2020 Alaska Senate election

2020 Alaska Senate election

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11 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Lyman Hoffman[a] Tom Begich
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since July 9, 2019 January 15, 2019
Leader's seat S District J District
Seats before 13 7
Seats after 13 7
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 104,467 39,447
Percentage 57.84% 21.84%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

Senate President before election

Cathy Giessel
Republican

Elected Senate President

Peter Micciche
Republican

The 2020 Alaska Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Voters in Alaska elected state senators in 11 of the state's 20 senate districts – the usual ten plus one special election. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate, with half seats up for election every two years. Primary elections on August 18, 2020, determined which candidates appeared on the general election ballot on November 3, 2020.

Following the previous election in 2018, Republicans had control of the Alaska Senate with 13 seats to Democrats' 7 seats. One Democrat caucused with the Republicans, giving them a governing majority of 14 seats.
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