Kevin Meyer | |
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14th Lieutenant Governor of Alaska | |
In office December 3, 2018 –December 5, 2022 | |
Governor | Mike Dunleavy |
Preceded by | Valerie Davidson |
Succeeded by | Nancy Dahlstrom |
President of the Alaska Senate | |
In office January 20,2015 –January 17,2017 | |
Preceded by | Charlie Huggins |
Succeeded by | Pete Kelly |
Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate | |
In office January 18,2011 –January 15,2013 | |
Preceded by | Johnny Ellis |
Succeeded by | John Coghill |
Member of the Alaska Senate | |
In office January 20,2009 –December 3,2018 | |
Preceded by | John Cowdery (O) Johnny Ellis (L) Anna MacKinnon (M) |
Succeeded by | Peter Micciche (O) Lesil McGuire (L) Chris Birch (M) |
Constituency | O district (2009–2013) L district (2013–2015) M district (2015–2018) |
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives | |
In office January 8,2001 –January 20,2009 | |
Preceded by | Jerry Sanders (19th) Joe Hayes (30th) |
Succeeded by | Tom Anderson (19th) Charisse Millett (30th) |
Constituency | 19th district (2001–2003) 30th district (2003–2009) |
Chair of the Anchorage Assembly | |
In office December 14,1999 –May 16,2000 | |
Preceded by | George Wuerch |
Succeeded by | Fay Von Gemmingen |
Member of the Anchorage Assembly from Seat G | |
In office May 1,1993 –January 7,2001 | |
Preceded by | Duane French |
Succeeded by | Dick Traini |
Personal details | |
Born | Kevin Gerald Meyer May 9,1956 Beatrice,Nebraska,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Marty |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of Nebraska,Lincoln (BS) University of New Mexico (MPA) Alaska Pacific University (MBA) |
Kevin Gerald Meyer (born May 9,1956 in Beatrice,Nebraska) 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. [1] 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.
On December 29,2021,Meyer announced that he would not be seeking a second term. [2]
Meyer earned his BS in business administration from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln,his MPA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque,and his MBA from Alaska Pacific University. [3]
In 2013,Meyer voted with the Alaska Senate Majority to pass Senate Bill 21,restructuring the state of Alaska's tax code for oil companies and reducing their tax burden. This vote benefited Meyer's full-time employer,ConocoPhillips. (Membership in the Alaska state legislature is not a full-time position,and Meyer,like many of his fellow members,maintain full-time employment elsewhere,taking leave when the legislature is in session.) When the bill came to the Senate floor,Meyer asked to be recused from voting. Under legislative rules,however,a member of the legislature must vote if any other members object,and several did. [16]
In 2015,Meyer announced he had offered a contract for communications consulting to McHugh Pierre. [17] Pierre formerly served as the civilian second in command for the Alaska State Department of Military and Veterans Affairs,but was forced to resign in 2014 after investigation revealed he had exerted inappropriate and undue influence to derail an investigation of a high school friend of his then serving in the National Guard and suspected of sexually assaulting another member of the Alaska National Guard. Investigation also revealed Pierre attempted to coerce whistle-blowers into signing non-disclosure agreements prohibiting them from speaking to the media or outsiders about ongoing problems with multiple sexual assaults and other misconduct in the Alaska National Guard. [18] Meyer described the allegations against Pierre,including those contained in the report prepared by the National Guard Bureau's Office of Complex Investigations as "hearsay."
In 2020,Meyer decided to mail absentee ballot applications to voters 65 and older,but not to younger voters. The Disability Law Center of Alaska and other plaintiffs are suing Lieutenant Governor Meyer and the State of Alaska on the grounds that this constitutes unconstitutional discrimination. The plaintiffs want absentee ballot applications mailed to all voters. [19]
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