Political party strength in Alaska explained

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.

Pre-statehood (1884–1958)

Year	Executive offices	Territorial Legislature[1]		United States Congress
class=unsortable	Governor!	class=unsortable	Senate!	class=unsortable	House!	class=unsortable	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
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, 1,
1914
1915	3D, 3NP, 1I, 1Prog	7NP, 3D, 3I, 1, 1ID, 1R
1916
1917	3D, 2NP, 1IR, 1Prog, 1R	7D, 6R, 2I, 1	Charles A. Sulzer (D)
1918	Thomas Riggs Jr. (D)
1919	5D, 2NP, 1IR	11D, 4R, 1I		James Wickersham (R)
		Charles A. Sulzer (D)
	vacant
1920
		George B. Grigsby (D)
1921	Scott Cordelle Bone (R)	4D, 3R, 1IR	11R, 2I, 1D, 1ID, 1IR		James Wickersham (R)
	Daniel Sutherland (R)
1922
1923	5R, 2I, 1D	11R, 4I, 1D
1924
1925	George Alexander Parks (R)	4R, 2D, 2I	9R, 4D, 2I, 1IR
1926
1927	5R, 2I, 1D	12R, 3D, 1I
1928
1929	5R, 2D, 1I	9R, 3D, 3I, 1IR
1930
1931		4D, 4R	11R, 4D, 1I	James Wickersham (R)
	4R, 3D,
1932
1933	John Weir Troy (D)	6D, 2R	12D, 4R	Anthony Dimond (D)
1934
1935	8D	15D, 1R
1936
1937	14D, 2R
1938
1939	7D, 1R	16D
1940	Ernest Gruening (D)
1941	14D, 2R
1942
1943	16D
1944
1945	14D, 2R	20D, 4R	Bob Bartlett (D)
1946
1947	9D, 7R	13R, 11D
1948
1949	19D, 5R
1950
1951	14D, 10R
1952
1953	B. Frank Heintzleman (R)	11R, 5D	19R, 5D
1954
1955	12D, 4R	21D, 3R
1956
1957		Waino Hendrickson (acting) (R)	11D, 5R
	Mike Stepovich (R)
1958
		Waino Hendrickson (acting) (R)

1959–present

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

See also

• Law and government in Alaska
• Elections in Alaska
• Government of Alaska
• Politics of Alaska

Notes and References

1. https://akleg.gov/docs/pdf/ROM-centennial.pdf Alaska State Legislature Roster of Members, 1913-2013
2. https://akleg.gov/docs/pdf/ROM-centennial.pdf Alaska State Legislature Roster of Members, 1913-2013
3. Web site: Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott abruptly resigns following "inappropriate comments". Annie. Zak. Tegan. Hanlon. Alex. DeMarban. October 16, 2018. Anchorage Daily News.