2022 Alaska gubernatorial election
The 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Alaska. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy won election to a second term, becoming the first Republican governor to win a second term since Jay Hammond in 1978 and the first governor, regardless of political affiliation, to be re-elected to a second term since Tony Knowles in 1998.
Following voter approval of Ballot Measure 2 during the 2020 Alaska elections, this was the first gubernatorial election in Alaska held under the new election process. All candidates ran in a nonpartisan blanket top-four primary on August 16, 2022, and the top four candidates advanced to the general election.
In addition to Dunleavy, Democratic former state representative Les Gara, independent former governor Bill Walker, and Republican Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor Charlie Pierce advanced to the general election. In the general election, Dunleavy narrowly received the majority of votes in the first round, preventing an instant runoff.
Primary election
Republican Party
Advanced to general
- Mike Dunleavy, incumbent governor
- *Running mate: Nancy Dahlstrom, former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Corrections and former state representative
- *Previous running mate: Kevin Meyer, incumbent lieutenant governor
- Charlie Pierce, mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough
- *Running mate: Edie Grunwald, chair of the Alaska Parole Board and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2018
Eliminated in primary
- David Haeg, hunting guide
- *Waynette Coleman, nurse
- Christopher Kurka, state representative
- *Running mate: Paul Hueper, activist
- Bruce Walden, veteran and author
- *Running mate: Tanya Lange, social service worker
Declined
- Natasha von Imhof, state senator
Democratic Party
Advanced to general
- Les Gara, former state representative
- *Running mate: Jessica Cook, teacher
Declined
- Mike Navarre, former mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough and former state representative ''''
Libertarian Party
Eliminated in primary
- William S. "Billy" Toien, nominee for governor in 2010 and 2018
- *Running mate: Shirley Rainbolt
Alaskan Independence Party
Eliminated in primary
- John Howe, machinist and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 [United States Senate election in Alaska|2020]
- * Running mate: Shellie Wyatt
Independents
Advanced to general
- Bill Walker, former governor
- *Running mate: Heidi Drygas, former commissioner of the Alaska [Department of Labor and Workforce Development]
Eliminated in primary
- William Nemec, former Denali Borough Assembly member
- *Running mate: Ronnie Ostrem
Declined
- Alyse Galvin, public education advocate and candidate for in 2018 [United States House of Representatives election in Alaska|2018] and 2020 United States [House of Representatives election in Alaska|2020]
- Al Gross, orthopedic surgeon, commercial fisherman, son of former Alaska Attorney General Avrum Gross, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 ''''
Polling
Results
General election
Predictions
Debates
Endorsements
Polling
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | RCV count | Mike Dunleavy | Les Gara | Natasha | Bill Walker | Undecided |
| Alaska Survey Research | October 22–27, 2021 | 969 | ± 3.2% | 1 | 43% | 22% | 8% | 28% | — |
| Alaska Survey Research | October 22–27, 2021 | 969 | ± 3.2% | 2 | 46% | 24% | Elim | 30% | — |
| Alaska Survey Research | October 22–27, 2021 | 969 | ± 3.2% | 3 | 49% | Elim | Elim | 51% | — |
Mike Dunleavy vs. Les Gara
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Mike Dunleavy | Les Gara | Undecided |
| Hays Research Group | July 22–24, 2022 | 613 | ± 4.0% | 55% | 45% | — |
Mike Dunleavy vs. Bill Walker
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Mike Dunleavy | Bill Walker | Undecided |
| Hays Research Group | July 22–24, 2022 | 613 | ± 4.0% | 50% | 50% | — |
Results
Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Anchorage
- Kodiak Island
- Bristol Bay Borough
- Lake & Peninsula Borough
- Aleutians West Census Area
- Aleutians East Borough
- Bethel Census Area
- Dilingham Census Area
- North Slope Borough
- Northwest Arctic Borough
- Kusilvak Census Area
- Nome Census Area
- Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
- Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area
- Petersburg
Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Democratic to Independent
- Juneau
- Sitka
- Hoonah–Angoon Census Area
- Haines Borough
- Yakutat