Anita Thorne

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Anita Thorne

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

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Anita Thorne (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Alaska State Senate to represent District M. She did not appear on the ballot for the special general election on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Alaska state legislative special elections, 2020

General election

Special general election for Alaska State Senate District M

Incumbent Josh Revak defeated Andy Holleman in the special general election for Alaska State Senate District M on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josh Revak (R)	57.6	10,410
		Andy Holleman (Independent)	42.1	7,607
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	56

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,073
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Anita Thorne (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Alaska State Senate District M

Incumbent Josh Revak defeated Ray Metcalfe and Harold Borbridge in the special Republican primary for Alaska State Senate District M on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josh Revak	66.3	2,499
		Ray Metcalfe	24.2	911
		Harold Borbridge	9.6	362

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,772
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Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary election

Special Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary for Alaska State Senate District M

Anita Thorne defeated Nicholas Willie in the special Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary for Alaska State Senate District M on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anita Thorne	87.5	2,732
		Nicholas Willie	12.5	389

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,121
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2018

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 26

Laddie Shaw defeated Anita Thorne in the general election for Alaska House of Representatives District 26 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laddie Shaw (R)	62.3	4,826
		Anita Thorne (D)	37.3	2,886
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	33

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,745
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Hunter Dunn (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 26

Laddie Shaw defeated Joe Riggs and Albert Fogle in the Republican primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 26 on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laddie Shaw	44.9	1,078
		Joe Riggs	29.6	711
		Albert Fogle	25.5	611

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,400
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Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary election

Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 26

Hunter Dunn advanced from the Alaska Democratic, Libertarian, and Independence parties primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 26 on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hunter Dunn	100.0	804

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 804
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Campaign themes

2020

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Alaska State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Gary Stevens

Majority Leader:Catherine Giessel

Senators

District A

Bert Stedman (R)

District B

Jesse Kiehl (D)

District C

Gary Stevens (R)

District D

Jesse Bjorkman (R)

District E

Catherine Giessel (R)

District F

James Kaufman (R)

District G

Elvi Gray-Jackson (D)

District H

Matt Claman (D)

District I

Loki Tobin (D)

District J

Forrest Dunbar (D)

District K

Bill Wielechowski (D)

District L

Kelly Merrick (R)

District M

Shelley Hughes (R)

District N

David Wilson (R)

District O

Mike Shower (R)

District P

Scott Kawasaki (D)

District Q

Robert Myers (R)

District R

Clark Bishop (R)

District S

Lyman Hoffman (D)

District T

Donald Olson (D)

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Democratic Party (9)