Alaska primary, August 18, 2026

State house, district 21

Nonpartisan primary

ALL ADVANCE

Leading

59.2%Donna Mears (D)+18.5 over Sims

Votes counted

3,481no turnout estimate published

Precincts reporting

100.0%5 of 5 precincts

Lead holds

>99%modeled from the margin and 100.0% counted, not a poll

The field

2 on the ballot, ordered by vote. Every party runs on one ballot in this contest, so each name carries its own. This primary does not pick a nominee: the top four finishers advance to the general election. With two on the ballot, nobody can be eliminated.

Donna Mears(D)Advancing to the general59.2%2,062 votes

Aimeé Sims(R)Advancing to the general40.8%1,419 votes

How the vote was cast

Of the 3,481 votes counted so far, 3,481 come with the ballot type published. Mail ballots are usually counted first and election-day ballots last, so a lead built on one can move as the others land. Each bar below is that way of voting on its own: who won it, and by how much.

Ballots counted so far, by type

Mail and absentee4.3%149 votesEarly in person12.4%430 votesElection day83.4%2,902 votes

Mail and absentee149 votes, 4% of the count

Mears (D)66.4%99Sims (R)33.6%50

Mears won mail and absentee ballots by 32.9 points over Sims.

Early in person430 votes, 12% of the count

Mears (D)66.3%285Sims (R)33.7%145

Mears won early in person ballots by 32.6 points over Sims.

Election day2,902 votes, 83% of the count

Mears (D)57.8%1,678Sims (R)42.2%1,224

Mears won election day ballots by 15.6 points over Sims.

Registered voters across the precincts in this race: 15,824 in total, which the 3,481 votes counted so far are 22.0% of. Registration is the whole electorate, not the primary electorate, so it sets the scale rather than predicting the result.

What is left to count

5 of 5 precincts finished, 5 reporting anything.

Every precinct with an estimate has counted its expected vote.

Every precinct

5 precincts, plus 3 batches counted districtwide rather than back at a precinct: early voting, absentee and question ballots. Every precinct has reported something. Click any of them to break it down above.

Topline returns from the Decision Desk HQ public results feed, with the precincts and ballot-type splits read from the Alaska Division of Elections precinct file, and reconciled against each other on every candidate's total. Percentages are the share within this contest. Where a precinct publishes no precinct count, progress is its counted vote against the expected total, or the feed’s own completion flag, and is labeled as such. Lead confidence describes how much of the vote is still out, not a polling forecast. Results are unofficial until certified.