State Representative
State House District 8; Alaska
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
The State Representative general election in State House District 8; Alaska is on November 3, 2026. 3 candidates are running: Frank Quinn, Nissa Savage, and William H. "Bill" Elam (Registered Republican). William H. "Bill" Elam 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 · 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 18,524 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(735,706 ÷ 18,524) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.01, 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?
Nonpartisan
Frank Quinn is a computer and IT teacher from Hope who also substitutes in elementary special education classes. His priorities include reducing rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, election reform such as term limits, and taxing resources that leave the state.
Nonpartisan
Nissa Savage is a Soldotna certified public accountant who owns Savage Accounting and earlier worked as a deckhand on Alaska state ferries. Her priorities include school funding formula reform, new state revenue sources, and lowering the cost of energy, housing, health care, and groceries.
Registered Republican · Incumbent
Bill Elam is an IT infrastructure director at Central Peninsula Hospital who has served in the Alaska House since 2025 and earlier served on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. He lists balanced budgets, resource development, and affordable in-state natural gas among his priorities.
Records: Public Education Quality 4 for, 2 against, Anti-Corruption 1 for, Civil Rights 1 against,
Source: elections.alaska.gov
Last updated September 24, 2026.