The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska State Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members,each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per 2010 census figures. Members serve two-year terms without term limits. With 40 representatives,the Alaska House is the smallest state legislative lower chamber in the United States. The House convenes at the State Capitol in Juneau.
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.
Bryce Edgmon is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 37th District. He served as speaker from 2017–2021. The district includes all or portions of the Kodiak Island Borough,Aleutians East Borough,Lake and Peninsula Borough,Bristol Bay Borough,and the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area.
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.
Mark Archuleta Wheatley is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives,representing the 35th District since 2004. He lives in Murray,Utah,with his wife Josie.
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.
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.
Paul K. Seaton is a former Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,who represented the southern Kenai Peninsula between 2003 and 2018.
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.
Charisse Millett is a Republican former member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 25th District from 2009 to 2019. 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.
Mike Hawker is a former Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 28th District from 2003 to 2017. He served as Chair of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Budget &Audit Committee. He is former Co-chair of the Finance Committee and Ways and Means Committees. Mike Hawker is also a retired Certified Public Accountant and an Accounting and Management Consultant.
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.
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.
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.
Kyle Hall is an American businessman and politician currently serving in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
