Walter Joseph Hickel was an American businessman,real estate developer,and politician who served as the second governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994,as well as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1969 to 1970. He worked as a construction worker and eventually became a construction company operator during Alaska's territorial days. Following World War II,Hickel became heavily involved with real estate development,building residential subdivisions,shopping centers and hotels. Hickel entered politics in the 1950s during Alaska's battle for statehood and remained politically active for the rest of his life.
The Alaska State 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 State 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 State Legislature meets in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. The current meeting since 2023 is the 33rd Alaska State Legislature. The previous meeting,the 32nd Alaska State Legislature,met from 2021 to 2023.
John Bruce "Jack" Coghill was an American politician and businessman who was the sixth lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1990 to 1994,serving under Governor Walter Hickel. Both were members of the Alaskan Independence Party.
The 24th Alaska State Legislature served during 2005 and 2006. 9 members of the Alaska Senate were elected on November 5,2002. The remaining senators and all members of the Alaska House of Representatives were elected on November 2,2004.
The 2nd Alaska State Legislature was elected November 8,1960.
Lower Tanana is an endangered language spoken in Interior Alaska in the lower Tanana River villages of Minto and Nenana. Of about 380 Tanana people in the two villages,about 30 still speak the language. As of 2010,“Speakers who grew up with Lower Tanana as their first language can be found only in the 250-person village of Minto.”It is one of the large family of Athabaskan languages,also known as Dené.
John Emerson "Johne" Binkley is a riverboat pilot,businessman and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Binkley served for one term apiece in the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska Senate during the mid and late 1980s,but is perhaps better known for his candidacy for governor of Alaska in the 2006 primary election. In that election,he finished far behind Sarah Palin,but also far ahead of one-term incumbent governor Frank Murkowski,by then deeply unpopular amongst Alaskans.
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.
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.
Lesil Lynn McGuire is an American politician in the state of Alaska. She served as a Republican member of the Alaska Senate from 2007 until 2017,after her tenure as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2000 through 2006. She served Senate District N until redistricting in 2012 placed her in District K for 2013.
Matthew W. Claman is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Alaska Senate since 2023,representing West Anchorage. Claman previously served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2015 until 2023;the acting mayor of Anchorage from in 2009,and a member of the Anchorage Assembly from 2007 until 2010.
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.
Tammie Wilson was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing District 3.
The Fourth Alaska State Legislature served from January 25,1965,to January 22,1967.
The Fifth Alaska State Legislature served from January 23,1967,to January 26,1969.
Catherine Andrea Giessel is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,she has served as Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate since 2023. 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 serves as Senate majority leader in the 33rd Legislature,overseeing a coalition caucus of eight Republicans and nine Democrats.
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.
The 1973 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election was held on March 6,1973,to elect the United States representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district. Incumbent Democratic Representative Nick Begich had won reelection in 1972,but had gone missing shortly before the election.
Robert Myers Jr. is an American politician serving as a member of the Alaska Senate for the Q district,which includes North Pole and other parts of the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Jules Winslow Wright was an American businessman and politician from Alaska.
