# Jesse Bjorkman

Jesse Bjorkman is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate for district D.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska Senate, district D
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e14b5980-9a38-4420-8903-70738802edf6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e14b5980-9a38-4420-8903-70738802edf6 (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

Bjorkman sits at 0.00 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 92% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score 0.00 (standard error 0.04), from 448 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.5% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 28. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska Senate 28.4%; rank 2 of 15).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 262: An Act relating to social media and minors; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB262/
- SB 267: An Act relating to powers and duties of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee; relating to public school financial information and audits; and… (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB267/
- SB 259: An Act relating to an optional municipal limit to increases of the full and true value of property owned and occupied as a permanent place of abode by a… (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB259/
- SB 270: An Act relating to grand juries; amending Rules 5(e), 6, and 6.1, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; repealing Rules 6.1(b)(2) and (3), Alaska Rules of… (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB270/
- SB 200: An Act relating to service areas; relating to municipal assessments of farm or agricultural land; and providing for an effective date. (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB200/
- SB 209: An Act relating to high school graduation requirements and proficiency confirmation tools. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB209/
- SB 207: An Act relating to the removal of unlawful occupants from residential real property; relating to the crimes of trespass, forgery, and deceptive business… (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB207/
- SB 208: An Act relating to industrial hemp; relating to the sale and lease of state land for agricultural uses; designating the O-S Cross cabbage, commonly known as… (became law, 2026-08-11) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB208/
- SB 192: An Act relating to evacuation designation levels; and relating to the Alaska Disaster Act. (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB192/
- SB 189: An Act relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB189/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $162.2K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/33?code=BJK
- Campaign site: https://www.votebjorkman.com/
- X: https://x.com/JJBinAK
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jesse.jonathan.944
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senbjorkman/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2MfxSMiNhkqFn7PSXFl3Xw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-bjorkman-92661212a

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e14b5980-9a38-4420-8903-70738802edf6