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 from Decision Desk HQ. Precincts and ballot-type splits from the Alaska Division of Elections precinct file. Feeds update minutes apart, so the precincts can trail the topline. Percentages are shares of this contest. Where a precinct reports no precinct count, progress is its vote against the expected total instead. Lead confidence reflects how much of the vote is still out, not a poll. Unofficial until certified.