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Endorses Underwood

The race

One House seat is at stake in Alaska's House District 27, for a two-year term. The incumbent, Jubilee Underwood (R), is on the general-election ballot. The confirmed general-election roster, from Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2026 (Ballotpedia) (roster strength: compilation (Ballotpedia)), is: Jubilee Underwood (R); David Eastman (R).

Alaska fills this seat under its top-four primary and ranked-choice general election: the four primary leaders advance regardless of party, voters rank them in November, and party labels are each candidate's voter registration as the Division of Elections lists them — which is why a general-election ballot here can carry several candidates of the same party and none of another.

Sabato's Crystal Ball counts both Alaska chambers among the 15 most competitive state legislative chambers in the country this cycle — both are currently run by bipartisan coalitions — but no district-level rating for this district was published in the sources consulted (Louis Jacobson, Sabato's Crystal Ball, October 2026).

This is a rematch: the challenger held this seat for four terms and lost it to the incumbent in 2024 (see the candidate records below).

The candidates, claim by claim

Jubilee Underwood (R), incumbent. Jubilee Underwood is the Republican incumbent on the confirmed general-election roster for this district, seeking re-election.

Underwood won this seat in 2024 by 196 votes — 50.64% to 48.06% — over David Eastman, in one of the closest Alaska legislative races of that cycle (KTVF/Gray Television reporting, June 2026).

Pros: A Republican with a real record of service behind the candidacy — the in-tent choice under this publication's values (Constitution, capitalism and the free market, Christianity, freedom).

Cons: No proven flaw meeting this publication's standard was located in the compiled record at this sourcing depth.

The flaw, plainly: None proven was located in the compiled record.

David Eastman (R), nominee. David Eastman is the Republican nominee on the confirmed general-election roster for this district.

Eastman held this seat (and its predecessor district) from January 2017 to January 2025, losing it to Underwood in 2024 (Wikipedia, "David Eastman (politician)"; Alaska News).

The Alaska House censured Eastman twice in service — in 2017, and again in 2023 by a 35–1 vote after he suggested in debate that fatal child-abuse cases could represent a "cost savings" to the state because the child would no longer need government services (KTVF/Gray Television reporting, June 2026).

Eastman is a member of the Oath Keepers and was present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021; in December 2022 an Alaska Superior Court judge ruled him eligible to hold office, finding he had not intended to overthrow the U.S. government (Wikipedia; KTVF/Gray Television reporting). We print that history as documented fact; under this publication's standing rule, January 6 and 2020-election positions are never priced in a call, and it plays no part in ours — the censures above are in-service conduct findings, and they are what this call prices.

Pros: In-tent under this publication's criteria as a Republican candidacy.

Cons: Not the endorsed candidacy in this race — the reason is stated in OUR CALL below, from the record.

The flaw, plainly: A proven flaw in this candidacy's record is priced in OUR CALL below.

OUR CALL

We endorse Jubilee Underwood (R). Both candidates are Republicans with records, so the same-party rule governs and the records decide it. Underwood is the incumbent who won this seat head-to-head in 2024, and no proven flaw was located in her compiled record. David Eastman's four terms are also a real record — and it contains two House censures, in-service conduct findings by the body he served in, the second by 35–1. We price the censures; we do not price his January 6 history, which is printed above as fact under the standing rule and plays no part in this call.

For the complete Election 2026 breakdown — every race, claim by claim — see the full coverage on our website.

Vote early. Research your candidates. Choose the best moderates, whatever their party — no extremism from either side. And encourage your friends and family to do the same.

Sources

Election result — November 4, 2026

Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.

AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.

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