State Senator, District M
This race uses ranked-choice voting: rank the candidates in order of preference. How it works
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Registered Republican · Incumbent
Cathy Tilton is a Mat-Su state senator appointed in November 2025 after ten years in the Alaska House, where she served as speaker in 2023-2024. She focuses on a constitutional spending limit, school choice, public safety, and keeping the historic PFD formula.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 5 for, Public Education Quality 1 for, 2 against, Civil Rights 1 for, 1 against,
Registered Democrat
Patricia Chesbro is a retired educator who led Mat-Su schools as superintendent, was an interim education dean at UAA, and served on the Mat-Su Borough Planning Commission. She focuses on child well-being, including school funding, early learning, youth health care, and a fair fiscal plan.
Records: Women's Reproductive Rights 1 for
Registered Republican
Ryan Berry is a Wasilla mortgage broker and president of Amped Mortgage. He focuses on new Cook Inlet gas and the Port MacKenzie rail line, school dollars reaching classrooms, and paying the PFD by the statutory formula with no sales or income tax.
Registered Republican
Zane Vrvilo is a Palmer native who works as a chemical operator on the North Slope and holds a degree in elementary education. He focuses on natural gas development such as Alaska LNG, school funding, protecting salmon runs, and lowering living costs.
Sources: elections.alaska.gov2