# Forrest Dunbar

Forrest Dunbar is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate for district J.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alaska Senate, district J
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4511370e-1ac8-4135-a622-d5b533faeb43

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4511370e-1ac8-4135-a622-d5b533faeb43 (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

Dunbar has served since 2023.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.64 (standard error 0.03), from 995 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 52. 35.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska Senate 28.4%; rank 5 of 15).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 248: An Act relating to the practice of genetic counseling; relating to the licensure of genetic counselors; establishing the Genetic Counseling Advisory Council;… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB248/
- SB 173: An Act relating to the use of apprentice labor in public construction projects; relating to the use of veteran apprentice labor in public construction… (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB173/
- SB 174: An Act establishing the Alaska Invasive Species Council in the Department of Fish and Game; relating to management of invasive species; and providing for an… (passed both chambers, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB174/
- SB 111: An Act relating to the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of consumer products that use digital electronics to operate; adding an unlawful act to the Alaska… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB111/
- SJR 12: Urging the United States Congress and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address outages of National Data Buoy Center stations. (passed both chambers, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SJR12/
- SB 78: An Act relating to disclosure of information regarding employee compensation by employers, employees, and applicants for employment. (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB78/
- SB 45: An Act relating to medical assistance services; relating to parity in mental health and substance use disorder coverage in the state medical assistance… (in committee, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB45/
- SB 12: An Act relating to permanent fund dividends for individuals owing child support; and relating to applications and qualifications for permanent fund dividends… (in committee, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB12/
- SB 39: An Act relating to loans in an amount of $25,000 or less; relating to financial institutions; relating to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and… (passed both chambers, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB39/
- SB 10: An Act relating to family leave wage replacement coverage. (in committee, 2025-01-22) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB10/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $54.0K (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=dnb
- Campaign site: https://www.forrestdunbar.com/
- X: https://x.com/forrestdunbarak
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forrestforalaska/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forrest.for.anchorage/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdYxuXogpq1-mF3iivBC6HA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/forrest-dunbar-4a61b113

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4511370e-1ac8-4135-a622-d5b533faeb43