Denny Wells

Denny Wells is a community advocate, former Peace Corps volunteer, and lifelong Alaskan from Anchorage running to flip a seat in the Alaska House in November. Denny had his first brush with local politics when he proposed maps during Alaska’s 2022 Anchorage redistricting process, and one of his maps was adopted. Now he’s running to help ensure that Alaska’s youth have access to quality public education, support working families, protect reproductive rights and health care access, promote economic growth and new job opportunities, and provide a fiscally responsible budget that protects the services Alaskans depend on.

Every door Denny knocks on brings him one step closer to flipping this competitive district and helping Democrats gain ground in the Alaska House.

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.