Juneau,officially the City and Borough of Juneau,is the capital of the U.S. state of Alaska,located along the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle. 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. On July 1,1970,the City of Juneau merged with the City of Douglas and the surrounding Greater Juneau Borough to form the current consolidated city-borough,which ranks as the second-largest municipality in the United States by area and is larger than either Rhode Island or Delaware.
Petersburg Borough is a borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to the 2020 census,the population was 3,398. The borough seat is Petersburg.
The Mendenhall Valley [Lingít:Áakʼw Táak] is the drainage area of the Mendenhall River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The valley contains a series of neighborhoods,comprising the largest populated place within the corporate limits of the City and Borough of Juneau,Alaska's capital.
The Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau,Alaska is the governing body and legislative branch of the City and Borough of Juneau,the local government of Juneau,Alaska,United States. As Juneau is a unified municipality,its corporate limits encompass the historic town of Juneau,suburbs both urban and rural,as well as thousands of square miles of wilderness.
Kim Steven Elton is a journalist,commercial fisherman,government official and Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. Elton represented Juneau in the Alaska House of Representatives for two terms,from 1995 to 1999. In 1998,he was elected to the Alaska Senate,serving until his resignation in early 2009 to accept appointment as director of Alaska Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior by President Barack Obama. Prior to holding elected office,Elton was executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and a salmon troller engaged in commercial fishing.
Dennis William Egan was an American politician who was a member of the Alaska Senate representing Juneau from April 19,2009,until January 15,2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the mayor of Juneau from February 13,1995,to October 3,2000,and was a member of the local assembly prior to that. Outside of politics,he was known for his work as a radio broadcaster,most notably for KINY,and was inducted to the Alaskan Broadcaster Association's Hall of Fame in 2001.
Scott Jiu Wo Kawasaki is an American healthcare professional and politician from Alaska. A Democrat,he is a member of the Alaska Senate representing the state's District P,which includes neighborhoods within the city limits of Fairbanks.
Catherine Norah Muñoz is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,who from 2009 to 2017 represented the 34th District. She served as Co-Chair of the Community and Regional Affairs Committee,Vice-Chair of the Education Committee,and served two terms on the House Finance Committee. She served as Co-Chair of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair of the Education Committee. Muñoz has been a small business owner since 1988. She was appointed by Governor Michael J. Dunleavy in 2018 to serve as the Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Muñoz was a third-generation member of the Alaska Legislature. Her father served in the Alaska House and Senate,her grandfather as the mayor of Douglas,Alaska and in the Territorial and State Senates,and her grandmother served in the Territorial House.
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.
Sarah J. Smith is an American politician. She was a member of the Alaska Legislature in the 1970s and 1980s,and the mayor of Juneau,Alaska,from 2000 to 2003. She later worked as a field representative for United States Senator Mark Begich.
Merrill Sanford is an American politician who served as Mayor of Juneau,Alaska from 2012 until 2015.
Lora H. Reinbold is an American politician who was a member of the Alaska Senate. She was a member of the Alaska House from 2013 to 2019,representing District 26. In 2018,Reinbold was elected to the Alaska State Senate representing the G district. She served in the State Senate from 2019 until retiring in 2023. From 2015 to the end of her tenure,Reinbold was the only member of the Alaska State Legislature unaffiliated with a caucus organization,as she was ejected from the Republican-led majority caucus in March 2015.
Peter A. Micciche is an American politician and a Republican member of the Alaska Senate since January 15,2013,and before January 13,2023 representing District O. Micciche was previously the mayor of Soldotna,Alaska,and a member of its city council.
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.
Elton Egedeous Engstrom Jr. was an American lawyer,businessman,writer,and politician. Engstrom served one term apiece in the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska Senate as a Republican during the 1960s,leaving in 1971. He was also a part of one of Alaska's longest-enduring political families;his father served in Alaska's territorial and state senates,his mother served in the territorial house,and his daughter,Cathy Muñoz was a member of the Alaska House from 2011 through January 16,2017.
Sam Kito III is an American politician from Alaska. A Democrat,he served in the Alaska House of Representatives as a representative from Juneau from 2014 to 2019.
Stephen Gregory Fisk was the 13th mayor of the unified City and Borough of Juneau,Alaska,the state capital of Alaska,United States. Prior to his election,Fisk had worked as a fisheries consultant. He died at home just over a month into his term of office after being elected over incumbent Merrill Sanford by a wide margin.
James McClary Parsons was an American civil servant,politician and businessman who served as the Mayor of Juneau,Alaska,from 1991 until 1994. Parsons originally moved to Juneau in 1972 to become the city's first Director of Parks and Recreation. He served on the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau,Alaska,during the 1980s before being elected mayor in 1991. Parsons declined to seek re-election for a second term,Instead,Parsons devoted his attention to the defeat of a 1994 statewide ballot initiative,which would have moved the Alaskan state capital from Juneau to Wasilla. He has been widely credited with the rejection of the proposal by voters.
Justin V. Parish is an American politician who served for one term in the Alaska House of Representatives. His family includes Tlingit people. In 2017,"Representative Justin Parish,a first-time legislator,introduced himself in Tlingit and acknowledged his own Native heritage. His paternal grandmother is a member of the Dog Salmon clan."
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.
