# Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district

Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district is the first of 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives and was created in statehood in 1959. It is currently represented by Republican Bart LeBon. Following redistricting in 2013, the district is currently composed of downtown Fairbanks and has a population of 17,182.
The state legislature underwent redistricting following the 2020 census, which placed the first district in Southeast Alaska, covering the cities of Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Metlakatla. The new district will come into effect upon the start of the 33rd legislature in 2023.

## Results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2014 | Senate | Begich 49.5% – 44.2% |
| 2014 | House | Young 50.2% – 39.7% |
| 2014 | Governor | Walker 50.9% – 42.4% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 47.9% – 38.8% |
| 2016 | Senate | Murkowski 46.0% – 28.5% |
| 2016 | House | Young 47.1% – 37.9% |
| 2018 | House | Galvin 52.4% – 47.1% |
| 2018 | Governor | Begich 49.3% – 45.8% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 47.7% – 47.2% |
| 2020 | Senate | Sullivan 48.4% – 45.7% |
| 2020 | House | Galvin 51.3% – 48.4% |

## List of members
### Non-Lettered districts (1959-1983)

| Representatives | Party | Years | Residence | Source |
| Charles M. Jones | | Democratic | January 26, 1959 – January 22, 1961 | Craig |
| Alfred E. Widmark | | Republican | January 23, 1961 - April 12, 1962 | Klawock |

### Multi-member districts (1983–1993)
#### Seat A

| Representative | Party | Years of Service | Residency | Notes |
| Ron Wendte | Democratic | 1983 – January 14, 1985 | Ketchikan | |
| Robin L. Taylor | Republican | January 14, 1985 – June 10, 1992 | Wrangell | Resigned to join the Alaska Senate |
| Carroll Fader | Republican | June 10, 1992 – January 11, 1993 | | Appointed |

#### Seat B

| Representative | Party | Years of Service | Residency | Notes |
| Jack McBride | Democratic | 1983 – April 16, 1984 | Ketchikan | Died in office |
| John Sund | Democratic | April 16, 1984 – January 9, 1989 | Ketchikan | Appointed |
| Cheri Davis | Republican | January 9, 1989 – January 11, 1993 | Ketchikan | |

### Single-member districts (1993–present)

| Representative | Party | Years of Service | Residency | Notes |
| Bill K. Williams | Democratic | January 11, 1993 – January 18, 2005 | Saxman | Switched party to Republican in 1999 |
| Jim Elkins | Republican | January 18, 2005 – January 16, 2007 | Ketchikan | |
| Kyle Johansen | Republican | January 16, 2007 – January 14, 2013 | Ketchikan | |
| Doug Isaacson | Republican | January 14, 2013 – January 20, 2015 | North Pole | Redistricted to the 3rd district |
| Scott Kawasaki | Democratic | January 20, 2015 – January 15, 2019 | Fairbanks | Redistricted from the 9th district |
| Bart LeBon | Republican | January 15, 2019 – present | Fairbanks | Redistricted to the 31st district |

## Recent election results
### 2014

2014 Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Scott Kawasaki (incumbent) | 2,973 | 54.76 |
| | Republican | Gregory Don Bringhurst | 2,434 | 44.83 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 22 | 0.41 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,429 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Scott Kawasaki (incumbent) | 4,376 | 90.19 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 476 | 9.81 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,852 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bart LeBon | 2,663 | 49.85 |
| | Democratic | Kathryn Dodge | 2,662 | 49.83 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 17 | 0.32 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,342 | 100.00 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |
After originally being tied, a recount was ordered, which put LeBon ahead by only one vote. Dodge appealed the result to the Alaska Supreme Court. However, the court denied Dodge's appeal, officially making LeBon the winner.

### 2020

2020 Alaska's 1st House of Representatives district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bart LeBon (incumbent) | 3,769 | 55.30 |
| | Democratic | Kathryn Dodge | 3,027 | 44.42 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 19 | 0.28 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,815 | 100.00 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |