# Bert Stedman

Bert Stedman is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate for district A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska Senate, district A
- Serving since: 2023-01-16
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bfdc2ee2-7760-4119-9d68-4962f1e1a285

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfdc2ee2-7760-4119-9d68-4962f1e1a285 (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

Stedman sits at +0.02 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 91% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.02 (standard error 0.05), from 211 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.1% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 31. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska Senate 28.4%; rank 6 of 15).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 221: An Act restricting a fiduciary of a state fund, the Alaska Retirement Management Board, and the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board from investing or… (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB221/
- SJR 17: Recognizing and honoring the 50th anniversary of The Energy Council. (passed both chambers, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SJR17/
- SB 140: An Act relating to a matching grant program for fire station construction and renovation; and providing for an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-16) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB140/
- SB 81: An Act relating to employer contribution rates in the teachers' retirement system and the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska; and providing for an… (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB81/
- SB 55: An Act relating to employer contributions in the teachers' retirement system; relating to supplemental employee benefits; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB55/
- SB 11: An Act relating to flood insurance; relating to property insurance; establishing the Alaska Flood Authority and the Alaska flood insurance fund; and providing… (in committee, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB11/
- SB 200: An Act relating to employer contributions in the teachers' retirement system; relating to supplemental employee benefits; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2024-05-11) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/33/SB200/
- SB 160: An Act providing a premium tax credit for flood insurance; relating to flood insurance; relating to property insurance; establishing the Alaska Flood… (in committee, 2022-05-16) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/32/SB160/
- SB 226: An Act providing a premium tax credit for flood insurance; relating to flood insurance and reinsurance; relating to property insurance; establishing the… (in committee, 2020-02-24) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/31/SB226/
- SCR 4: Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 40, making appropriations for the… (introduced, 2019-04-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/31/SCR4/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=smn
- Campaign site: http://bertstedman.com/new/
- X: https://x.com/senstedman?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorstedman/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfdc2ee2-7760-4119-9d68-4962f1e1a285