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 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. He later founded his own company dedicated to syrup, Sample Alaska.
Electoral history
2022 general {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |+ colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 34 ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | First Choice ! colspan=3 | Round 1 ! colspan=3 | Round 2 |- ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 3,607 | 48.9 | +8 | 3,615 | 49.0 | +398 | 4,013 | 55.6 |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Democratic | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | (incumbent) | 3,172 | 43.0 | +3 | 3,175 | 43.2 | +25 | 3,200 | 44.4 |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 575 | 7.8 | +11 | 586 | 7.9 | -586 | colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in | 16 | 0.2 | -16 | colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated |- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes ! colspan=3 |7,370 ! colspan=3 | 7,376 ! colspan=3 |7,213 |- class="sortbottom" |- class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Blank or inactive ballots ! colspan=2 | 317 | +163 ! colspan=2 | 480
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