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The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It convenes in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau,Alaska and is responsible for making laws and confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet,commissions and boards.
The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska 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.
The government of Alaska in common with state and federal governments of the United States,has three branches of government:the executive,consisting of the Governor of Alaska and the state agencies;the state legislature consisting of two chambers,the House of Representatives and the Senate;and the judiciary consisting of the Supreme court and lower courts.
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.
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.
Garland Edward Pierce is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,who has represented the state's 48th district since 2005. Pierce is African-American. During the 2016 legislative session,Pierce was one of 11 Democrats to vote in favor of House Bill 2,the controversial "Bathroom Bill". He was reelected in 2020.
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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.
John Bruce Coghill Jr. is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate,representing North Pole and other communities in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. First elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1998,he was appointed to his Senate seat in 2009 and was the Senate's majority leader from 2013 to 2016. During his Senate tenure,he served as Rules Committee chairman. In 2020,he lost re-election by 14 votes to fellow Republican Robert Myers Jr.,who defeated him in the state's Republican primary election.
Nancy Dahlstrom is an American politician who has served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Alaska since December 2022. She previously served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 18th and 13th districts. She was appointed to the House at the beginning of the legislative session in 2003 when the representative-elect,Lisa Murkowski,was appointed to the United States Senate.
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.
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Robert Ecklund is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he formerly represented District 3A in northeastern Minnesota.
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.
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.
The 2024 Anchorage mayoral election will be held on April 2,2024,to elect the mayor of Anchorage,Alaska. If no candidate receives more than 45% of the vote in the first round,the two highest-placing candidates will advance to a runoff election on May 14. Incumbent Republican mayor Dave Bronson is running for re-election to a second term in office.
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- ↑ "Stanley Wright". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "Two pivotal East Anchorage races could determine control of Alaska House". Anchorage Daily News. November 5, 2022. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "Representative Stanley Wright". The Alaska House Majority. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
