Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator representing Alaska,having held that seat since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate and the Senate's second-most senior Republican woman,after Susan Collins of Maine. She became dean of Alaska's congressional delegation upon Representative Don Young's death.
Donald Edwin Young was an American politician in Alaska. He was the longest-serving Republican in House history,having been the U.S. representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district for 49 years,from 1973 until his death in 2022.
Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician,commentator,author,and reality television personality who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee alongside U.S. Senator John McCain.
Rasmussen Reports is an American polling company founded in 2003. The company engages in political commentary and the collection,publication,and distribution of public opinion polling information. Rasmussen Reports conducts nightly tracking,at national and state levels,of elections,politics,current events,consumer confidence,business topics,and the United States president's job approval ratings. Surveys by the company are conducted using a combination of automated public opinion polling involving pre-recorded telephone inquiries and an online survey. The company generates revenue by selling advertising and subscriptions to its polling survey data.
Mary Sattler Peltola is an American politician and former tribal judge serving as the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district since September 2022. She previously served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council's tribal court,executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission,Bethel city councillor and member of the Alaska House of Representatives.
Sarah Palin,while serving as Governor of Alaska,was nominated as the first female candidate of the Republican Party for Vice President of the United States. Following the nomination,her public image came under close media scrutiny,particularly regarding her religious perspective on public life,her socially conservative views,and a perceived lack of experience. Palin's experience in foreign and domestic politics came under criticism among conservatives as well as liberals following her nomination. A poll taken by Rasmussen Reports just after the Republican National Convention in the first week of September 2008 found that Palin was more popular than either Barack Obama or John McCain;however,this perception later reversed. At the same time,Palin became more popular among Republicans than McCain. A February 2010 ABC News/Washington Post poll showed 71% of Americans felt Palin lacked the qualifications necessary to be President of the United States.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 4,2008,as part of the nationwide presidential election held throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose 3 electors,or representatives to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Gabrielle LeDoux is an American politician and a former member of the Republican Party of the Alaska House of Representatives. She lives in Anchorage,Alaska. LeDoux is a former maritime attorney,having practiced law in Kodiak and Anchorage.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alaska,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
William Martin Walker is an American attorney and politician who served as the 11th governor of Alaska,from 2014 to 2018. He was the second Alaska-born governor,after William A. Egan.
Elizabeth Vazquez is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican,she was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,serving from 2015 until 2017,after she lost her bid for reelection to Jason Grenn. She was elected to the House seat vacated by Mia Costello in 2014,when Costello was elected to the Alaska State Senate.
Ivy Spohnholz is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives,serving the 16th district. She has served since March 10,2016,after being appointed by Governor Bill Walker to fill the vacancy caused by the death of longtime Representative Max Gruenberg on February 14,2016. She was elected to a full term on November 8,2016,with 51.52% of the vote,a 10-point margin over Republican Don Hadley. She was reelected to State House for a second time in 2018 with 55.1% of the vote,an 11-point margin over Republican Stanley Wright.
Jason S. Grenn is an American politician from Alaska. Grenn served as an independent member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 22nd district,which covers the Sand Lake-area neighborhoods in Anchorage,Alaska. He beat incumbent Liz Vazquez in the 2016 general election and was defeated by Sara Rasmussen in 2018.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 8,2022. Incumbent senator Lisa Murkowski won reelection to a fourth full term,defeating fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka and Democrat Patricia Chesbro.
Kelly Merrick is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican,she was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing District 14 from 2019 to 2023. In 2022,Merrick was elected to the Alaska State Senate representing District L,she was succeeded in the Alaska House by Independent Alyse Galvin. She took office as State Senator on January 17,2023.
Sarah Vance is an American politician from Alaska. Vance is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 6th district.
The 2020 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,with the primary election on August 18,2020. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives,in conjunction with state senate elections and the biennial United States elections for federal offices.
The 2020 Alaska Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Voters in Alaska elected state senators in 11 of the state's 20 senate districts –the usual ten plus one special election. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate,with half seats up for election every two years. Primary elections on August 18,2020,determined which candidates appeared on the general election ballot on November 3,2020.
The 2022 Alaska House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday,November 8,2022,with the primary election on August 16,2022. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives,in conjunction with state senate elections and the biennial United States elections for federal offices.
The 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election was held on August 16,2022. Democrat Mary Peltola won the open seat,thereby becoming the first of her party to win a U.S. House election in Alaska since 1972. Peltola,who is a Yup'ik woman,is the first Alaska Native elected to Congress,and the first woman elected to represent Alaska in the House. She defeated Republican former governor Sarah Palin in the state's first ranked-choice general election.
