# James Kaufman

James Kaufman is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate for district F.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska Senate, district F
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f6cd7b64-a3f3-44ec-89a1-68c17fa6d4c9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f6cd7b64-a3f3-44ec-89a1-68c17fa6d4c9 (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

Kaufman reported $25 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.03), from 439 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 29. 11.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska Senate 28.4%; rank 13 of 15).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 263: An Act repealing the child care facility revolving loan fund; repealing the child care facility revolving loan fund foreclosure expense account; repealing the… (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB263/
- SB 264: An Act relating to the housing assistance loan program; repealing the home ownership assistance fund; repealing the operating loss reserve account; repealing… (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB264/
- SB 198: An Act relating to the teachers' defined contribution retirement plan; relating to the public employees' defined contribution retirement plan; and providing… (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB198/
- SB 163: An Act relating to inactive state accounts and funds; repealing the public access fund; repealing the Alaska temporary assistance program emergency account;… (became law, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB163/
- SJR 4: Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an appropriation limit. (in committee, 2025-04-25) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SJR4/
- SJR 5: Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the Alaska permanent fund, appropriations from the permanent fund, and the… (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SJR5/
- SB 37: An Act relating to the Executive Budget Act; relating to strategic plans, mission statements, performance plans, and financial plans for executive branch… (in committee, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB37/
- SB 38: An Act establishing the office of information technology; relating to information technology projects undertaken by state agencies; and providing for an… (in committee, 2025-01-22) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB38/
- SB 36: An Act relating to an appropriation limit; relating to the budget responsibilities of the governor; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2025-04-25) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB36/
- SB 251: An Act establishing a regulatory sandbox program; establishing the office of innovation and economic development; establishing the Alaska Innovation Council;… (in committee, 2024-02-21) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/33/SB251/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=kau
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorkaufman.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorKaufman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.kaufman.372
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorkaufman/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jameskaufman2640
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-kaufman-299042a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f6cd7b64-a3f3-44ec-89a1-68c17fa6d4c9