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Unofficial results are trickling in for the 2024 General Election. With all precincts reporting for state House and Senate races on the Kenai Peninsula, many incumbents take the lead, with the exception of House Districts 8, where Rep. Ben Carpenter is running for the Senate District D seat. Alaskans voted with ranked choice voting this year. The following results only include first-choice votes.
Results were last updated by the Alaska Division of Elections on Nov. 6 at 3:14 am.
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House District 6
The incumbent for the district that covers most of the southern Kenai Peninsula pulls ahead. With all precincts reporting, Republican Sarah Vance of Homer has a 438 vote lead over challenger Brent Johnson, a nonpartisan candidate from Clam Gulch. Dawson Slaughter, a Republican from Anchor Point, trails behind with 9.3% of the vote.
House District 5
Incumbent Louise Stutes (R-Kodiak) takes a strong lead with most precincts reporting. She holds 76.6% of the votes while challenger Leighton Radner, a Libertarian from Seward, trails with 22.7%.
House District 7
In the race for the House District that covers Kenai and Soldotna, incumbent Republican Justin Ruffridge leads challenger Ron Gillham, also a Republican, by close to 20 percentage points. With every precinct reporting, challenger Ron Gillham holds 2,617 votes, or 39.9%.
House District 8
Republican Bill Elam pulls ahead by 285 votes with all 11 precincts reporting. John Hillyer, another Republican, has 47.4% of the vote.
Senate District D
With all precincts reporting, incumbent Republican State Senate candidate Jesse Bjorkman has received 7,218, or 47.8% of the vote. Republican Ben Carpenter, who is the House District 8 Representative, falls behind by more than 6 percentage points. Tina Wegener, a Democrat, takes about 11% of the vote.
