# Sarah Vance

Sarah Vance is a Republican member of the Alaska House for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska House, district 6
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e8756722-e9e9-4246-95e3-13019cb3bd50

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8756722-e9e9-4246-95e3-13019cb3bd50 (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

20% of Vance’s statements criticize a policy, 2.2 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%.

## What Vance says (AK 2025–26 session)

545 classified statements: 545 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Vance | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.5% | 2.9% | 447 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 20.4% | 9.3% | 106 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 47.7% | 31.9% | 163 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 1.8% | 279 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 14.5% | 12.7% | 296 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.9% | 1.4% | 308 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 26% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 19% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 15% (State House Republicans 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.5% (State House Republicans 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 6.2% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.03), from 375 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 27. 8.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska House 22.1%; rank 27 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 355: An Act relating to agricultural loans; relating to agricultural cooperatives; relating to workers' compensation; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB355/
- HB 354: An Act relating to virtual currency kiosks; relating to transactions involving virtual currency; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB354/
- HB 357: An Act relating to abortion; relating to who may perform an abortion; relating to civil enforcement of abortion laws; relating to abortion after the detection… (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB357/
- HB 356: An Act relating to health and sanitary requirements and certain permits for commercial fishing vessels; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB356/
- HB 353: An Act relating to the sale and lease of agricultural land; defining 'agricultural purposes' under the Alaska Land Act; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB353/
- HB 315: An Act relating to the qualifications and confirmation of appointees to the Board of Trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation; and providing for an… (in committee, 2026-04-11) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB315/
- HB 254: An Act relating to increases in property assessments. (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB254/
- HB 150: An Act requiring the Department of Family and Community Services to develop a shared screening methodology; requiring shelters for runaway minors to screen… (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB150/
- HB 118: An Act establishing the Council on Human and Sex Trafficking; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB118/
- HB 29: An Act relating to group insurance coverage and self-insurance coverage for school district employees, employees of the University of Alaska, and employees of… (in committee, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB29/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $75.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2110623584502874608
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2105765573938536536
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2102104188419441023
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2100721568360149496
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2097962259884429399
- 2026-08-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2093134716102959460
- 2026-07-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2080467875559809478
- 2026-07-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2077598351298859079
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2072023882614091906
- 2026-06-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepVance/status/2066634611279749183

## Links

- Official site: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/31?code=VAN
- X: https://x.com/RepVance
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akleg31st/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.sarah.vance/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8756722-e9e9-4246-95e3-13019cb3bd50