Ashley Carrick

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Ashley Carrick
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 35th district
Assumed office
January 17, 2023
Personal details
Political party Democratic [1]
Alma mater University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Anchorage

Ashley Carrick is an American politician. She serves as a Democratic member for the 35th district of the Alaska House of Representatives. [1]

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Life and career

A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Carrick earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. [1] She later earned her master's degree in public health from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2020. [1]

Carrick worked as an educator and as a legislative aide before joining the Alaska legislature. [1] She is the first openly bisexual member of the Alaska Legislature, and one of its first openly LGBTQ members. [2] She assumed office in 2023.

Carrick also serves as the Democratic Co-Chair of the Alaska chapter of Future Caucus alongside state senator Robert Myers Jr. [3] In 2024, she was selected for the Future Caucus Innovation Fellowship as part of the Criminal Justice cohort, a bipartisan coalition of Gen Z and millennial lawmakers interested in creating policies to improve the criminal justice system. [4] [5]

Electoral history

2024

Primary

2024 Nonpartisan primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ashley Carrick (incumbent) 2,332 60.6
Republican Ruben McNeill 1,517 39.4
Total votes3,849 100.0

General

2024 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 35
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ashley Carrick (incumbent) 5,047 55.2
Republican Ruben McNeill4,06644.5
Write-in 230.2
Total votes9,136 100.0
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Representative Ashley Carrick". Alaska Legislature . Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ Early, Wesley (November 18, 2022). "In a historic first, Alaskans set to elect 3 LGBTQ lawmakers to state Legislature". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ "AK Rep. Ashley Carrick". Future Caucus. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ Wyatt, Garrett (December 10, 2024). "64 Gen Z and Millennial Lawmakers Chosen for Bipartisan Future Caucus Fellowship". Future Caucus. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Criminal Justice Reform". Future Caucus. Retrieved June 24, 2025.