Political party strength in Alaska facts for kids

The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Alaska:

• Governor, including pre-statehood governors, who were appointed by the U.S. president and usually of the same political party; and
• Lieutenant Governor

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• Territorial and State Senate
• Territorial and State House of Representatives
• State delegation to the United States Senate
• State delegation to the United States House of Representatives, including non-voting delegates elected pre-statehood

For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows:
      Alaskan Independence (A)
      Democratic (D)

• Home Rule (H)

      Independent (I)

• Independent Democrat (ID)
• Independent Republican (IR)
• Libertarian (L)
• No Party (N)
• Progressive (P)
• Progressive Democrat (PD)
• Progressive Home Rule (PH)

      Republican (R), and
      a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.

Year	Executive offices		State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral College
	Governor	Lt. Governor	Senate	House	House	Senate (Class 2)	Senate (Class 3)
1884	John Kinkead (R)	no such office	no such bodies		no such office	no such offices		no electoral votes
1885	Alfred P. Swineford (D)
1886
1887
1888
1889	Lyman Enos Knapp (R)
1890
1891
1892
1893	James Sheakley (D)
1894
1895
1896
1897	John G. Brady (R)
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906	Wilford B. Hoggatt (R)				Frank H. Waskey (D)
1907					Thomas Cale (I)
1908
1909	Walter Eli Clark (R)				James Wickersham (R)
1910
1911
1912
1913	J. F. A. Strong (D)		3N, 2D, 1I, 1N+R, 1R	8N, 2R, 1D, 1I, 1IR, 1N+I, 1PH, 1 vacancy
1914
1915			3D, 3N, 1I, 1P	7N, 3D, 3I, 1H, 1ID, 1R
1916
1917			3D, 2N, 1IR, 1P, 1R,	7D, 6R, 2I, 1PD	Charles A. Sulzer (D)
1918	Thomas Riggs, Jr. (D)
1919			5D, 2N, 1IR	11D, 4R, 1I	James Wickersham (R)
					Charles A. Sulzer (D)
					vacant
1920
					George B. Grigsby (D)
1921	Scott C. Bone (R)		4D, 3R, 1IR	11R, 2I, 1D, 1ID, 1IR	James Wickersham (R)
					Daniel Sutherland (R)
1922
1923			5R, 2I, 1D	11R, 4I, 1D
1924
1925	George A. Parks (R)		4R, 2D, 2I	9R, 4D, 2I, 1R+I
1926
1927			5R, 2I, 1D	12R, 3D, 1I
1928
1929			5R, 2D, 1I	9R, 3D, 3I, 1IR
1930
1931			4D, 4R	11R, 4D, 1I	James Wickersham (R)
			4R, 3D, 1 vacancy
1932
1933	John Weir Troy (D)		6D, 2R	12D, 4R	Anthony Dimond (D)
1934
1935			8D	15D, 1R
1936
1937				14D, 2R
1938
1939			7D, 1R	16D
1940	Ernest Gruening (D)
1941				14D, 2R
1942
1943		16D
1944
1945		14D, 2R	20D, 4R	Bob Bartlett (D)
1946
1947		9D, 7R	13R, 11D
1948
1949			19D, 5R
1950
1951			14D, 10R
1952
1953	Frank Heintzleman (R)	11R, 5D	19R, 5D
1954
1955		12D, 4R	21D, 3R
1956
1957	Waino Hendrickson (acting) (R)	11D, 5R
	Mike Stepovich (R)
1958
	Waino Hendrickson (acting) (R)
1959	William A. Egan (D)	Hugh Wade (D)	18D, 2R	34D, 5R, 1I	Ralph J. Rivers (D)	Bob Bartlett (D)	Ernest Gruening (D)
1960								Richard Nixon and Henry Lodge, Jr. (R)
1961			13D, 7R	20D, 19R, 1I
1962
1963			15D, 5R	20D, 20R
1964								Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
1965			17D, 3R	30D, 10R
1966
					vacant
1967	Walter J. Hickel (R)	Keith H. Miller (R)	14R, 6D	26R, 14D
					Howard W. Pollock (R)
1968								Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) Y
						Ted Stevens (R)
1969			11R, 9D	22D, 18R			Mike Gravel (D)
	Keith H. Miller (R)	Robert W. Ward (R)
1970
1971	William A. Egan (D)	H. A. Boucher (D)	10D, 10R	31D, 9R	Nick Begich (D)
1972
					vacant
1973			11R, 9D	20D, 19R, 1N
					Don Young (R)
1974
1975	Jay Hammond (R)	Lowell Thomas, Jr. (R)	13D, 7R	30D, 9R, 1I
1976								Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R)
1977			12D, 8R	25D, 15R
1978
1979		Terry Miller (R)	11R, 9D	25D, 14R, 1L
1980								Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush (R) Y
1981			10D, 10R	22D, 16R, 2L			Frank Murkowski (R)
1982
1983	Bill Sheffield (D)	Steve McAlpine (D)	11R, 9D	20D, 20R
1984
1985			11R, 9D	21D, 18R, 1L
1986
1987	Steve Cowper (D)		12R, 8D	24D, 16R
1988								George H. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) Y
1989
1990
1991	Walter J. Hickel (A)	Jack Coghill (A)	10D, 10R	23D, 17R
1992								George H. Bush and Dan Quayle (R)
1993			10R, 9D, 1ID	20D, 18R, 1A, 1I
1994
	Walter J. Hickel (R)			21D, 18R, 1I
1995	Tony Knowles (D)	Fran Ulmer (D)	12R, 7D, 1ID	22R, 17D, 1I
1996								Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R)
1997			14R, 6D	25R, 15D
1998
1999			15R, 5D	26R, 14D
2000								George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) Y
2001			14R, 6D	27R, 13D
2002
							Lisa Murkowski (R)
2003	Frank Murkowski (R)	Loren Leman (R)	12R, 8D
2004
2005				26R, 14D
2006
2007	Sarah Palin (R)	Sean Parnell (R)	11R, 9D	23R, 17D
2008								John McCain and Sarah Palin (R)
2009	Sean Parnell (R)	Craig Campbell (R)	10R, 10D	22R, 18D		Mark Begich (D)
2010
2011		Mead Treadwell (R)		24R, 16D
2012								Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R)
2013			13R, 7D	26R, 14D
2014
2015	Bill Walker (I)	Byron Mallott (D)	14R, 6D	23R, 16D, 1I		Dan Sullivan (R)
2016								Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) Y
2017				21R, 17D, 2I
Year	Governor	Lt. Governor	Senate	House	House	Senate (Class 2)	Senate (Class 3)	Electoral College
	Executive offices		State Legislature		United States Congress