# Donna Mears

Donna Mears is a Democratic member of the Alaska House for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alaska House, district 21
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fbe52f5e-1dd2-4d44-9205-b2ebbbe39eee

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fbe52f5e-1dd2-4d44-9205-b2ebbbe39eee (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

Mears sits at −1.22 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 97% of State House Democrats.

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

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

| Label | Mears | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 100.0% | 14.4% | 1 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.22 (standard error 0.03), from 766 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.1% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 15. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska House 22.1%; rank 32 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 296: An Act relating to leases of state land for agricultural purposes; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB296/
- HB 259: An Act relating to large energy use facilities; relating to electric and gas utilities; relating to community benefit agreements with municipalities; and… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB259/
- HB 208: An Act relating to the regulation of liquefied natural gas import facilities by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB208/
- HB 206: An Act relating to disclosure of oil and gas production tax information. (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB206/
- HB 189: An Act relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB189/
- HCR 5: Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to committee records; and providing for an effective date for the… (in committee, 2025-04-25) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HCR5/
- HB 154: An Act relating to the summer electronic benefits transfer program for children. (in committee, 2025-04-25) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB154/
- HB 104: An Act creating and relating to the address confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB104/
- HCR 2: Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to voting and abstention from voting. (in committee, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HCR2/
- HB 337: An Act establishing 4-H Day. (became law, 2024-10-09) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/33/HB337/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 78% 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.

- 2025-08-02 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/DonnaMears/status/1951707432922890358

## Links

- Official site: https://akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=mea
- Campaign site: https://mearsforalaska.com/
- X: https://x.com/DonnaMears
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rep.Mears
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donna.c.mears/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-c-mears-p-e-0a30b0a

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fbe52f5e-1dd2-4d44-9205-b2ebbbe39eee