Donna Mears

Rep. Donna Mears is an infrastructure engineer from East Anchorage running for reelection to the Alaska House this fall. For twenty-five years, Donna has worked to build water and sewage systems throughout Alaska, been a leading champion for recycling, and a leading champion for recycling and education reform. If she is reelected, Donna will continue to fight to improve Alaska’s schools and infrastructure, build safer communities, and help make the state more affordable for working families.

Donna is ready, with the DLCC’s support, to protect this must-win battleground district in what could be one of the most competitive races in Alaska this year.

2026 is a historic opportunity to defend our bipartisan coalitions in both chambers of the Alaska State Legislature. 

Extremist Republicans are attempting to undermine bipartisan coalition leadership in Alaska. Maintaining these coalitions is critical for achieving progress for Alaskans on issues such as public education funding, investments in rural infrastructure, responsible economic development, and addressing the affordability crisis resulting from reckless policies in D.C. 

The DLCC has worked in Alaska, cycle after cycle, to build and defend Democratic power, and in 2024 helped achieve a majority-Democrat coalition in the state House. Adding just a few seats across both chambers could mean giving Democrats and the coalition the two-thirds majority needed to either override or protect a governor’s veto.  

With a competitive race for Governor and US Senate on the 2026 ballot, the DLCC is all hands on deck to ensure candidates who would join the majority coalition are positioned to win the most competitive districts in Alaska this fall.