State Representative
State House District 25; Alaska
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
The State Representative general election in State House District 25; Alaska is on November 3, 2026. 3 candidates are running: DeLena M. Johnson (Registered Republican), Michael Bowles (Registered Republican), and Steven L. Merritt. DeLena M. Johnson is the incumbent. One vote here carries high weight compared with other races.
How do we calculate my vote power?
What determines the vote power rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus whether more candidates are running than there are seats.
Representation: High · 66 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 20,024 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(735,706 ÷ 20,024) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.65, measured against a statewide vote in AK (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
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,
Who is running?
Registered Republican · Incumbent
DeLena Johnson is a Palmer state representative and House minority leader, a former Palmer mayor, and a small business owner. She focuses on building the Alaska LNG gas line, opposing new income or sales taxes, protecting the PFD, and oil, gas, and mining development.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 4 for, Public Education Quality 1 for, 2 against, Civil Rights 1 against,
Registered Republican
Michael Bowles is a Mat-Su Borough Assembly member from Palmer and an Army combat medic veteran who works as a workplace health consultant. He focuses on lower taxes and smaller government, resource development, and local farming and food security.
Records: Data Privacy 2 for, Government Spending Reduction 2 for
Nonpartisan
Steven Merritt is a Palmer graphic designer, writer, and editor who once led the nonprofit Mat-Su Sentinel. He focuses on a long-range state budget plan, school funding, the future of the PFD, and the cost of housing, health care, and energy.
Source: elections.alaska.gov
Last updated September 24, 2026.