The City and Borough of Juneau,more commonly known simply as Juneau,is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle,it is a consolidated city-borough and the second-largest city in the United States by area. Juneau was named the capital of Alaska in 1906,when the government of what was then the District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900. The municipality unified on July 1,1970,when the city of Juneau merged with the city of Douglas and the surrounding Greater Juneau Borough to form the current municipality,which is larger by area than both Rhode Island and Delaware.
Donald Edwin Young was an American politician in Alaska. He was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history,having been the U.S. representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district for 49 years,from 1973 until his death in 2022.
The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives and the 20-member Alaska Senate. There are 40 House Districts (1–40) and 20 Senate Districts (A–T). With a total of 60 lawmakers,the Alaska Legislature is the smallest bicameral state legislature in the United States and the second-smallest of all state legislatures. There are no term limits for either chamber. The Alaska Legislature meets in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau,Alaska. The current sitting is the 32nd Alaska State Legislature.
Mark Peter Begich is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as Mayor of Anchorage from 2003 to 2009.
The Alaska Statehood Act was introduced by Delegate E.L. Bob Bartlett and signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 7,1958. As a result,Alaska became the 49th U.S. state on January 3,1959. The law was the culmination of a multi-decade effort by many prominent Alaskans,including Bartlett,Ernest Gruening,Bill Egan,Bob Atwood,and Ted Stevens.
Although in its early years of statehood,Alaska was a Democratic state,since the early 1970s it has been characterized as Republican-leaning. Local political communities have often worked on issues related to land use development,fishing,tourism,and individual rights. Alaska Natives,while organized in and around their communities,have been active within the Native corporations. These have been given ownership over large tracts of land,which require stewardship. The state has an independence movement favoring a vote on secession from the United States,with the Alaskan Independence Party,but its membership has shrunk in recent decades.
Bettye Jean Davis was an American social worker and politician. She was the first African-American to be elected as an Alaska State Senator in 2000.
In 2006,Sarah Palin was elected governor of Alaska. Running on a clean-government platform,Palin defeated incumbent Governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican gubernatorial primary election in August. She then went on to win the general election in November,defeating former Governor Tony Knowles 48.3% to 40.9%. Her running mate was State Senator Sean Parnell.
Catherine Andrea Giessel,is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Alaska,who has served as a member of the Alaska Senate since 2023 and from 2011 to 2021. 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 will serve as Senate majority leader in the 33rd Legislature,overseeing a coalition caucus of eight Republicans and nine Democrats.
Legal education in Alaska refers to the history of efforts to educate Alaskans in the laws of the state,including the education of those representing themselves before the courts,paralegals and the continuing legal education of Alaskan lawyers after their admission to the Alaska Bar Association. Since becoming the 49th state of the United States on January 3,1959 Alaska has not had a public,American Bar Association-accredited law school. A 1975 study by former Alaska Attorney General (1970–1973) John E. Havelock concluded that the state did not require a law school. Without a state law school,Alaska did not receive a 2001 distribution of the complete legal papers of Abraham Lincoln and the Alaska Law Review has been published outside Alaska.
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.
Ivy Spohnholz is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives,serving the 16th district. She has served since March 10,2016,after being appointed by Governor Bill Walker to fill the vacancy caused by the death of longtime Representative Max Gruenberg on February 14,2016. She was elected to a full term on November 8,2016,with 51.52% of the vote,a 10-point margin over Republican Don Hadley. She was reelected to State House for a second time in 2018 with 55.1% of the vote,an 11-point margin over Republican Stanley Wright.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska were held on November 6,2018,to elect the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district,who will represent the state of Alaska in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,as well as elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Sara Rasmussen is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican,she is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing District 22.
The 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Alaska. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy won re-election to a second term,becoming the first Republican governor to be re-elected to a second term since Jay Hammond in 1978 and the first governor,regardless of political affiliation,to be re-elected to a second term since Tony Knowles in 1998.
Benjamin E. Carpenter is a Republican member of the Alaska Legislature representing the State's deeply Republican 29th House district. Carpenter won in the general election on November 6,2018,took office on January 16,2019,and his term will end on January 24,2021.
The November 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on Tuesday November 8,to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives to represent the state of Alaska. Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola won reelection to a full term in office,defeating Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III and Libertarian Chris Bye in the runoff count.
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.
