# Jesse Kiehl

Jesse Kiehl is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate for district B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alaska Senate, district B
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1ae3974e-660d-4526-b351-fff9b689b51a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ae3974e-660d-4526-b351-fff9b689b51a (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Kiehl sits at −0.27 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.27 (standard error 0.03), from 310 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 13. 25.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska Senate 28.4%; rank 8 of 15).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 258: An Act relating to contracts for the licensing of software applications. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-19) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB258/
- SB 253: An Act relating to the sulfur content of marine fuel. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB253/
- SB 247: An Act relating to crime and criminal procedure; relating to generated obscene child sexual abuse material; relating to teaching certificates; and relating to… (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB247/
- SB 190: An Act relating to guardianships, conservatorships, and other protective arrangements; relating to the public guardian; relating to the crime of violating a… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB190/
- SB 86: An Act relating to the business of money transmission; relating to licenses for money transmission, licensure requirements, and registration through a… (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB86/
- SB 77: An Act relating to national criminal history record checks for certain employees of the Department of Revenue; relating to allowable absences for eligibility… (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB77/
- SB 31: An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Administration; creating an address confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB31/
- SB 27: An Act relating to restoration of tenure for certain disabled individuals; relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska and the teachers'… (in committee, 2025-01-22) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB27/
- SB 250: An Act relating to guardianships, conservatorships, and other protective arrangements; relating to the public guardian; relating to the crime of violating a… (in committee, 2024-02-21) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/33/SB250/
- SB 242: An Act relating to assessment of property, boards of equalization, and certification of assessors; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2024-03-12) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/33/SB242/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $70.2K (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/31?code=KIE
- Campaign site: https://www.jessekiehl.com/
- X: https://x.com/JesseKiehl
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorkiehl/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessekiehl/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-kiehl-58a79615/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ae3974e-660d-4526-b351-fff9b689b51a