, 2I^[z]				Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R) N
2021				21R, 15D, 4I^[aa]
2022				21R, 15D, 4I^[aa]			Mary Peltola (D)^[k]^[ab]
2023		Nancy Dahlstrom (R)	11R, 9D^[ac]	21R, 13D, 6I^[ad]
2024				22R, 13D, 5I^[ae]				Donald Trump/ JD Vance (R) Y
2025				21R, 14D, 5I^[af]			Nick Begich III (R)
2026				21R, 14D, 5I^[af]			Nick Begich III (R)

Key

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials

Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)

Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix), States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA)

Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)

Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O) Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)

Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)

Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

Notes

1 2 3 4 Died in office.
↑ A Democratic senator died 17 days after the legislative session began. The seat was left vacant and the legislature continued with a Democratic Senate president.
↑ Resigned following electoral defeat.
1 2 The House elected a Republican as Speaker.
↑ Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior.
↑ Initially elected in a special election.
1 2 3 4 Ascended to office following the resignation of predecessor.
1 2 3 The Senate elected a Republican as President.
↑ Led by a coalition with a Republican House speaker, Tom Fink.
↑ The "no party" member, Frank R. Ferguson, was elected as a write-in after losing the Democratic primary as an incumbent. He served in the previous and following legislatures as a Democrat.
1 2 Initially elected in a special election.
1 2 The Senate elected a Democrat as president.
↑ Resigned December 2, 2002 to take office as Governor of Alaska.
↑ The Democratic Speaker of the House, Jim Duncan, was voted out on June 16, 1981, eight days before the end of session. He was replaced by a tri-partisan coalition of Republicans, native Bush Democrats, and Libertarians (the Libertarians later dropped out) led by Republican Joe Hayes, which remained through the end of this Legislature. The overall partisan composition of the House remained unchanged, and the coalition led by Hayes was preserved in a slightly different form in the next Legislature as well.^[3]^[4]
↑ Led by a coalition with a Republican House Speaker, Ramona L. Barnes.^[5]
↑ The representative elected under the AKIP banner, Carl E. Moses, switched his party affiliation to Democratic on May 24, 1994, shortly after Hickel's party switch, but the coalition that elected the Republican Speaker stayed in place.
↑ One senator was elected under the Republican Moderate Party banner, but switched his party affiliation to Republican before the actual start of his term.
1 2 Appointed to fill a vacancy.
1 2 Resigned.
↑ A coalition of six Republicans and the Senate's nine Democrats made up the majority caucus.
↑ From 2009-2011, six Republicans joined the ten Democrats to form a governing coalition. From 2011-2013, five Republicans governed with the ten Democrats.
1 2 3 Four Democrats caucused with the Republican majority.
↑ Two Democrats caucused with the Republican majority.
1 2 One Democrat caucused with the Republican majority.
↑ Three Republicans and both Independents caucused with the Democrats to form a governing coalition.
↑ Six Republicans and both Independents caucused with the Democrats to form a governing coalition.
↑ Two Republicans and all Independents caucused with all Democrats to form a governing coalition. Two Republicans are not members of a caucus.
↑ Seat was vacant from March 18–September 13, 2022
↑ From 2023–2025, eight Republicans and all nine Democrats caucused together to form the governing coalition. From 2025–present, five Republicans joined all nine Democrats to form the governing coalition.
↑ Nineteen Republicans, two Democrats, and two Independents caucused together to form the governing coalition.
↑ Republican Thomas Baker was appointed to fill the seat of independent Josiah Patkotak, who resigned.
↑ All fourteen Democrats, all five Independents and two Republicans caucused together to form the governing coalition.

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Political party strength in Alaska

1959–present

Key

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