The Knik Arm Bridge is a dormant proposal for a 1.74-mile (2.80 km) bridge across Cook Inlet's Knik Arm to link the two fastest growing parts of Alaska –Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Andrew Halcro is an American politician from Anchorage,Alaska. Formerly a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,he ran for Governor of Alaska as an independent candidate in the 2006 election,placing third with 9.46 percent of the vote.
The 25th Alaska State Legislature served for a term lasting from January 16,2007,to January 19,2009. All forty representatives and one-half of the senate were elected to their terms on November 7,2006. The remaining ten senators were elected to their terms on November 2,2004.
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.
Bill P. Wielechowski is an American lawyer serving as a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate representing District K. District K is located in Northeast Anchorage,Alaska. Prior to the 2022 redistricting process,he represented District H from 2013 to 2023. Wielechowski also previously represented District J from 2007 to 2013.
Gary Lee Stevens is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate,representing the C District since his appointment in February 2003. He was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2001 through 2003. Stevens was Senate President for four years,from 2009 through 2012,leading a bipartisan coalition of 10 Democrats and six Republicans. He will again serve as Senate President from 2023 onwards,leading a bipartisan coalition of 9 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
Woodie West Salmon is a Gwich'in Indian who was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 6th District from 2005 to 2011. Woodie was born in the small city of Fort Yukon,Alaska,where his career in politics began. He currently resides in the small town of Chalkyitsik,Alaska,with his wife,Katelyn Englishoe,and serves as Chief of the Chalkyitsik Village Council.
Max Foorman Gruenberg,Jr. was an American politician,a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 14th District since 2003. He previously served from 1985 through 1993. On October 13,2009,he became the senior member of the House following the death of Richard Foster of Nome.
Matthew W. Claman is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Alaska Senate since 2023. 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.
Frederick John Dyson was a Republican member of the Alaska Senate,serving since 2003. He represented District I from 2003 through 2012 until redistricting placed him in District F in 2013. District I contained the core community of Eagle River,where Dyson resides,and stretched across the northern edge of Anchorage municipal boundaries to Government Hill,also including the core area of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. After being redistricted again in 2012 he declined to run for reelection in 2014 against another incumbent,Anna Fairclough.
Ramona Lee Etta Barnes was a Republican politician in the state of Alaska. She served in the Alaska House of Representatives for two periods spanning 1979 and 1985 and 1987 and 2001. She was the first female Speaker of the House in Alaska.
Cynthia Toohey was an American nurse,businesswoman,and Republican politician.
Dave Donley is an American politician and attorney who was born in Anchorage,Alaska and served in the Alaska House of Representatives from District 11A from 1987 to 1993 and in the Alaska Senate from District J from 1993 to 2003. He was elected to the Anchorage School Board in 2017 and re-elected in 2020 and 2023. In the 2020 and 2023 Anchorage Municipal Elections he received more votes than any other municipal candidate. He graduated from Dimond High School in Anchorage in 1972,University of Oregon with a BS in political science in 1976,and University of Washington Law School with a Juris Doctor Degree in 1979. He was admitted to the Alaska Bar Association in 1979. He qualified for membership in Mensa and was admitted June,1986. He was Certified as an Arbitrator for Better Business Bureau in 2006.
Kelly Merrick is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican,she was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing District 14 from 2019 to 2023. In 2022,Merrick was elected to the Alaska State Senate representing District L,she was succeeded in the Alaska House by Independent Alyse Galvin. She took office as State Senator on January 17,2023.
The 31st Alaska State Legislature represented the legislative branch of Alaska's state government from January 15,2019,to January 18,2021. Its initial 60-person membership was set by the 2018 Alaska elections,though two members subsequently died in office and two resigned their seats,requiring replacements appointed by Alaska governor Mike Dunleavy.
Elizabeth (Liz) Snyder is an American Democratic politician. She was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in the 2020 election to represent the 27th district,defeating Minority Leader of the House Lance Pruitt. She didn't run for re-election in 2022.
David Nelson is an American Republican politician from Alaska. He has represented the 15th as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives since 2021.
Jim Duncan is an Alaskan state and local officeholder,educator and government and union executive.
Fritz Pettyjohn is a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. He was born in Berkeley,California in 1945. He received a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley in 1967 and a JD from UCLA in 1974. He served in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps as a Midshipman from 1962 to 1963. He was elected to the Alaska Senate in 1982 and served for one term. He was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1984 and was subsequently reelected in 1986 and 1988. After leaving the legislature,he wrote biweekly political columns for the Anchorage Daily News. In 2001,he moved back to California. He has been married to his wife for 48 years and he has three sons and five grandchildren.
Donna C. Mears is an American politician from Alaska who has served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives since 2023. She represents District 21 which covers East Anchorage. Mears is a civil and environmental engineer by profession.
