State Representative
State House District 21; Alaska
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
The State Representative general election in State House District 21; Alaska is on November 3, 2026. 2 candidates are running: Aimeé Sims (Registered Republican) and Donna Mears (Registered Democrat). Donna Mears 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 18,664 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(735,706 ÷ 18,664) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.98, 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
Aimee Sims is a public school teacher who has worked for the Anchorage School District's Family Partnership Correspondence School since 1998. She focuses on public safety, school funding and careful state spending that protects the Permanent Fund.
Registered Democrat · Incumbent
Donna Mears is an engineer who has represented East Anchorage in the Alaska House since 2023 and once chaired the Anchorage Health and Human Services Commission. She focuses on school funding, the cost of living, energy diversity and food security.
Records: Public Education Quality 3 for, Civil Rights 2 for, Corporate Accountability 2 for,
Source: elections.alaska.gov
Last updated September 24, 2026.