Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2025 as the United States representative for Washington's 5th congressional district,which encompasses the eastern third of the state and includes Spokane,the state's second-largest city. A Republican,McMorris Rodgers previously served in the Washington House of Representatives. From 2013 to 2019,she chaired the House Republican Conference.
Sean Randall Parnell is an American attorney and politician who was the tenth governor of Alaska from 2009 to 2014. He succeeded Sarah Palin in July 2009,and was elected governor in his own right in 2010 with 59.06% of the vote,as the largest percentage margin of any Alaska governor since the state's admission into the United States. In 2014,he narrowly lost his bid for re-election and returned to work in the private sector. He is a member of the Republican Party.
John Harris is an American politician and member of the Alaska House of Representatives. He served as Speaker of the House from 2005 to 2008. He was first elected in 1998 and represents the 12th district,as a member of the Republican Party. He was the mayor of Valdez from 1992 to 1996 and a member of the Valdez City Council from 1990 to 1998. John Harris attended Lincoln Electric Welding School in Cleveland,Ohio and Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa,Oklahoma. He is the owner of Valdez Industrial Supply,and has been a board member of Horizons Unlimited,Resource of Alaska,and United Way.
Lyman F. Hoffman is a Yup'ik politician and Democratic member of the Alaska Senate since 1995. He represents the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta,Alaska Peninsula,and Aleutian Islands. He also served in the Senate from 1991 to 1993 previously,and was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1987−91 and 1993−95.
Scott Jiu Wo Kawasaki is an American healthcare professional and politician from Alaska. A Democrat,he is a member of the Alaska Senate representing the state's District P,which includes neighborhoods within the city limits of Fairbanks.
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.
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.
Catherine Andrea Giessel is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,she has served as Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate since 2023. 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 serves as Senate majority leader in the 33rd Legislature,overseeing a coalition caucus of eight Republicans and nine Democrats.
Lora H. Reinbold is an American politician who was 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.
Shelley Hughes is an American politician and a Republican member of the Alaska Senate,serving since 2017. Hughes represents Palmer and other parts of the southern Matanuska-Susitna Borough. She was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from January 18,2013,until January 22,2017.
Harriet A. Drummond is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives since January 18,2013 who has represented District 16. She ran to represent District 17 in the Alaska legislature and lost to William Fields,by 752 votes.
Elton Egedeous Engstrom Jr. was an American lawyer,businessman,writer,and politician. Engstrom served one term apiece in the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska Senate as a Republican during the 1960s,leaving in 1971. He was also a part of one of Alaska's longest-enduring political families;his father served in Alaska's territorial and state senates,his mother served in the territorial house,and his daughter,Cathy Muñoz was a member of the Alaska House from 2011 through January 16,2017.
Louise Ball Stutes is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican,Stutes is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing House District 5 on Kodiak Island. She had served as Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.
Elizabeth Vazquez is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican,she was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,serving from 2015 until 2017,after she lost her bid for reelection to Jason Grenn. She was elected to the House seat vacated by Mia Costello in 2014,when Costello was elected to the Alaska State Senate.
Adam Wool is a former American politician who served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from District 5. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Wool is now living in his home state as a physics teacher at the Advanced Math &Science Academy Charter School.
Thelma Catherine Engstrom was a teacher,columnist and legislator in Alaska.
The 2022 Alaska state elections took place on November 8,2022. The state also held Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA) elections on the first Tuesday in October.
Conrad McCormick is an American politician from Alaska serving as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives for district 38. A Democrat,he was previously vice mayor and member of the Bethel City Council. He ran unopposed except for write-in candidates in the 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election. McCormick and three other members of the Bush Caucus are part of a coalition with Republicans in the state house.
Clarence Cash Cole was an American politician and businessman from Juneau,Alaska,who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1921 to 1925,representing the 1st district as a Republican in the 5th and 6th territorial legislatures. He served as the fifth speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1923 to 1925.
The 2024 Alaska House of Representatives election took place on November 5,2024,as part of the biennial United States elections. All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives were up for election.
