Donna Mears

Democratic Party

Alaska House of Representatives District 21

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

3

Predecessor:Matt Claman (D)

Compensation

Base salary

$84,000/year

Per diem

Non-Juneau legislators receive a per diem of $307 per day; Juneau legislators receive none.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Rutgers University

Graduate

University of Michigan

Personal

Profession

Engineer

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Donna Mears (Democratic Party) is a member of theAlaska House of Representatives, representingDistrict 21. She assumed office on January 17, 2023. Her current term ends on January 19, 2027.

Mears (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theAlaska House of Representatives to representDistrict 21. She won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Donna Mears lives inAlaska. Mears earned a bachelor's degree in bio-environmental engineering from Rutgers University and a master's degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan. Her career experience includes working as a civil and environmental engineer. She served on the Alaska chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America; the Northeast Community Council executive board; and various Municipality of Anchorage boards and commissions, including the Health and Human Services Commission, the Stormwater Utility Commission, the Solid Waste and Recycling Advisory CommissionMOA On-Site Water and Wastewater Technical Review Board.^[1]

Sponsored legislation

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Committee assignments

2025-2026

Mears was assigned to the following committees:

• House Community & Regional Affairs Committee,Co-Chair
• House Health & Social Services Committee
• House Resources Committee
• Special Committee on Energy,Co-Chair
• Legislative Council Committee

2023-2024

Mears was assigned to the following committees:

• House Community & Regional Affairs Committee
• House Resources Committee

Elections

2024

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 21

Theranked-choice voting election was won byDonna Mears in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Donna Mears	55.3	4,664	0	Won (1)
		Aimee Sims	44.4	3,743	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.2	20	0

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,427
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 21

IncumbentDonna Mears andAimee Sims advanced from the primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 21 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donna Mears (D)	58.4	1,658
✔		Aimee Sims (R)	41.6	1,183

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,841
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 21

Theranked-choice voting election was won byDonna Mears in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Donna Mears	51.0	3,574	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Forrest Wolfe	48.8	3,424	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.2	15	0

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,013
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Patrick Sharrock (Independent)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 21

Donna Mears,Forrest Wolfe, andPatrick Sharrock advanced from the primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 21 on August 16, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donna Mears (D)	47.9	2,345
✔	Submit photo	Forrest Wolfe (R)	47.0	2,302
✔	Submit photo	Patrick Sharrock (Independent)	5.2	253

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,900
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Peter Knox (Independent)
• Ernest Weiss (Independent)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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