Groh’s loss leaves just 21 members in a Democrat-heavy bipartisan caucus that is seeking to take control of the Alaska House, a bare majority.
Two Alaska House Democrats appear to have lost their seats, flipping party control of one of them, according to unofficial results posted by the Alaska Division of Election on Wednesday.. Groh had maintained a slim lead since election night. Wednesday’s final count was the first time the race tilted toward Nelson.that is seeking to take control of the Alaska House of Representatives from a Republican-led coalition.
In Senate District D, a northern and central Kenai Peninsula race that includes incumbent Sen. Jesse Bjorkman and conservative challenger Ben Carpenter, both Republicans, and Democrat Tina Wegener, Bjorkman held on to win, besting Carpenter by a margin of 54.7% to 45.3% in the final round of tabulation.
In House District 6, including Homer and the southern Kenai Peninsula, where incumbent Republican Rep. Sarah Vance was challenged by independent Brent Johnson and Republican Dawson Slaughter, Vance won over Johnson in the final round, 52.3% to 47.7% Though election officials have a count of first-choice votes from those districts, which call in their preliminary results by phone, the Division of Elections has not received the paper ballots by mail from some rural Alaska polling stations. The paper ballots must be scanned to account for voters’ second, third and fourth choices, said Brian Jackson, the election program manager at the division.
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