The 25th Alaska State Legislature served for a term lasting from January 16,2007 to January 19,2009. All forty representatives and one-half of the senate were elected to their terms on November 7,2006. The remaining ten senators were elected to their terms on November 2,2004.
Reginald L. "Reggie" Joule,Jr. is a politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. Until recently,Joule served a three-year term as mayor of the Northwest Arctic Borough,having been elected to that position in 2012. He announced his intention to retire from public service at the end of his term.
Ralph Samuels is a businessman and a member of the Republican Party and candidate for Governor of Alaska,that served as a state representative of the Alaska State Legislature from 2002 to 2008 representing House District 29 and serving as the majority leader.
Donald William Stoltze is an American politician. A Republican,he was a member of the Alaska Senate representing District F. He was elected in 2014 after serving since 2003 as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 16th District.
Bob Lynn was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 31st district from 2003 to 2013 and the 26th district from 2013 to 2017. He served as Chair of the State Affairs Committee,was Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee,and was a member of the Transportation Committee and Joint Armed Forces Committees. He also served on the Labor &Workforce Development,Military &Veterans' Affairs,and Public Safety Finance Subcommittees,for the 28th Legislature. Bob Lynn is a retired fighter pilot with the United States Air Force and a Vietnam Veteran.
Alan David Austerman is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives and Alaska Senate.
Peggy Wilson is a former Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,who represented the 2nd District from 2001 through 2013 and the 33rd district from 2013 to 2015. She had also served as the majority leader. She had previously served for five years in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Wilson served as Chair of the Transportation Committee,and was a member of the Education Committee,Resources Committee,State Affairs Committee,and the Legislative Council. She also served on the Education &Early Development,Labor &Workforce Development,and Transportation &Public Facilities Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature. She is also a registered nurse.
Paul K. Seaton is a former Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,who represented the southern Kenai Peninsula between 2003 and 2018.
Kurt E. Olson is a Republican former member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 30th District from 2005 until 2017. He is currently serving as Chair of the Labor &Commerce Committee,Vice Chair of the Rules Committee,a member of the Resources Committee,and Legislative Budget &Audit Committee. He also serves on the Administration,Natural Resources,and Labor &Workforce Finance Subcommittees,for the 29th Legislature. Representative Olson also served in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1971.
Charisse Millett is a Republican former member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 25th District since 2008. In the 29th Legislature,from 2015 to 2016,she was the House Majority Leader. In the 30th Legislature,she served the House Minority Leader. She has also served as Co-Chair of the Energy Special Committee,and is a member of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee,Rules Committee,Fisheries Special Committee,and Armed Services Committee. She also serves on the Administration,Health &Social Services,and Transportation &Public Facilities Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature. Charisse Millett was a former Alaska State Legislative aide from 2005 to 2007 before being elected into office. In 2018,she was defeated in the Republican primary by Josh Revak.
Wes Keller is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 14th District. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Health &Social Services Committee,Chair of the Administrative Regulation Review Committee,and is a member of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee,Education Committee,and the Fisheries Special Committee. He also serves on the Administration and Law Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature. Before elected to office Wes Keller was a building maintenance and construction contractor. Keller is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),serving as Alaska state leader.
Bob Herron is a Democratic former member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 38th District from 2009 until 2017. Herron was the Majority Whip,granting him the distinction of being the only Representative in the United States elected as a Democrat who served as a statewide leader of a Republican party-majority legislative body. The official job of the Whip is to make sure that House members vote in line with Republican leadership.
Mark Neuman was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 15th District from 2005 to 2020.
Michael Patrick Kelly was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 7th District from 2005 until 2011. In the 26th Alaska State Legislature,he served on the Finance Committee,chairing the Corrections and the Natural Resources Finance Subcommittee. He also served on the Fish &Game Finance Subcommittee.
William A. Thomas Jr. is a businessman,commercial fisherman,and politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Thomas served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 5th District,comprising scattered rural and semi-rural communities throughout Southeast Alaska and stretching westward to Prince William Sound,from 2005 to 2013. Thomas served in the majority his entire tenure in the House and held multiple chairmanships. Thomas gained a seat on the powerful House Finance Committee during his second term and would eventually co-chair the committee. Following redistricting,Thomas lost reelection in 2012 by 32 votes to 23-year-old Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins,a political newcomer who left Yale University to run.
Charles Michael Chenault is an American politician in the state of Alaska. Chenault served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019,representing portions of the Kenai Peninsula Borough,where he has lived for most of his life. Chenault served as the body's speaker from 2009 to 2017. He lost his position as house speaker to Democrat Bryce Edgmon when three Republicans joined a coalition of Democrats to form a bipartisan house majority after the general election in November 2016.
John Bruce Coghill Jr. is a former Republican 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. Since November 2018,he has been the 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.
Nancy Dahlstrom is a former Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 18th district. She was appointed to the House at the beginning of the legislative session in 2003 when the representative-elect,Lisa Murkowski,was appointed to her father's U.S. Senate seat. Dahlstrom resigned her House seat to take a position in the administration of Governor Sean Parnell,then resigned from that position after less than a month when constitutional issues arose.
Carl J. Gatto was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 13th District since 2002. He served as Chair of the Military &Veterans' Affairs Special Committee,and was a member of the Judiciary Committee,State Affairs Committee,Administrative Regulation Review Committee and the Legislative Council. He also served on the Military &Veterans' Affairs,Natural Resources and the Revenue Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature. Before public office Carl Gatto was a paramedic and fire officer for the Anchorage Fire Department.
Mia C. Costello is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate from District K. She previously served from 2011 to 2015 in the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 20th District.
