Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the population of the city proper at 32,515 and the population of the Fairbanks North Star Borough at 95,655, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Alaska after Anchorage. The Metropolitan Statistical Area encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States, located 196 miles by road south of the Arctic Circle.
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.
The 1st Alaska State Legislature served during 1959 and 1960. All of its members were elected on November 26, 1958, when Alaska was in its last days as a territory.
The 2nd Alaska State Legislature was elected November 8, 1960.
Bill P. Wielechowski is an American lawyer serving as a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate representing District K, which 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 since his appointment in February 2003. Stevens represents Kodiak Island, the southern Kenai Peninsula including Homer and Seward, and Cordova. He was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2001 through 2003. Stevens is the current president of the Alaska Senate since 2023, an office he previously held from 2009 to 2013. In both of Stevens' terms as Senate president, he has led a bipartisan majority coalition of Democrats and Republicans. In 2023, he authored a play about former Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, "Uncle Ted".
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 after the death of Richard Foster of Nome.
John Bruce Coghill Jr. is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate, representing North Pole and other communities in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. First elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1998, he was appointed to his Senate seat in 2009 and was the Senate's majority leader from 2013 to 2016. During his Senate tenure, he served as Rules Committee chairman. In 2020, he lost re-election by 14 votes to fellow Republican Robert Myers Jr., who defeated him in the state's Republican primary election.
The Fourth Alaska State Legislature served from January 25, 1965, to January 22, 1967.
Cynthia Toohey was an American nurse, businesswoman, and Republican politician.
Jerry Mackie is a former American businessman and politician.
The 30th Alaska State Legislature was the meeting of the Alaska Legislature, beginning January 17, 2017.
Kelly Merrick is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican, Merrick was elected to the Alaska State Senate in 2022, representing District L in Eagle River. She was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023. She took office as State Senator on January 17, 2023.
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.
Calvin Richard Schrage is an American politician from Alaska. He represents District 12 as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives.
Adelheid Herrmann is a Dena'ina Athabaskan researcher and politician. She is a shareholder in the Bristol Bay Native Corporation, one of the 13 Alaska Native corporations.
Earnest Bilbe Collins was an American politician who served in the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives and senate as a member of the Republican Party. He also served as the 1st speaker of the house from 1913 to 1917 and as mayor of Fairbanks from 1934 to 1938.
Frank J. Tomaszewski is an American politician serving as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 34th District since 2023. He received nearly 56 percent of the vote to incumbent representative Grier Hopkins 44 percent.
Frances Kay Wallis is an American traditional healer and former politician. She is a tribal doctor with the Southcentral Foundation. Wallis was a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 24th district from 1985 to 1990.
