State Representative, House District 40
State House District 40; Alaska
My vote power
High
Election date
August 18, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the 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 the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 67 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 18,251 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(735,706 ÷ 18,251) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.08, measured against a statewide vote in AK (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, 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".
About this office
- 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
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Robyn Frier has lived in Utqiagvik and attended Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka. She served as President of the North Slope Borough School District Board of Education and worked as Assistant Director of Human Resources at the Arctic Slope Native Association.
Records: Public Education Quality 5 for, Healthcare Affordability 3 for, Corporate Accountability 2 for,
Nonpartisan · declared
Saima Chase is the current mayor and a city council member of Kotzebue, with a term through October 2028. She works as Tribal Emergency Manager for the Native Village of Kotzebue and previously served as Northwest Arctic Borough fire chief and advanced search-and-rescue coordinator.
Records: Public Infrastructure 2 for, Government Spending Reduction 1 against, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Sources: elections.alaska.gov2