Related Research Articles
The City and Borough of Juneau,more commonly known simply as Juneau,is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle,it is a consolidated city-borough and the second-largest city in the United States by area. Juneau was named the capital of Alaska in 1906,when the government of what was then the District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900. The municipality unified on July 1,1970;the city of Juneau merged with the city of Douglas and the surrounding Greater Juneau Borough to form the current municipality,which is larger by area than both Rhode Island and Delaware.
Reginald L. "Reggie" Joule,Jr. is a politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. Until recently,Joule served a three-year term as mayor of the Northwest Arctic Borough,having been elected to that position in 2012. He announced his intention to retire from public service at the end of his term.
Donald William Stoltze is an American politician. A Republican,he was a member of the Alaska Senate representing District F. He was elected in 2014 after serving since 2003 as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 16th District.
Bob Lynn was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 31st district from 2003 to 2013 and the 26th district from 2013 to 2017. He served as Chair of the State Affairs Committee,was Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee,and was a member of the Transportation Committee and Joint Armed Forces Committees. He also served on the Labor &Workforce Development,Military &Veterans' Affairs,and Public Safety Finance Subcommittees,for the 28th Legislature. Bob Lynn is a retired fighter pilot with the United States Air Force and a Vietnam Veteran.
Alan David Austerman is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives and Alaska Senate.
Catherine Norah Muñoz is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,who from 2009 to 2017 represented the 34th District. She served as Co-Chair of the Community and Regional Affairs Committee,Vice-Chair of the Education Committee,and served two terms on the House Finance Committee. She served as Co-Chair of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair of the Education Committee. Muñoz has been a small business owner since 1988. She was appointed by Governor Michael J. Dunleavy in 2018 to serve as the Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Muñoz was a third-generation member of the Alaska Legislature. Her father served in the Alaska House and Senate,her grandfather as the mayor of Douglas,Alaska and in the Territorial and State Senates,and her grandmother served in the Territorial House.
Charisse Millett is a Republican former member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 25th District from 2009 to 2019. In the 29th Legislature,from 2015 to 2016,she was the House Majority Leader. In the 30th Legislature,she served the House Minority Leader. She has also served as co-chair of the Energy Special Committee,and is a member of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee,Rules Committee,Fisheries Special Committee,and Armed Services Committee. She also serves on the Administration,Health &Social Services,and Transportation &Public Facilities Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature. Charisse Millett was a former Alaska State Legislative aide from 2005 to 2007 before being elected into office. In 2018,she was defeated in the Republican primary by Josh Revak.
Bob Herron is a Democratic former member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 38th District from 2009 until 2017. Herron was the Majority Whip,granting him the distinction of being the only Representative in the United States elected as a Democrat who served as a statewide leader of a Republican party-majority legislative body. The official job of the Whip is to make sure that House members vote in line with Republican leadership.
Mike Hawker is a former Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 28th District from 2003 to 2017. He served as Chair of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Budget &Audit Committee. He is former Co-chair of the Finance Committee and Ways and Means Committees. Mike Hawker is also a retired Certified Public Accountant and an Accounting and Management Consultant.
Mark Neuman was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 15th District from 2005 to 2020.
Charles Michael Chenault is an American politician in the state of Alaska. Chenault served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019,representing portions of the Kenai Peninsula Borough,where he has lived for most of his life. Chenault served as the body's speaker from 2009 to 2017. He lost his position as house speaker to Democrat Bryce Edgmon when three Republicans joined a coalition of Democrats to form a bipartisan house majority after the general election in November 2016.
John Bruce Coghill Jr. is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate,representing North Pole and other communities in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. First elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1998,he was appointed to his Senate seat in 2009 and was the Senate's majority leader from 2013 to 2016. During his Senate tenure,he served as Rules Committee chairman. In 2020,he lost re-election by 14 votes to fellow Republican Robert Myers Jr.,who defeated him in the state's Republican primary election.
Carl J. Gatto was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 13th District since 2002. He served as Chair of the Military &Veterans' Affairs Special Committee,and was a member of the Judiciary Committee,State Affairs Committee,Administrative Regulation Review Committee and the Legislative Council. He also served on the Military &Veterans' Affairs,Natural Resources and the Revenue Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature. Before public office Carl Gatto was a paramedic and fire officer for the Anchorage Fire Department.
The Fifth Alaska State Legislature served from January 23,1967,to January 26,1969.
Catherine Andrea Giessel is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Alaska,who has served as a member of the Alaska Senate since 2023 and from 2011 to 2021. From 2013 to 2021,Giessel represented District N in the Alaska Senate,including Northeast Anchorage,Anchorage Hillside and the Turnagain Arm communities of Bird,Girdwood,Indian,and Anchorage,all within the Municipality of Anchorage. First elected in 2010 while identifying with Tea Party values,she has also served as the vice-chair of the state Republican Party and had a career in nursing. Following redistricting,she was elected to a different senate seat in 2012. Giessel serves as chair of the Resources Committee and is a member of the Senate Majority Caucus. After Senate President Pete Kelly was unseated in 2018,Giessel was elected president of the Alaska Senate,a post she held until 2021. Giessel returned to the Alaska Senate in 2023,representing the newly configured District E after defeating incumbent Republican Roger Holland. She will serve as Senate majority leader in the 33rd Legislature,overseeing a coalition caucus of eight Republicans and nine Democrats.
Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives. A Democrat,he represented the state's 35th district,which encompasses many Southeast island communities including Hoonah,Sitka,Kake,Klawock,Craig,Angoon,and Petersburg.
Lora H. Reinbold is an American politician who is a member of the Alaska Senate. She was a member of the Alaska House from 2013 to 2019,representing District 26. In 2018,Reinbold was elected to the Alaska State Senate representing the G district. She served in the State Senate from 2019 until retiring in 2023. From 2015 to the end of her tenure,Reinbold was the only member of the Alaska State Legislature unaffiliated with a caucus organization,as she was ejected from the Republican-led majority caucus in March 2015.
Douglas W. Isaacson is an American Republican politician and a former member of the Alaska House of Representatives from District 1. He represented the 1st district from January 18,2013 –January 15,2015.
Peter A. Micciche is an American politician and a Republican member of the Alaska Senate since January 15,2013,and before January 13,2023 representing District O. Micciche was previously the mayor of Soldotna,Alaska,and a member of its city council.
The 2022 Alaska Senate elections took place on November 8,2022,with the primary elections being held on August 16,2022. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate,with half of the seats normally up for election every two years. However,because most districts were greatly changed in redistricting,elections were held for 19 of the 20 seats;the only exception is District T,represented by Democrat Donny Olson,which was mostly unchanged in redistricting and thus did not have an election. Some senators were elected to serve four-year terms,while others would serve shortened two-year terms.
References
- ↑ Following redistricting, the existing 5th District was moved. Kreiss-Tomkins succeeds Thomas as representative of the 34th District by virtue of that district containing 11 of the 17 precincts of the former 5th District, as well as Thomas running for reelection in the 34th District during the 2012 election.
- ↑ "The Alaska State Legislature". House.legis.state.ak.us. June 1, 1947. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ↑ Viechnicki, Joe. "Bridge dedicated to fallen Marine from Petersburg", KFSK Community Radio website, 12 November 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ "Rep. Thomas's Biography – 27th AK Legislature House Majority". Housemajority.org. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Bill Thomas". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Rep. Bill Thomas – 27th AK Legislature House Majority". Housemajority.org. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ↑ BECKY BOHRER (May 14, 2012). "Redistricting board redraws southeast Alaska". mysanantonio.com. Retrieved May 20, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ BECKY BOHRER (May 15, 2012). "Redistricting board unveils boundary changes for Southeast". Anchorage Daily News. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ↑ Pat Forgey (May 20, 2012). "Haines objects to capital city link: Juneau's northern neighbor fears being 'swallowed up' in new legislative district". Juneau Empire. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ↑ Miller, Mark. "Kreiss-Tomkins wins seat by 32 votes". Juneau Empire. Archived from the original on December 3, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
