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The2010 Alaska Senate election was held on November 2, 2010, to determine which party would control theAlaska Senate for the following two years in the27th Alaska State Legislature. District 19 (District S) and all even-numbered districts (except District 20) were up for election. The primary was held on August 24, 2010. Prior to the election, theAlaska Senate was evenly split betweenDemocrats andRepublicans, with six Republicans and all Democrats joining agoverning coalitionin the previous legislature. The general election saw both parties holding on to the same amount of seats as the previous election, which resulted in five Republicans and all Democrats joining a governing coalition.[1][2][3]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Governing[4] | Tossup | November 1, 2010 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dennis Egan (incumbent) | 11,683 | 96.96% | |
| Scattering | 366 | 3.04% | ||
| Total votes | 12,049 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joe Thomas (incumbent) | 9,723 | 57.15% | |
| Republican | Pete Higgins | 7,245 | 42.59% | |
| Scattering | 45 | 0.26% | ||
| Total votes | 17,013 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Coghill (incumbent) | 10,678 | 97.22% | |
| Scattering | 305 | 2.78% | ||
| Total votes | 10,983 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bill Wielechowski (incumbent) | 4,975 | 58.15% | |
| Republican | Ron Slepecki | 3,550 | 41.49% | |
| Scattering | 31 | 0.36% | ||
| Total votes | 8,556 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Johnny Ellis (incumbent) | 6,159 | 61.21% | |
| Republican | Richard M. Wanda | 3,852 | 38.28% | |
| Scattering | 51 | 0.51% | ||
| Total votes | 10,062 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Lesil McGuire (incumbent) | 9,746 | 69.14% | |
| Democratic | Ed Cullinane | 3,697 | 26.23% | |
| Independent | Clinton Desjarlais | 590 | 4.19% | |
| Scattering | 63 | 0.45% | ||
| Total votes | 14,096 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Cathy Giessel | 9,255 | 50.29% | |
| Democratic | Janet L. Reiser | 7,042 | 38.27% | |
| Independent | Philip Dziubinski | 2,072 | 11.26% | |
| Scattering | 33 | 0.18% | ||
| Total votes | 18,402 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gary Stevens (incumbent) | 9,569 | 96.92% | |
| Scattering | 304 | 3.08% | ||
| Total votes | 9,873 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lyman Hoffman (incumbent) | 6,885 | 97.25% | |
| Scattering | 195 | 2.75% | ||
| Total votes | 7,080 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
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