Click Bishop | |
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![]() Bishop in 2019 | |
Member of the Alaska Senate | |
Assumed office January 18, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Redistricted |
Constituency | C (2013−23) R (since 2023) |
Personal details | |
Born | Clark Calvin Bishop July 25,1957 Mexico,Missouri,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Darlene |
Clark Calvin "Click" Bishop (born July 25,1957) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he has served in the Alaska Senate since January 18,2013. [1] Bishop represents the western Fairbanks North Star Borough and many rural communities in Interior Alaska. Bishop served as the state's Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development from 2007 to 2012. [2]
Clark Bishop was born on July 25,1957,in Mexico,Missouri,the older of two children born to Howell Calvin Bishop and wife Jacqueline (née Murphy). [3] In 1959,the family moved to Alaska. They spent over a decade living in a variety of small settlements along the Alaska Highway and Richardson Highway corridors while the elder Bishop worked in construction. Bishop moved to Fairbanks to complete his education,graduating from Lathrop High School in 1974. [4]
With Democratic Senator Albert Kookesh redistricted to District Q following the 2010 census,Bishop won the District C August 28,2012,Republican Primary with 2,679 votes (47.06%) against former Senator Ralph Seekins and challenger David Eastman. [5] Bishop won the November 6,2012,General election with 10,051 votes (70.40%) against Democratic nominee Anne Sudkamp. [6]
Bishop ran unopposed to a second four-year term in 2016. Bishop is retiring at the 2024 Alaska Senate election. [7]
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