Alaska Senate district J

Alaska's J State Senate district
Senator	Forrest Dunbar D–Anchorage since 2023
Population	36,482[1]

Alaska Senate district J is one of 20 districts of the Alaska Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Forrest Dunbar since 2023. District J is located in Anchorage and encompasses the entirety of Alaska's 19th House of Representatives district and 20th House of Representatives district, including Mountain View and the University of Alaska Anchorage.[2]

Nonpartisan primary[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar (incumbent)	2,253	72.3
	Independent	Cheronda Smith[a]	863	27.7
Total votes			3,116	100.0

General election[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar (incumbent)	7,292	69.83
	Independent	Cheronda Smith[a]	3,022	28.94
	Write-in		129	1.24
Total votes			10,443	100.0
	Democratic hold
	Coalition hold

Nonpartisan primary[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar	2,947	49.4
	Republican	Andrew Satterfield	1,904	31.9
	Democratic	Geran Tarr	916	15.3
	Democratic	Drew Cason (withdrew)	201	3.4
Total votes			5,968	100.00

General election[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar	4,306	50.0
	Republican	Andrew Satterfield	2,813	32.7
	Democratic	Geran Tarr	1,443	16.8
	Write in	Write-ins	45	0.5
Total votes			8,607	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Map of District J of the Alaska Senate from 2013 to 2022 Democratic primary[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Begich (incumbent)	1,739	50.2
Total votes			1,739	100.0

General election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Begich (incumbent)	9,235	92.6
	Write-in	Write-ins	734	7.4
Total votes			9,969	100.0
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Begich (incumbent)	1,629	62.46
	Democratic	Ed Wesley	979	37.54
Total votes			2,608	100

General election[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Begich (incumbent)	8,103	93.49
	Write-ins	Write-ins	564	6.51
Total votes			8,667	100
	Democratic hold

Map of District J of the Alaska Senate from 2012 to 2013 Republican primary[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Bell	2,622	60.53
	Republican	Liz Vazquez	1,710	39.47
Total votes			4,332	100

Democratic primary[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hollis French (incumbent)	2,284	100.0
Total votes			2,284	100

General election[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hollis French (incumbent)	7,593	50.01
	Republican	Bob Bell	7,542	49.68
	Write-ins	Write-ins	47	0.31
Total votes			15,182	100
	Democratic hold