# Mike Cronk

Mike Cronk is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate for district R.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska Senate, district R
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c50de9c3-90a3-4c6d-9003-50e12c6c5246

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c50de9c3-90a3-4c6d-9003-50e12c6c5246 (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

Cronk reported $113.5K in the 2024 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $28.3K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.03), from 335 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 58. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska Senate 28.4%; rank 11 of 15).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 257: An Act relating to funding for residential schools; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB257/
- SB 204: An Act relating to substitute teaching; and relating to the qualifications of school board members. (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB204/
- SB 194: An Act authorizing mobile sports wagering; relating to the regulation of mobile sports wagering; imposing a tax on mobile sports wagering revenue; relating to… (in committee, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB194/
- SB 161: An Act relating to the use of certain trawl or dredge fishing gear in state water; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB161/
- SB 162: An Act relating to specie as legal tender in the state; and relating to borough and city sales and use taxes on specie. (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB162/
- SB 152: An Act renaming Ruby Airport as Harold Esmailka Airport; and providing for an effective date. (became law, 2025-07-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB152/
- SB 136: An Act relating to the privacy of firearm transactions; relating to discrimination against firearm retailers by financial institutions and payment networks;… (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB136/
- SB 114: An Act relating to an in-state natural gas pipeline developed by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB114/
- SB 63: An Act relating to the Local Boundary Commission; and providing for an effective date. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB63/
- SB 33: An Act relating to defamation claims based on the use of synthetic media; relating to the use of synthetic media in electioneering communications; and… (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB33/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $113.5K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/32?code=CRN
- Campaign site: https://mikecronkforstatehouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/mikecronkak
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mike.cronk.90

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c50de9c3-90a3-4c6d-9003-50e12c6c5246