State Senator, District O
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
George Rauscher is a Sutton business owner who was appointed to the state Senate in 2025 after eight years in the Alaska House. He focuses on low-cost reliable energy, in-state resource development, fewer regulations, lower crime, and protecting the PFD.
Records: Environment and Public Health 2 for, 2 against, Public Education Quality 1 for, 3 against, Corporate Accountability 1 for, 1 against,
Registered Democrat
Peter Bauer is a retired physician and retired Air Force colonel who worked in NASA medicine from 2006 to 2017. He focuses on health care access for everyone, more school funding and a teacher pension, cheaper energy including renewables, and small business.
Registered Republican
Ryan Sheldon is a Talkeetna property developer who sits on the borough's Talkeetna sewer and water board and was a chief of staff in the Legislature. He focuses on lowering living costs through the Alaska gas line and hydroelectric projects, and on well-funded schools.
Records: Public Education Quality 1 for, Public Infrastructure 1 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Sources: elections.alaska.gov2