Frank J. Tomaszewski (born ca. 1972) is an American politician serving as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 34th District since 2023. He received nearly 56 percent of the vote to incumbent representative
Grier Hopkins 44 percent.
Personal life
Tomaszewski moved to
Fairbanks, Alaska
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with his family when he was seven years old.
He has five children and one granddaughter.
Prior to being elected, he worked as a syrup maker, having been inspired by a video about making
birch syrup which he saw on
YouTube
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. He later founded his own company dedicated to syrup, ''Sample Alaska''.
Electoral history
2022 general
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Republican
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, 3,607
, 48.9
, +8
, 3,615
, 49.0
, +398
, 4,013
, 55.6
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Democratic
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, 3,172
, 43.0
, +3
, 3,175
, 43.2
, +25
, 3,200
, 44.4
, -
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Republican
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, 575
, 7.8
, +11
, 586
, 7.9
, -586
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, -
! style="background-color:" ,
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Write-in
A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 16
, 0.2
, -16
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! colspan=3 , 7,370
! colspan=3 , 7,376
! colspan=3 , 7,213
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Blank or inactive ballots
! colspan=2 , 317
, +163
! colspan=2 , 480
2024
Primary
General
References
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Businesspeople from Alaska
Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly members
Lathrop High School (Alaska) alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives
University of Alaska Fairbanks alumni
1970s births
Living people
21st-century members of the Alaska Legislature