PRESIDENT’S REPORT / KAREN PERDUE

JUNE 2012

AHA Living the Vision Award

Rich Umbdenstock, President of AHA, visited Alaska in May to present a major award to the Alaska Native

Tribal Health Consortium. He presented the Carolyn Boone “Living the Vision” award for the

comprehensive work the health system does inside and outside the hospital walls to promote health. Rich is

pictured here with the ANTHC Board, including Chair Andy Teuber, who is holding the award, and with

ASHNHA Board members Gary Shaw, ANMC, and Roald Helgesen, CEO of ANTHC. Congratulations to

Roald and Gary!

Mark your calendar for the ASHNHA Annual Meeting The agenda is firming up for the ASHNHA annual meeting in September. The meeting will be held

September 5-7 in Anchorage at the Marriott Hotel. The conference kicks off with an opening reception

at the newly expanded Rasmuson Museum at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, September 5. Online registration

will be open next week at the ASHNHA website: www.ashnha.com. (The conference wraps up mid-

afternoon on Friday, September 7th

.)

ASHNHA Board members should plan on attending the annual Board meeting at 2pm on Wednesday,

September 5th

prior to the start of the conference.

As in past years, ASHNHA is also cosponsoring the Alaska Chapter of the ACHE educational session

scheduled for September 4th

– 5th

. Contact is Vic Rosenbaum, victor.rosenbaum@hcahealthcare.com.

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Top Quality Speakers Lined up for ASHNHA meeting

Don Harrison “Leading Change in Today’s Healthcare

Environment: Strategies and Tactics for Implementing at Speed” Arguably the greatest challenge facing healthcare leaders today is how to get the

significant number of complex, large-scale changes required in the rapidly-evolving

healthcare environment implemented “at speed.” That’s why Don Harrison, President of

Implementation Management Associates Inc. will discuss what you can

do to get changes implemented “better, faster, and cheaper” at this year’s conference.

Don will lead a lively, fast-paced session that will tackle questions including:

What must you do as a sponsor of change to ensure successful implementation?

What are the best practice measures for any implementation?

How do you make sure that the change is sustained and you get the intended value realization?

What’s the difference between “installing” a change and “implementing” the change?

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Don’s dynamic presentation on “Leading Change in Today’s Healthcare

Environment: Strategies and Tactics for Implementing at Speed” to learn how you can impact the speed and

success of implementation in your own organization.

Rob Lazerow: New Breed Health Systems

Rob Lazerow is a Senior Consultant with The Advisory Board Company. In this capacity, he leads strategic

research in support of hospital, health system, and medical group executives through the Health Care

Advisory Board research program. Mr. Lazerow dedicates a substantial portion of his time to working

directly with members on-site, educating leadership teams and boards about major market developments and

the key implications for provider strategy. His principal areas of expertise include hospital-physician

integration strategy and emerging accountable care strategy. One of the firm’s leading experts on bundled

payment programs, Mr. Lazerow serves as the Director of the Medicare Payment Innovation Project, an

ongoing initiative to study provider payment reform and support organizations engaging in innovative

payment programs.

Governor Mark Parkinson: Keynote on the Future of Long Term Care

The Honorable Mark Parkinson, the President and CEO of the American Health

Care Association (AHCA) and National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) will

deliver a keynote speech on Thursday, September 6 at the ASHNHA annual

meeting. In his role, Parkinson represents more than 11,000 for and not for

profit nursing homes, assisted living residences, and ICF-MR’s. Before leading

these two organizations, the native Kansan was a successful businessman, state

legislator, and most recently served as the 45th

Governor of Kansas.

In 1996, Parkinson began developing ten elder care facilities in Kansas and

Missouri. His experience as founder, developer and CEO of facilities offering

skilled nursing care, assisted living and dementia-related care has given

Parkinson a perspective that spans the continuum of care. That combined with his high level policy

experience make Governor Parkinson a dynamic leader of the long term care industry.

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Veterans Administration/IHS/ HRSA Announce Groundbreaking

Resource Sharing Agreement: The Indian Health Care Improvement Act, embedded in the ACA, partly cleared the way for tribes to be

reimbursed by the Veterans Administration and the DOD for care of eligible veterans. Alaska tribes and

the Alaska VA worked for months to put the meat on the bones and get the framework necessary to

execute these agreements. Now, Alaska Tribal Health providers will be reimbursed by the VA for care

delivered in their system.

It is estimated there is 9200 eligible Alaska Native Veterans, and only 6% are receiving services through

the Veterans Administration today. A wide range of services will be reimbursed including inpatient and

outpatient care, mental health, home health and eye and dental care. Some reimbursement will be based

largely on the IHS published Medicaid Inpatient and Outpatient encounter rates. Community health

aides will be reimbursed. Home care, nursing home care, residential care, mental health and substance

abuse treatment, hospice will be reimbursed on rates still being negotiated.

With the completion of the VA/Tribal (IHS) MOU and sharing agreement template, the momentum is

now in place to complete a Non-IHS Alaska VA MOU and Agreement with HRSA on behalf of the

Community Health Centers. The Alaska Primary Care Association has formed a working group

accomplish this goal.

Two Important Alaska Health Leaders are Leaving Their Posts Pat Luby, Advocacy Director of the Alaska AARP has announced he will be retiring this fall. Pat has

spent 40 years working in health policy and in the last decade has been a significant figure in health care

policy in Alaska. He and his wife will be moving to Texas to care for an aging parent. Pat can be

reached at JLuby@aarp.org.

Marilyn Kasmar, a 17 year veteran leader of the Alaska Primary Care Association will be leaving the

CEO role of the APCA at the end of June. Marilyn guided the founding and flourishing of the Primary

Care office and system in Alaska from its infancy to today, a system serves 88,000 Alaskans. Marilyn

says she plans to take the summer off but she is still planning to be involved in health policy in Alaska in

the future. If you want to thank Marilyn for her contributions or track her after she leaves, you can reach

her until the end of June at MarilynK@alaskapca.org

ASHNHA Releases Salary Survey: ASHNHA has partnered again with Vance Jacobson of Jacobsen, Betts and Company to produce a 2012

salary survey. The survey contains the results from 31 Alaska hospitals, nursing homes, large clinics and

health care systems. The survey was improved this year with a record number of participants, and a

deeper dive on some job classifications. It is ASHNHA policy that only facilities/entities that provide

the salary information receive the survey. If you have questions about your survey results or have not

received your copy of the study, contact Dennis Murray at dennis@ashnha.com (907-646-1444) or

Vance Jacobson at vbjacobson@jbrewards.com.

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Alaska Consumers Top of List for Health Rebates: Health insurers will likely have to rebate more than a billion dollars to consumers and employers this

year under a provision in the ACA. The law requires 80-85% of the premium dollar to be spent on health

care services, with the remainder going to administrative expenses and profits. To the extent that

insurance company administrative costs exceed that 80/20 ratio, they are required to refund monies to

policyholders.

According to preliminary analysis by Kaiser Health Foundation, Alaskans will be getting the largest

rebates in the country. Alaskans in the individual market can expect about $305 in a refund and in the

small group market around $517.

About 31% of the individual market policy holders are expected to get back an average of $127 each and

in the small market 28% can expect an average of $76. Insurers have the month of June to submit the

final numbers with the checks or rebates to be issued in August.

Washington State Insurance Commissioner Issues County by County

Report on Impact if ACA Overturned (Compiled from various news reports including Kaiser News)

Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is weighing in on the fate of the Affordable

Care Act with a report released this week about what’s at stake for Washingtonians if the law is

overturned by the Supreme Court.

It would be interesting to speculate what a report by the Alaska Insurance Commissioner would reveal.

It is estimated that 33,000 Alaskans would gain coverage under the Medicaid expansion and

approximately 70,000 if not more under the health benefit exchange.

The report finds in Washington State that:

The uninsured in Washington have grown from 12 percent of the population in 2004 to a

projected 16 percent in 2013; from about 700,000 to 1.1 million in raw numbers.

Some 328,000 currently uninsured Washingtonians would gain coverage under the ACA’s

Medicaid expansion.

Another 477,400 uninsured residents of the state would qualify for subsidies to buy insurance in

the exchanges.

As a state, Washington has an odd relationship to the federal health care law. Democratic Gov. Chris

Gregoire supports it, and the state has been working full steam ahead on implementation. Washington

received more than $127 million in federal grants to create its health insurance exchange.

On the other side of the issue is the state’s attorney general. Republican Rob McKenna joined 25 other

GOP attorneys general to challenge the ACA. He thinks requiring people to buy health insurance or pay

a fine is unconstitutional. McKenna also hopes to be Washington’s next governor. (Gregoire is not

seeking re-election). But McKenna’s opposition to the law is not as broad as fellow AGs on the lawsuit.

He has said he doesn’t support repealing the whole law, but he objects to the mandate for people to buy

health insurance.

McKenna is being sued by a group of Washington women who contend that he hasn’t represented the

state’s position fairly in the federal lawsuit against the ACA. The case scheduled to be heard on June 22.

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Report from the

AHA Washington

DC meeting:

It was a top notch program

at the May meeting of AHA.

Pat Branco, immediate Past

President of ASHNHA and

CEO of PeaceHealth

Ketchikan was honored as

the GrassRoots Champion

of the Year for Alaska. He

was accompanied to DC by

his wife Vicki in this photo

with Karen Perdue and Rich

Umbdenstock, President of

AHA.

Bipartisan Winds Blow through Washington DC, Briefly

Yes, you are correct. This

is a photo of Former

Obama White House Press

Secretary Robert Gibbs

and Former Bush

Presidential Advisor Karl

Rove. In a brief moment

of Beltway bipartisanship,

these gentlemen posed

with Karen Perdue of

ASHNHA .

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Liz Woodyard is in top two for Bartlett Regional Hospital Job Bartlett’s board of directors, medical and hospital staff narrowed nine candidates down to three: Christine

Harff, William Comer and Elizabeth Woodyard. Comer dropped out so it’s down to two.

William Comer is the senior vice president of operations for Nueterra Healthcare's Hospital

Division. Nueterra owns and manages 30 acute care and surgical hospitals and more than 70

ambulatory surgery centers. Comer has a master’s degree in health care administration from

Washington University in St. Louis.

Christine Harff currently serves as CEO of Sanford Medical Center in Thief River Falls, Minn. The

Center is a 25-bed critical access hospital. It also has a 10-bed inpatient behavioral health unit and

two outpatient clinics. Harff has an MBA from the University of Minnesota and holds a law degree

from the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn.

Elizabeth Woodyard is the CEO of Petersburg Medical Center in Petersburg. The Center is a critical

access hospital, licensed for a total of 27 beds. She has a Master of Education from William Woods

University in Fulton, Mo. and a Master of Science in nursing from the University of Phoenix. She

also ran a critical access hospital in Northern California and was the assistant administrator at

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.

Bartlett Regional Hospital’s board of directors tasked its Management Transition Committee to conduct the

search for CEO. The committee consists of Kristen Bomengen, Linda Thomas, Reed Reynolds, Bob Storer

and Dr. Anne Standerwick.

According to the Juneau Empire, the Board made a decision yesterday (Monday) but is now negotiating

with the top choice.

Waiting for the Scotus Decision: Briefing on July 2 AHA sources predict the Supreme Court Decision on the PPACA will be released on Friday June 29, the

last day the Supreme Court is in session. The AHA will hold a webinar briefing on the decision on July 2 at

4pm Eastern time. You might want to mark this on your calendar.

Congressional Staff discuss Supreme Court Decision on June 28 Commonwealth North has been closely monitoring national health care reform and the testimony the

Supreme Court heard in March in order to determine how health care reform will economically affect

Alaska and what potential benefits and challenges Alaska will face in the coming years. In order to clarify

the ramifications of the Supreme Court decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the panel

will include Prue Fitzpatrick, Health Care Legislative Assistant, Senator Mark Begich, Amanda Makki,

Health Care Legislative Assistant, Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Erin Reidy, Associate Director of Policy,

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.

The meeting will be June 28, at 7am. Those of you who want to attend in person --the meeting is at the

Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. You can view the presentation remotely via WebEx at the following

link. http://amhta.webex.com/amhta. If you would like to listen by teleconference, the call in number is

(866)-469-3239, Session number 809 420 875 #.

Commonwealth North has been leading an effort to study, highlight, and identify challenges and

opportunities in Alaska's health care environment in order to bring informed Alaskans to the table and come

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to solutions that will benefit all Alaskans and ensure these complex health care issues are understood. If you

are interested in the public policy issues facing Alaska Commonwealth North membership information is

available on our website at www.commonwealthnorth.org or call Josh Wilson at 258-9522. ASHNHA is a

member of CWN and will keep you informed of educational sessions as they are planned.

TriWest/ United Battle heats up: GAO will make TriCare decision on July 5 Compiled from news articles and personal conversations

After TriWest Healthcare Alliance lost its only contract — a $17 billion agreement to provide services to

military personnel — the company is fighting for its survival.

TriWest, which said it submitted the lowest bid, lost to UnitedHealth Group, which provides insurance for

30 million Americans, including millions of government employees.

TriWest has held the contract to provide health care services for Tricare, the Pentagon's health program, for

21 Western states and about 2.9 million people since 1996.

TriWest has built a network of providers over the years including in Alaska. Senator Mark Begich’s office is

monitoring the decision and has heard numerous concerns about the switch from Alaska users. The main

question throughout the West seems to be the ability of United to create and maintain a network of

community providers.

TriWest is fighting the decision in numerous ways. First, it appealed the lost contract to the GAO, claiming

the Pentagon also miscalculated its bid by hundreds of millions of dollars and failed to investigate what

TriWest CEO Dave McIntyre called United's "troubling record."

Then, TriWest launched an ad campaign showcasing its rival's faults. A full-page ad in USA TODAY, as

well as other publications, and billboards at the Pentagon subway station list United's past lawsuits. TriWest

also asked members of Congress to write a letter to the Defense Department questioning why the decision

was made. And finally, TriWest created a website, savemymilitaryhealthcare.com, that compares TriWest

and United's records.

United responded to the new bid with advertising in Washington political publications stating that it looks

forward to working with the military.

The battle began in September when TriWest paid $10 million to settle a Justice Department lawsuit in

which whistle-blowers claimed TriWest "systematically defrauded" Tricare by billing the government at

rates higher than what it negotiated with health care providers. The lawsuit by four whistle-blowers also said

TriWest sent 3,000 claims through one location a day to intentionally bypass checks to avoid late-payment

fees, and that it paid claims for ineligible beneficiaries.

The whistle-blowers earned $1.7 million from the lawsuit; TriWest's $10 million settlement was for the

portion of the lawsuit that accused it of billing the government higher-than-negotiated rates.

TriWest settled, McIntyre said, because the suit was costing $1 million a month to pay lawyers and check

internal procedures, not because they admitted fault. Although TriWest exists because of its government

contract, McIntyre said the money spent on the suit and internal checks is "not the government's. The

money's from our bottom line."

The settlement did not affect the contract decision based on what he learned from the government, McIntyre

said. Instead, he said, TriWest's bid was for a lower price, and both companies received an "exceptional"

rating. TriWest deserved that rating, McIntyre said, but United did not.

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TriWest and McIntyre have cited several lawsuits, including a $350 million class-action lawsuit

complaining of timeliness and accuracy of claims and payments in 2009. United responded by saying

company executives have learned from their mistakes and won back the trust of its customers.

In Texas, for example, United was fined $645,000 for an inadequate network of providers in 2008, but

United's Stearns said the company was awarded a contract in 2012 to provide for Texas' state government

retirement system.

McIntyre has spent the past several months lobbying Congress about the case, and members from Arizona,

Colorado and California have asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to explain why the change was made

and how it will affect beneficiaries.

A GAO decision is expected July 5. The agency could uphold the bid, reverse it and give it to TriWest, or

ask for a rebid. More later.

Funding Opportunity for Critical Access Hospitals The Alaska FLEX program has funding available for individual critical access hospitals that must be spent

by August 31, 2012. These funds are available to support strategies in the core areas of the Flex program

including: quality improvement, financial and operational performance improvement, and health systems

development and community engagement. Funding can be used for training, subscriptions/licensing,

assessments, and consultants/technical assistance. Critical access hospitals can apply for up to $15,000 for a

specific project or activity as outlined in the application materials.

To be eligible the hospital must submit the application by June 21st at 5 pm. Applications have been sent to

all eligible hospitals.

For more information contact Pat Carr at 465-8618 or patricia.carr@alaska.gov or Jeannie Monk at 586-

1790.

Thirteen Students Graduate on June 4th

having received 17 weeks of

Perioperative Nurse Training in Alaska. The Alaska Perioperative Nursing Consortium is proud of the 13 students that graduated in Cohort #1. Six

ASHNHA facilities are currently participating as partners in the consortium (Alaska Native Medical Center,

Alaska Regional, Bartlett Regional,

Fairbanks Memorial, Providence

Medical Center and PeaceHealth

Ketchikan). Gena Edmiston, CNO at

Fairbanks Memorial, has been chair of

the consortium, and has led this effort

to fruition.

This project would not have been

possible without the dedication of the

perioperative nurse educators led by

Barbara Welte, providence Medical

Center. Members of Barb’s team

were: Denise Davis (Providence);

Gail Augdahl, Peggy Robinson and

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Rose Bertok (Ak. Regional); Jamie Britton (FMH); Amber Nakazawa and Merisue Bowerfind (ANMC);

and Diane Bigge (Bartlett).

The consortium continues to receive mentoring, materials and support from Tracey Jones and Diana

Frawley, nurse educators with the NorthWest Perioperative Consortium of Seattle, Washington. Without

the guidance and leadership the project would have greatly struggled to gain altitude.

Cohort #2 is scheduled to begin September 17. If you would like additional information please contact

Dennis Murray, Program Officer at ASHNHA (907) 646-1444, dennis@ashnha.com.

New ASHNHA Staff On Board

Debbie Lowenthal began work with ASHNHA in April as the Small Hospital

Program Coordinator. She is working closely with Jeannie Monk to support

projects focused on small hospitals. Debbie brings strong organizational skills

and knowledge of health issues in Alaska. Debbie has a MS in Environmental

Health/Technology from University of Washington and a BS in Ecology,

Behavior, and Evolution from University of California at San Diego. She has

worked as a planner with DHHS and helped coordinate the Healthy Alaskans

2010 process.

Debbie has two children and has lived in Juneau for more than 10 years. Debbie

is working part-time out of the Juneau office and can be reached by email at

debbie@ashnha.com.

Greta Wade began work in May as the ASHNHA Quality and Patient Safety

Project Director. Her focus will be supporting the new Hospital Engagement

Network Quality Initiative and quality efforts for critical access hospitals

through the Rural Medicare FLEX grant.

Greta was born and raised in Alaska. She has a BS in Nursing from Columbia

University and a BS in Biology from Oregon State University. Greta has spent

the past five years working as a Nurse Case Manager with Hospice and Home

Health of Juneau. Prior to moving to Juneau, she worked as a nurse at hospitals

around the state on a temporary basis (including Bartlett, Fairbanks, and Mt.

Edgecumbe) and served as a public health nurse at Norton South Health Corp.

Greta is excited about getting involved in supporting health care improvement on a statewide basis. She

will be visiting many hospitals this summer to get to know hospital quality leaders. She is working full-

time out of the Juneau office and can be reached by email at greta@ashnha.com or by cell phone at 907-

723-7105.

Legislative Race Pairings Set for August Primaries Although there are some lingering lawsuits opposing the recently adopted redistricting plan, it appears the

upcoming elections will move forward under the new districts. Of the nineteen Senate seats up for election

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(Sen. Egan is Juneau does not have to run) 15 have incumbents running for re-election, 1 is a new Senate

district, 1 has no incumbent running, and two pit current incumbents against each other.

In the House races there are 27 incumbents running for re-election, 10 districts don’t have an incumbent

running, and 3 have incumbents facing off against each other.

There appears to be some interesting races developing in Anchorage and Fairbanks as former Anchorage

Rep. Harry Crawford is running against Sen. Bettye Davis in the primary. The winner may face Rep. Anna

Fairclough who is running unopposed in the Republican primary. Former Kodiak Representative Gabrielle

LeDoux is running for an open Anchorage House seat, and Rep. Berta Gardner is running for an open

Anchorage Senate seat. In Fairbanks, former Republican Senator Ralph Seekins is squaring off against

former Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Click Bishop in a new district that runs down to

Valdez.

Finally, there is still quite a bit of maneuvering that is ongoing within the Republican Party. Members of

the party are locked in an internal struggle with regard to who will lead the party during this election cycle.

Senate Incumbent Challenger(s)

Seat A Realigned District John Coghill (R)

Joe Thomas (D)

Seat B Joe Paskvan (D) Pete Kelly (R)

Seat C NEW SEAT - Fairbanks Click Bishop (R)

Bill Ward (R)

Ralph Seekins (R)

Anne Sudkamp (D)

David Eastman (R)

Seat D Linda Menard (R) Mike Dunleavy (R)

Seat E Charlie Huggins (R) Susan P. Herman (D)

Seat F Fred Dyson (R) Daniel Elliott (D)

Martin Lindeke (D)

Seat G Bill Wielechowski (D) Bob Roses (R)

Seat H NEW SEAT - Anchorage Berta Gardner (D)

Clint Hess (R)

Don Smith (R)

Seat I Johnny Ellis (D) Paul Kendall (R)

Seat J Hollis French (D) Bob Bell (R)

Linda Vazquez (R)

Seat K Lesil McGuire (R) Jeff Landfield (R)

Rex Snyder (R)

Roselynn Cacy (D)

Seat L Kevin Meyer (R) Jacob Hale (D)

Seat M Bettye Davis (D) Anna Fairclough (R)

Harry Crawford (D)

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Seat N Cathy Giessel (R) Joe Arness (R)

Seat O Tom Wagoner (R) Peter Micciche

Senate Incumbent Challenger(s)

Seat Q Realigned District Bert Stedman (R)

Albert Kookesh (D)

Seat R Gary Stevens (R) Robert Henrichs (D)

Seat S Lyman Hoffman (D)

Seat T Donny Olson (D) Allen Minish (R)

House Seat Incumbent Challenger(s)

1 New Seat- Fairbanks Lynette Bergh (R)

Paul Brown (R)

Doug Isaacson (R)

Janice Golub (D)

Dave Gardner (R)

2 Realigned District - Fairbanks Bob Miller (D)

Tammie Wilson (R)

3 Steve Thompson (R)

4 Scott Kawasaki (D) David Pruhs (R)

Urban Rahoi (R)

5 New House Seat - Fairbanks Pete Higgins (R)

Aaron Lojewski (R)

Dean Shannon (R)

David Watts (D)

6 Eric Feige (R) Jamey Duhamel (D)

George Rauscher (R)

7 Wes Keller (R) Roger Purcell (R)

8 Shelly Hughes (R) Daniel Hamm (R)

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New House Seat – Wasilla

Continued….

Mark Ewing (R)

Lynn Gattis (R)

Blake Merrifield (D)

10 Mark Neuman (R) Pam Rahn (D)

11 Bill Stoltze (R) Thomas Connelly (R)

12 Dan Saddler (R) Glen Eichenlaub (R)

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13 Open House Seat - Anchorage Gabrielle LeDoux (R)

Hal Gazaway (D)

Barbara Bachmeier (R)

Shirley Wendt (D)

14 Max Gruenberg (D) Don Hadley (R)

15 Open House Seat - Anchorage Andy Josephson (D)

Dick Traini (R)

16 Open House Seat - Anchorage Hugh Brown III (D)

Jimmy Crawford (R)

Harriet Drummond (D)

Roman Romanovski (R)

17 Open House Seat - Anchorage Cean Stevens (R)

Geran Tarr (D)

Cal Williams (D)

18 Les Gara (D) Robert Benton (R)

Cris Eichenlaub (R)

19 Lindsey Holmes (D) Anand Dubey (R)

20 Mia Costello (R) Tamara Von Gemmingen (R)

Michelle Scannell (D)

21 Craig Johnson (R) Jodie Dominguez (D)

22 Chris Tuck (D) Lisa Vaught (R)

23 Bob Lynn (R) Lisa Marroquin (D)

24 Charisse Millett (R) Patti Higgins (D)

25 Realigned House Seat-

Anchorage

Pete Petersen (D)

Lance Pruitt (R)

Lynette Hinz (D)

26 Open House Seat – Eagle River Roberta Goughnour (D)

Lora Reinbold (R)

Kim Skipper (R)

Larry Wood (R)

27 Mike Hawker (R)

28 Mike Chenault (R)

29 Kurt Olson (R) Gary Knopp (R)

Kelly Wolf (R)

30 Paul Seaton (R) Jon Faulkner (R)

Elizabeth Diament (D)

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31 Cathy Munoz (R)

32 Beth Kerttula (D)

33 Realigned House Seat –

Ketchikan

Note: Incumbent Kyle Johansen

plans to run in General Election

as an Independent

Patty Mackey (R)

Peggy Wilson (R)

Agnes Moran (R)

Matt Olson (D)

34 Bill Thomas (R) Jon Kreiss-Tomkins (D)

35 Alan Austerman (R)

36 Bryce Edgmon (D) Carl Morgan (R)

Russell Nelson (D)

37 Bob Herron (D)

38 Realigned House Seat –

Fairbanks and surrounding area

Alan Dick (R)

David Guttenberg (D)

39 Neal Foster (D) Woodie Salmon (D)

40 Open House Seat –

Kotzebue/Barrow

Adeline Hopson (D)

Benjamin Bageak (D)

Greta Schuerch (D)

Robert Nelson (D)

End of Report