State Representative
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:
Nonpartisan
Brent Johnson is a Cook Inlet commercial setnet fisherman from Clam Gulch who served four terms on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, including as its president. He lists education funding, growing the Permanent Fund, and the economy as priorities.
Records: Environment and Public Health 5 for, Election Integrity 3 for, Public Infrastructure 2 for,
Registered Republican · Incumbent
Sarah Vance is a Homer small-business owner with degrees in small business and accounting who has served in the Alaska Legislature since 2019. She lists protecting the Permanent Fund dividend and supporting fisheries among her priorities.
Records: Public Education Quality 3 for, 4 against, Public Safety and Crime Control 6 for, Civil Rights 4 for, 1 against,
Source: elections.alaska.gov