Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

Alaska Lieutenant Governor
General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$114,991
2024 FY Budget:	$1,290,300
Term limits:	Two consecutive terms
Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Alaska Constitution, Article III, Section 7
Selection Method:	Elected
Current Officeholder
Lieutenant Governor of Alaska Nancy Dahlstrom Republican Party Assumed office: 2022-12-05
Elections
Next election:	November 3, 2026
Last election:	November 8, 2022
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The Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alaska is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of Alaska. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is limited to two consecutive terms.

Current officeholder

See also: Current Lieutenant Governors

The lieutenant governor is Nancy Dahlstrom (R), who was sworn in on December 5, 2022.

Authority

The Constitution of Alaska addresses the office of the lieutenant governor in Article III, the Executive.

Alaska Constitution, Article III, Section 7

Qualifications

Per Article III, Section 7 of the Alaska Constitution, the lieutenant governor must meet the same qualifications as the governor. This means the lieutenant governor may not hold any federal office or any state office in Alaska concurrently with the lieutenant gubernatorial term. Per Article III, Section 2, the lieutenant governor must be at least 30 years old, a qualified voter in Alaska, and have been both an American citizen and a resident of Alaska for a minimum of seven years on election day.

Alaska Constitution, Article III, Section 7

Alaska Constitution, Article III, Section 2

Alaska Constitution, Article III, Section 6

Elections

See also: Gubernatorial election cycles by state

See also: Election of lieutenant governors

Alaska elects lieutenant governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not presidential election years (e.g. 2018, 2022, 2026, and 2030). Legally, the lieutenant gubernatorial inauguration is always set for noon on the first Monday in December following the election.

2022

See also: Alaska gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Nancy Dahlstrom in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Nancy Dahlstrom	50.4	132,632	0	Won (1)
		Jessica Cook	24.3	63,851	0	1
		Heidi Drygas	20.8	54,668	0	1
		Edie Grunwald	4.5	11,817	0	1
		Sherry Strizak (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.3	784	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,752
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

The following candidates ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska on August 16, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Dahlstrom (R)	40.4	76,534
✔		Jessica Cook (D)	23.1	43,660
✔		Heidi Drygas (Independent)	22.8	43,111
✔		Edie Grunwald (R)	6.6	12,458
		Paul Hueper (R)	3.9	7,307
		Shellie Wyatt (Alaskan Independence Party)	0.9	1,702
		Tanya Lange (R)	0.9	1,661
		Shirley Rainbolt (L)	0.7	1,381
		S. Waynette Coleman (R)	0.6	1,139
		Ronnie Ostrem (Independent)	0.2	347

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 189,300
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brittany Cottrell (Independent)

2018

See also: Alaska gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

Kevin Meyer defeated Debra Call, incumbent Byron Mallott, and Carolyn Clift in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Meyer (R)	51.4	145,631
		Debra Call (D)	44.4	125,739
		Byron Mallott (Independent)	2.0	5,757
		Carolyn Clift (L)	1.9	5,402
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	605

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 283,134
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

Debra Call advanced from the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debra Call	100.0	34,291

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,291
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Meyer	35.8	23,838
		Edie Grunwald	27.1	18,097
		Gary Stevens	12.2	8,123
		Lynn Gattis	10.3	6,898
		Sharon Jackson	8.1	5,394
		Stephen Wright	6.5	4,321

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,671
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2014

See also: Alaska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2014

Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Independent	Bill Walker/Byron Mallott	48.1%	134,658
	Republican	Sean Parnell/Dan Sullivan Incumbent	45.9%	128,435
	Libertarian	Carolyn "Care" Clift/Andrew C. Lee	3.2%	8,985
	Constitution	J.R. Myers/Maria Rensel	2.5%	6,987
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.3%	893
Total Votes				279,958
Election results via Alaska Division of Elections

Full history

To view the electoral history dating back to 2002 for the office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, click [show] to expand the section.

In Alaska, the governor and lieutenant governor run on a single ticket. 2010 On November 2, 2010, Parnell and Treadwell won election as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. They defeated the Berkowitz/Benson (D), Toien/Brown (L) and Donald R. Wright (I) ticket(s) in the general election. Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Parnell/Treadwell Incumbent 59.1% 151,318      Democratic Berkowitz/Benson 37.7% 96,519      Libertarian Toien/Brown 1% 2,682      Alaskan Independence Wright/Donald R. 1.9% 4,775      Write-in N/A 0.4% 898 Total Votes 256,192 Election Results Via: State of Alaska Division of Elections 2006 On November 7, 2006, Palin and Parnell won election as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. They defeated the Knowles/Berkowitz (D), Halcro/Von Gemmingen (I), Wright/Welton (AI), Toine/Mirabal (Lib) and David M. Massie (Green) ticket(s) in the general election. Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, 2006 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Palin/Parnell 48.4% 114,697      Democratic Knowles/Berkowitz 41% 97,238      Independent Halcro/Von Gemmingen 9.5% 22,443      Alaskan Independence Wright/Welton 0.5% 1,285      Libertarian Toien/Mirabal 0.3% 682      Green Massie, David M. 0.3% 593 Total Votes 236,938 Election Results Via: State of Alaska Division of Elections 2002 On November 5, 2002, Murkowski and Leman won re-election as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. They defeated the Ulmer/Hall (D), Benson/Coburn (Green), Wright/DeNardo (AI), Vinzant/Mendias (MOD) and Toien/Anders (Lib) ticket(s) in the general election. Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, 2002 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Murkowski/Leman 55.8% 129,279      Democratic Ulmer/Hall 40.7% 94,216      Green Benson/Coburn 1.3% 2,926      Alaskan Independence Wright/DeNardo 0.9% 2,185      Moderate Vinzant/Medias 0.7% 1,506      Libertarian Toien/Anders 0.5% 1,106      Write-in N/A 0.1% 263 Total Votes 231,481 Election Results Via: State of Alaska Division of Elections

Term limits

Lieutenant governors of Alaska may only hold two consecutive terms and must be out of office for another full term before being able to run again.^[1] These term limits are imposed by Article III, Section 7 of the Alaska Constitution, which specifies that the qualifications for serving as lieutenant governor match those imposed on the governor.

Alaska Constitution, Article III, Section 7:

Article III, Section 5 of the Alaska Constitution establishes term limits for the governor, prohibiting a governor from serving more than two consecutive terms.

Alaska Constitution, Article III, Section 5:

Vacancies

Details of vacancy appointments are addressed under Article III, Sections 13.

The Alaska Constitution forbids electing a lieutenant governor separately from a governor. Aside from that point, it is left to statute to lay out the line of succession.

Duties

A 1970 constitutional amendment changed the name of the office from the Secretary of State to the Lieutenant Governor. As such, the lieutenant governor retains all of the election-related duties of the previous position. The lieutenant governor has jurisdiction over state election laws, ensuring uniform implementation throughout the state. This includes local and regional elections in the unorganized borough. The lieutenant governor also qualifies statewide and state district candidates and ballot initiatives, and publishes the official state voter information pamphlet.

Divisions

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State budget

See also: Alaska state budget and finances

The budget for the lieutenant governor's office in Fiscal Year 2024 was $1,290,300.^[2]

Compensation

See also: Comparison of lieutenant gubernatorial salaries and Compensation of state executive officers

The lieutenant governor's salary is determined by the Alaska State Officers Compensation Commission, a four-member board created by the Alaska State Legislature in 2008. This commission meets on a regular basis to evaluate salaries for the governor, lieutenant governor and other state executive officers. State law does not require legislative approval of the salaries, but legislators can vote to prevent salary changes as a veto on the commission's work.^[3]

The Alaska Constitution only provides for the compensation of the governor and lieutenant governor by law. Chapter 2, Section 15 of the state constitution prevents changes in salary from taking effect until the next term for the affected office or offices.^[4]

2022

In 2022, the officer's salary was $114,991, according to the Council of State Governments.^[5]

2021

In 2021, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $114,991, according to the Council of State Governments.^[6]

2020

In 2020, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $115,000 according to the Council of State Governments.^[7]

2019

In 2019, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $115,000 according to the Council of State Governments.^[8]

2018

In 2018, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $115,000 according to the Council of State Governments.^[9]

2017

In 2017, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $115,000 according to the Council of State Governments.^[10]

2016

In 2016, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $115,000 according to the Council of State Governments.^[11]

2015

In 2015, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $115,000 according to the Council of State Governments.^[12]

2014

In 2014, the lieutenant governor's salary remained at $115,000 according to the Council of State Governments.^[13]

2013

In 2013, the lieutenant governor was paid an estimated $115,000. This figure comes from the Council of State Governments.

Historical officeholders

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Contact

Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
P.O. Box 110001
Juneau, AK 99811
Phone: (907) 465-3520

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