Jay Sterner Hammond was an American politician of the Republican Party,who served as the fourth governor of Alaska from 1974 to 1982. Hammond was born in Troy,New York and served as a Marine Corps fighter pilot in World War II with the Black Sheep Squadron. In 1946,he moved to Alaska where he worked as a bush pilot. Hammond served as a state representative from 1959 to 1965 and as a state senator from 1967 to 1973. From 1972 until 1974 he was the mayor of the Bristol Bay Borough. Then,in 1974,he was elected governor of Alaska.
Nicholas Joseph Begich Sr. was an American counselor,educator and politician. He served in the Alaska state senate for eight years before being elected in 1970 as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska. He is presumed to have died in the crash of a light aircraft in Alaska in October 1972;his body was never found. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Leland Chancy Croft was an American politician and workers' compensation attorney. Elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1968,he served a single term from 1969 to 1971. He was then elected to the Alaska Senate,serving in that body from 1971 to 1979,including serving as the president of the Senate from 1975 to 1977 during the 9th Alaska State Legislature.
Terrence Brent Miller was an American businessman and politician. Miller served as the fourth lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1978 to 1982. His political career,which began while he was in his early 20s,lasted over two decades and was cut short by his death from lung cancer at age 46.
Johnny Ellis was an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate from 1992 to 2017. He was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1986 through 1992.
Bettye Jean Davis was an American social worker and politician. She was the first African-American to be elected as an Alaska State Senator in 2000.
Lesil Lynn McGuire is an American politician in the state of Alaska. She served as a Republican member of the Alaska Senate from 2007 until 2017,after her tenure as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2000 through 2006. She served Senate District N until redistricting in 2012 placed her in District K for 2013.
Bryce Edgmon is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 37th District. He served as speaker from 2017–2021. The district includes all or portions of the Kodiak Island Borough,Aleutians East Borough,Lake and Peninsula Borough,Bristol Bay Borough,and the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area.
Thelma Garcia Buchholdt was a Filipino American community activist,politician,historian,public speaker,cultural worker,and author. She was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives for four consecutive terms,from 1974 through 1982. She was the author of the book Filipinos in Alaska:1788-1958,which is now in its third printing and is available through the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center.
Matthew W. Claman is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Alaska Senate since 2023,representing West Anchorage. Claman previously served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2015 until 2023;the acting mayor of Anchorage from in 2009,and a member of the Anchorage Assembly from 2007 until 2010.
Chris Tuck is an American politician from the state of Alaska. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 23rd and 29th Districts in Anchorage from 2008 to 2023. He was the Majority Leader of the Alaska Independent Democratic Coalition. Previously,Tuck served on the Anchorage School Board. Tuck had run unsuccessfully for the State House in 2004 and 2006 before winning election in 2008.
Anna MacKinnon is an American Republican politician who is formerly a member of the Alaska Senate,representing District G from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that,she served in the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 17th district,from 2007 to 2013. In the 26th Alaska State Legislature,she was a member of the House Finance Committee,and chair of the Education &Early Development,Labor &Workforce Development and the University Of Alaska Finance Subcommittees. She also represented Eagle River and Chugiak on the Anchorage Assembly from 1999 until being elected to the House. She was elected to each of these offices by defeating an incumbent in the election;her Assembly victory was over incumbent Ted Carlson,better known as the Anchorage police officer who arrested actor Steve McQueen in 1972. Her House victory came in the 2006 primary over incumbent Pete Kott,who by that point was involved in what became known as the Alaska political corruption probe,and who was later sentenced to federal prison. The probe also saw other longtime legislators leave office. Her Senate victory in 2012 came over longtime legislator Bettye Davis,who faced not only redistricting but a primary election challenge from former House member and congressional candidate Harry Crawford,whom Davis narrowly outpolled.
The Fourth Alaska State Legislature served from January 25,1965,to January 22,1967.
Lance David Pruitt was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 27th district which covers East Anchorage. He was elected in 2010 and left office in 2021 following his election loss in 2020.
Randell Ernest "Randy" Phillips is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Phillips served for twenty-six years as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska Senate,from 1977 to 2003.
Christopher Jim Birch was an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate for District M in 2019 and the Alaska House of Representatives for the 26th District from 2017 to 2019. Birch was a member of the Republican Party.
The 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Alaska. Incumbent Republican governor Mike Dunleavy won re-election to a second term,becoming the first Republican governor to be re-elected to a second term since Jay Hammond in 1978 and the first governor,regardless of political affiliation,to be re-elected to a second term since Tony Knowles in 1998.
Blanche Louise Preston McSmith was an African-American civil rights activist,businesswoman and politician.
David Nelson is an American politician who is a member-elect of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 18th district. A Republican,he previously represented the 15th district from 2021 to 2023. He was defeated by Democrat Cliff Groh in 2022,but defeated Groh for the seat in 2024.
The 2024 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 2,2024,with a runoff election on May 14 because no candidate received more than 45% of the vote in the first round. It elected the mayor of Anchorage,Alaska. Incumbent Republican mayor Dave Bronson ran for re-election to a second term in office.
