James D. Kaufman

James Denis Kaufman (born 1958) is an American Republican politician from Anchorage, Alaska. He represents District F in South Anchorage in the Alaska Senate and previously served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. At the time of his election to the legislature in November 2000, he was retired from a career as a construction project manager in the oil industry and was active in neighborhood level politics in the Hillside area of Anchorage.

Electoral history

District F

2024 Alaska Senate General election Party Candidate First choice Round 1 Round 2 Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes %Coalition Republican 8,147 47.9% +33 8,180 48.1% +498 8,678 52.8% Democratic 7,646 45.0% +11 7,657 45.0% +87 7,744 47.2% Republican 1,178 6.9% +6 1,184 7.0% - Eliminated Write-in 35 0.21% - Eliminated Total votes17,00617,02116,422 Blank or inactive ballots 946 +599 1,545 Republican hold Coalition hold