Judges Appearing on the 2026 Alaska Electoral Ballot
(Identify the judges on your ballot here)
Statewide
Jude Pate (Alaska Supreme Court)
First Judicial District (Southeast Alaska)
Marianna Carpenti (Juneau Superior Court)
Daniel E. Doty (Ketchikan Superior Court)
Katherine H. Lybrand (Ketchikan Superior Court)
Kristen L. Swanson (Juneau District Court)
Second Judicial District (Northwest Alaska and North Slope)
Romano D. DiBenedetto (Nome Superior Court)
David Roghair (Utqiagvik Superior Court)
Third Judicial District (Southcentral Alaska)
Laura Hartz (Anchorage Superior Court)
Yvonne Lamoureux (Anchorage Superior Court)
Kelly J. Lawson (Kenai Superior Court)
Jack R. McKenna (Anchorage Superior Court)
David A. Nesbett (Anchorage Superior Court)
Christina Rankin (Anchorage Superior Court)
Christina Reigh (Dillingham Superior Court)
Ian Wheeles (Anchorage Superior Court)
Jonathan Woodman (Palmer Superior Court)
Chris Darnall (Anchorage District Court)
Martin Fallon (Kenai District Court Court)
Shawn Traini (Palmer District Court)
Fourth Judicial District (Interior and Western Alaska)
Nathaniel Peters (Bethel Superior Court)
Kirk Schwalm (Fairbanks Superior Court)
Amy Welch (Fairbanks Superior Court)
Benjamin A. Seekins (Fairbanks District Court)
Note: Only Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges appear on statewide ballots—all other judges appear only on the ballot in their judicial district.
“I feel very strongly about the judicial merit system we have here in Alaska. It has worked great since it was started and I think our system is the envy of the rest of the United States.”
— Michael Geraghty, Attorney General for Governor Sean Parnell