Nicholas Joseph Begich Sr. was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska. He is presumed to have died in the crash of a light aircraft in Alaska in 1972;his body was never found. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Michael Anthony Stepovich was an American lawyer and politician who served as the last non-acting Governor of the Territory of Alaska. Stepovich served as Territorial Governor from 1957 to 1958,and Alaska was given U.S. statehood in 1959.
The 1984 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. They coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the presidential election. In spite of the lopsided presidential race,Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of two Senate seats to the Democrats,although it retained control of the Senate with a reduced 53–47 majority. Democrats defeated incumbents in Illinois and Iowa,and won an open seat in Tennessee,while Republicans defeated an incumbent in Kentucky.
The 1980 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,coinciding with Ronald Reagan's victory in the presidential election. The 34 Senate seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Reagan's large margin of victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter gave a huge boost to Republican Senate candidates,allowing them to flip 12 Democratic seats and win control of the chamber for the first time since the end of the 83rd Congress in January 1955.
The 1970 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. It took place on November 3,with the 33 seats of Class 1 contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. These races occurred in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term as president. The Democrats lost a net of three seats,while the Republicans and the Conservative Party of New York picked up one net seat each,and former Democrat Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected as an independent.
The 1958 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term. Thirty-two seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections,the new state of Alaska held its first Senate elections for its Class 2 and 3 seats,and two special elections were held to fill vacancies.
The 2006 Alaska gubernatorial general election took place on November 7,2006. The former mayor of Wasilla,Sarah Palin,defeated incumbent governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary,and then went on to defeat former governor Tony Knowles in the general election. Palin became the first governor of the state to be born after Alaskan statehood.
Scott Jiu Wo Kawasaki is an American healthcare professional and politician from Alaska. A Democrat,he is a member of the Alaska Senate representing the state's District P,which includes neighborhoods within the city limits of Fairbanks.
Karl W. Kassel is an Independent politician and former Mayor of Fairbanks North Star Borough,Alaska,serving from 2015 to 2018. He is a retired businessman and government administrator.
The 2010 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2010. Former Governor Sarah Palin did not run,having resigned in July 2009. Incumbent Governor Sean Parnell,who as lieutenant governor succeeded Palin following her resignation,announced that he would seek a full term.
The 2010 congressional elections in Arizona were held on November 2,2010,to determine who would represent the state of Arizona in the United States House of Representatives. Arizona had eight seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives were elected for two-year terms;those elected were to serve in the 112th Congress from January 3,2011 until January 3,2013.
Jay B. Ramras is an American businessman and politician. Ramras was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,being elected to the 10th District in 2004,and served three terms. He served as Chair of the Education Committee,Vice-Chair of the State Affairs Committee,and is a member of the Health &Social Services Committee and the Resources Committee. He also served on the Commerce,Community &Economic Development,Education &Early Development,Environmental Conservation,and Law Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature.
Daniel Albert Sullivan is an American businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Anchorage from 2009 to 2015 and on the Anchorage Assembly from 1999 to 2008. The son of Anchorage's longest-serving mayor,George M. Sullivan,he was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Alaska in the 2014 election but he and incumbent Governor Sean Parnell were defeated by the ticket of Independent Bill Walker and Democrat Byron Mallott.
Tammie Wilson was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing District 3.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,and elected the 12 U.S. representatives from the state of New Jersey,a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.
The 2012 Alaska general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on August 28,2012.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 4,2014,to elect the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district,who will represent the state of Alaska in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of a Class II U.S. Senator and the Governor of Alaska,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.
The 1968 United States Senate election in Alaska took place on November 5,1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ernest Gruening ran for a second full term in office but finished behind Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives Mike Gravel in the Democratic primary. Gruening launched a write-in bid for the seat in the general election,but finished third to Gravel and Republican former Anchorage mayor Elmer Rasmuson.
Harold V. Smalley is an American politician who served one term in the Alaska House of Representatives.
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.
