Michael Newbold Castle is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Governor of Delaware from 1985 to 1992 and as the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be possible to win an election by winning a sufficient number of such write-in votes,which count equally as if the person were formally listed on the ballot.
Since becoming a U.S. state in 1959,Alaska has been entitled to one member in the United States House of Representatives. The representative is elected at-large,because the state has only one congressional district,encompassing its entire territory. By area,Alaska's congressional district is the largest congressional district in the United States and the third-largest electoral district represented by a single member in the world. It is exceeded by Yakutsk district in Russia,which is similar in size to India and is the largest,and Nunavut,which comprises a single electoral district in Canada.
Lena C. Taylor is an American lawyer,judge,and former politician serving as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County,since January 2024. She previously served 19 years as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing the 4th State Senate district from 2005 to 2024,and was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for one term before that.
South Carolina's 1st congressional district is a coastal congressional district in South Carolina,represented by Republican Nancy Mace since January 3,2021. She succeeded Democrat Joe Cunningham,having defeated him in the 2020 election. Cunningham was the first Democrat to represent the district since the 1980s.
Elizabeth Peratrovich was an American civil rights activist,Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood,and a Tlingit who worked for equality on behalf of Alaska Natives. In the 1940s,her advocacy was credited as being instrumental in the passing of Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945,the first state or territorial anti-discrimination law enacted in the United States.
Mary Sattler Peltola is an American politician and former tribal judge serving as the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district since September 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council's tribal court,executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission,Bethel city councilor,and member of the Alaska House of Representatives.
Nancy Dahlstrom is an American politician who has served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Alaska since December 2022. She previously served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 18th and 13th districts. She was appointed to the House at the beginning of the legislative session in 2003 when the representative-elect,Lisa Murkowski,was appointed to the United States Senate.
Michael James Dunleavy is an American educator and politician serving since 2018 as the 12th governor of Alaska. A Republican,he was a member of the Alaska Senate from 2013 to 2018. He defeated former U.S. senator Mark Begich in the 2018 gubernatorial election after incumbent governor Bill Walker dropped out of the race. He was reelected in 2022.
Peter Gene Kelly is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate. He also served as President of the Alaska State Senate from 2017 to 2019. Kelly previously served in the Alaska Legislature in the Alaska House of Representatives and Senate from 1995 until 2003. He was defeated for re-election in 2018,losing to state representative Scott Kawasaki.
Kevin Gerald Meyer is an American politician who served as the 14th lieutenant governor of Alaska from 2018 to 2022. He was a Republican member of the Alaska Senate from January 20,2009 to December 3,2018,representing District M. He was president of the Alaska Senate,leading a caucus of 14 Republicans and 1 Democrat from 2015 to 2017. Meyer served in the Alaska Legislature continuously from 2003 to 2018,in both the Alaska House of Representatives and Senate,previously representing the district when it was District O. He works as an investment recovery coordinator for ConocoPhillips.
Alyse Surratt Galvin is an American businesswoman,education advocate,and politician from the state of Alaska. Galvin was an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2018 and 2020,running with the endorsement of the Alaska Democratic Party. She lost both times to incumbent Republican Don Young. She represents the 14th district in the Alaska House of Representatives.
Stephanie Paige Borowicz is an American politician currently serving as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 76th district since 2019.
The 2020 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,with the primary election on August 18,2020. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives,in conjunction with state senate elections and the biennial United States elections for federal offices.
Women's suffrage was won fairly easily for non-native women in Alaska in 1913. Prior to becoming a territory,non-native women were able to vote in school board elections. Women's suffrage work took place in the Alaska chapters of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). After Alaska was admitted as a territory,the first Territorial Legislature passed a women's suffrage bill in 1913 and was signed into law on March 21. This law only applied to non-native women since Alaska Natives were not considered citizens of the United States. Alaska Natives continued to fight for the right to vote,along with other civil rights throughout the twentieth and twenty-first century.
In the history of discrimination in the United States,the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945 was the first state or territorial anti-discrimination law enacted in the United States in the 20th century. The law,signed on February 16,1945,prevents and criminalizes discrimination against individuals in public areas based on race. The law came about after Alaska Natives fought against segregation and other forms of discrimination in Alaska.
The 2022 Alaska House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday,November 8,2022,with the primary election on August 16,2022. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives,in conjunction with state senate elections and the biennial United States elections for federal offices.
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.
A general election was held in the state of Alaska on November 6,2018. Primary elections were held on August 21,2018.
Thomas C. Baker is an American politician from Alaska who represents District 40 in the Alaska House of Representatives.
