# David Nelson

David Nelson is a Republican member of the Alaska House for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska House, district 18
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e1a32811-98f9-484f-8d4b-12df7eab4183

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e1a32811-98f9-484f-8d4b-12df7eab4183 (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

Nelson reported $38.2K in the 2024 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $10.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.04), from 135 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 18. 10.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska House 22.1%; rank 26 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 240: An Act requiring school districts to adopt a digital harassment and nonconsensual digital impersonation policy; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB240/
- HB 241: An Act relating to a psychology interjurisdictional compact; and relating to the practice of psychology. (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB241/
- HJR 21: Encouraging the United States Congress to designate 2025 as the Year of the Soldier. (in committee, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HJR21/
- HJR 20: Encouraging the United States Congress to establish hiring goals for apprentices and veteran apprentices. (passed both chambers, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HJR20/
- HB 159: 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, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB159/
- HB 145: 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, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB145/
- HB 81: An Act restricting the release of certain records of convictions; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB81/
- HJR 8: Encouraging the United States Congress to award the Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War the Congressional Gold Medal. (in committee, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HJR8/
- HB 3: An Act relating to convening the legislature in Anchorage; relating to the regulation of lobbying; relating to annual student guests of the legislature;… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB3/
- HB 18: An Act relating to the transfer of a title on the death of the owner; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB18/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $38.2K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 91% 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=NED
- Campaign site: https://nelsonforalaska.com/meet-david/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRep.Nelson/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e1a32811-98f9-484f-8d4b-12df7eab4183