Ethan Avram Berkowitz is an American attorney,businessman,and politician from Alaska. From 1997 to 2007 he was the Alaska State Representative for District 26,serving as the Democratic Party Minority Leader from 1999 to 2007. He was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006,for Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2008,and for governor in 2010. He was elected mayor of Anchorage in 2015,and reelected in 2018. Berkowitz resigned as mayor of Anchorage in October 2020 after admitting to being in a "consensual,inappropriate messaging relationship" with a reporter.
Bruce M. Botelho is an American attorney and politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. He served as the mayor of Juneau from 1988 to 1991 and from 2003 to 2012. Born and raised in Juneau,where his father was a top official of the Alaska Highway Patrol,Botelho has pursued concurrent careers in law and politics,largely with success. He also previously served a term as mayor from 1988 to 1991,defeating former Alaska Secretary of State Robert W. Ward in the election. He spent most of his professional career as an employee of the Alaska Department of Law. He rose to the top position in the department in 1994,when Governor Walter Hickel appointed him to be the Alaska Attorney General. Retained by Hickel's successor,Tony Knowles,Botelho served as Attorney General for nearly nine years before retiring from state service.
Ballot Measure 2 of 1998 is a ballot measure,since ruled unconstitutional,that added an amendment to the Alaska Constitution that prohibited the recognition of same-sex marriage in Alaska. The Ballot measure was sparked by the lawsuit filed by Jay Brause and Gene Dugan,after the two men were denied a marriage license by the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics. In Brause v. Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1998 WL 88743,the Alaska Superior Court ruled that the state needed compelling reason to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples and ordered a trial on the question. In response,the Alaska Legislature immediately proposed and passed Resolution 42,which became what is now known as Ballot Measure 2. Ballot Measure 2 passed via public referendum on November 3,1998,with 68% of voters supporting and 32% opposing. The Bause case was dismissed following the passage of the ballot measure.
Sean Randall Parnell is an American attorney and politician. He succeeded Sarah Palin in July 2009 to become the tenth governor of Alaska and served until 2014. Parnell 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 statehood. 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.
Hollis S. French II is an American attorney,businessman and politician. He served in the Alaska Senate from 2003 to 2015. He was minority leader from January 2014 until he left office. During this time,French authored an unsuccessful bill to strike down the state's same-sex marriage ban. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Byron Ivar Mallott was an American politician,elder,tribal activist and business executive from the state of Alaska. Mallott was an Alaska Native leader of Tlingit heritage and the leader of the Kwaash KéKwaan clan. He was lieutenant governor of Alaska from December 2014 until his resignation on October 16,2018. He also previously served as the mayor of Yakutat,the mayor of Juneau,the president of the Alaska Federation of Natives and the executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund.
Walter Carleton Monegan III is the former Police Chief of Anchorage,Alaska,and later Commissioner of Public Safety for the state of Alaska. His dismissal in July 2008 by Alaska governor Sarah Palin drew considerable attention,particularly in the wake of Palin's selection as the Vice-Presidential nominee of the Republican Party the following month. Monegan accused Palin of not telling the truth about the reasons for his dismissal.
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in the U.S. state of Alaska since October 12,2014,with an interruption from October 15 to 17 while state officials sought without success to delay the implementation of a federal court ruling. A U.S. District Court held on October 12 in the case Hamby v. Parnell that Alaska's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriage violated the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the United States Constitution. On October 15,state officials obtained a two-day stay from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,which the United States Supreme Court refused to extend on October 17.
Grace Berg Schaible was an American lawyer and politician. In 1987,she became Alaska's first female state attorney general,serving from 1987 to 1989. She also served as the chair of the Alaska Permanent Fund.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Alaska took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alaska,concurrently with the election of the governor of Alaska,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Alaska Dispatch was a news organization founded in 2008 and based in Anchorage,Alaska. It was originally an online news outlet focusing on statewide coverage of the U.S. state of Alaska,and on circumpolar affairs and policy. In 2014,the organization purchased the Anchorage Daily News from McClatchy Newspapers,merging the two news operations under the masthead Alaska Dispatch News. In 2017,the combined news organization declared bankruptcy and was sold to Binkley Group;the newspaper reverted to its previous name.
The 2014 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Alaska,concurrently with the election of Alaska's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Michael James Dunleavy is an American educator and politician serving as the 12th governor of Alaska. A Republican,Dunleavy was a member of the Alaska Senate from 2013 to 2018. He defeated former Democratic United States senator Mark Begich in the 2018 gubernatorial election after incumbent governor Bill Walker dropped out of the race.
William Martin Walker is an American attorney and politician who served as the 11th governor of Alaska,from 2014 to 2018. He is the second Alaska-born governor,after William A. Egan.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 8,2016,to elect the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district,who will represent the state of Alaska in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Jahna Lindemuth is an American attorney who served as the 31st Alaska Attorney General. Lindemuth was appointed by Alaska Governor Bill Walker on June 28,2016,following the resignation of previous Attorney General Craig Richards.
The 2018 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Alaska. In the primaries for recognized political parties,candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run separately. The winners of each respective primary for governor and lieutenant governor then become a joint ticket in the general election for their political party. Incumbent independent governor Bill Walker was running for reelection in what was originally a three-way race between Walker,Republican nominee Mike Dunleavy,a former State Senator,and Democratic nominee Mark Begich,a former U.S. Senator. However,Walker dropped out on October 19,2018 and endorsed Begich. In spite of Walker dropping out,Dunleavy defeated Begich in what would become the only gubernatorial gain by a Republican candidate in 2018.
Ermalee Hickel was an American public figure and philanthropist who served as the second and seventh First Lady of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and again from 1990 to 1994. She was the wife of the former Governor of Alaska Wally Hickel and one of the last members of Alaska's generation of pioneer political families.
Richard K. Allen is a prosecutor and former District Attorney of Anchorage,Alaska. Alaska Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth appointed him to the position in October 2017,replacing Clint Campion,who resigned on October 6,2017,citing personal reasons.
Valerie Nurr'araaluk Davidson is an American politician who briefly served as lieutenant governor of Alaska,from October to December 2018. She was sworn in after Byron Mallott's abrupt resignation from the post on October 16,2018. In April 2020,Davidson became the 12th president of Alaska Pacific University. She is the first woman to serve as president of the university. In March 2021,Davidson became interim president of Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
