Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer is an American administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002 under Governor Tony Knowles,becoming the first woman elected to statewide office in Alaska,and lost the 2002 gubernatorial election against Republican Frank Murkowski. In 2007 she became the Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA),before serving as Chair of the United States Arctic Research Commission between 2011 and 2020,appointed by President Barack Obama.
Anthony Carroll Knowles is an American politician and businessman who served as the seventh governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002. Barred from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 2002,he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and again for governor in 2006. In September 2008,Knowles became president of the National Energy Policy Institute,a non-profit energy policy organization funded by billionaire George Kaiser's family foundation,and located at the University of Tulsa.
William Allen Egan was an American Democratic politician. He served as the first governor of the State of Alaska from January 3,1959,to 1966 and 1970 to 1974,as well as a shadow U.S. Senator from Alaska Territory from 1956 to 1959. Born in Valdez,Alaska,Egan is one of only two governors in the state's history to have been born in Alaska. He was the Democratic nominee in the first five gubernatorial elections.
Stephen Cambreleng Cowper is an American Democratic politician who was the sixth governor of Alaska from 1986 to 1990. He was governor during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Leland Chancy Croft was a workers' compensation attorney and Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1968,he served a single term from 1969 to 1971. He was then elected to the Alaska Senate,serving in that body from 1971 to 1979,including serving as the president of the Senate from 1975 to 1977 during the 9th Alaska State Legislature.
Ethan Avram Berkowitz is an American attorney,businessman,and politician from Alaska. From 1997 to 2007 he was the Alaska State Representative for District 26,serving as the Democratic Party Minority Leader from 1999 to 2007. He was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006,for Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2008,and for governor in 2010. He was elected mayor of Anchorage in 2015,and reelected in 2018. Berkowitz resigned as mayor of Anchorage in October 2020 after admitting to being in a "consensual,inappropriate messaging relationship" with a reporter.
Sean Randall Parnell is an American attorney and politician who was the tenth governor of Alaska from 2009 to 2014. He succeeded Sarah Palin in July 2009,and was elected governor in his own right in 2010 with 59.06% of the vote,as the largest percentage margin of any Alaska governor since the state's admission into the United States. In 2014,he narrowly lost his bid for re-election and returned to work in the private sector. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Lesil Lynn McGuire is an American politician in the state of Alaska. She served as a Republican member of the Alaska Senate from 2007 until 2017,after her tenure as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2000 through 2006. She served Senate District N until redistricting in 2012 placed her in District K for 2013.
The 1994 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 8,1994,for the post of Governor of Alaska,United States. Democratic candidate Tony Knowles narrowly defeated Republican candidate Jim Campbell and Lieutenant Governor Jack Coghill of the Alaskan Independence Party. In the Republican Revolution year of the 1994 elections,Alaska's was the only governor's seat in the country to switch from Republican to Democratic.
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.
The 1990 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 6,1990,for the open seat of Governor of Alaska. In 1989,incumbent Governor Steve Cowper,a Democrat,had announced that he would not seek re-election for a second term.
Louis Mead Treadwell II is an American businessman and politician who served as the 11th lieutenant governor of Alaska from 2010 to 2014. Treadwell also served as chair of the United States Arctic Research Commission from 2006 to 2010. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a candidate for the 2014 U.S. Senate election in Alaska.
Bob Poe is an American businessman and former cabinet member who ran for Governor of Alaska in the 2010 Alaska gubernatorial election. Poe announced his candidacy in January 2009 and was the first Democrat to announce his intention to run for governor. He has worked with various administrations in Alaska under former Governors Bill Sheffield,Steve Cowper,Tony Knowles,and Wally Hickel. On June 14,2010 he announced that he was withdrawing from the gubernatorial race.
Grace Berg Schaible was an American lawyer and politician. In 1987,she became Alaska's first female state attorney general,serving from 1987 to 1989. She also served as the chair of the Alaska Permanent Fund.
The 1986 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 4,1986,for the post of Governor of Alaska. Incumbent Governor Bill Sheffield,a Democrat who was seeking re-election,was defeated by Steve Cowper in the Democratic primary election on August 26,1986.
The 1982 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 2,1982,for the post of Governor of Alaska. To replace outgoing Republican governor Jay Hammond,Democratic nominee Bill Sheffield defeated three opponents:Republican nominee Tom Fink,Libertarian nominee Dick Randolph and Alaskan Independence Party nominee Joe Vogler. Hammond had endorsed his lieutenant governor,Terry Miller,who lost the Republican nomination to Fink in the primary election,as did Don Wright. Sheffield defeated Steve Cowper and former Lieutenant Governor H. A. Boucher for the Democratic nomination.
The 2014 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Alaska,concurrently with the election of Alaska's Class II U.S. Senate seat,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.
Walter Bruce "Walt" Parker was an American civil servant,policy adviser,transportation adviser,academic and local politician. Parker's career focused on the development of natural resources,transportation and infrastructure in Alaska from the 1940s to the 2000s. In 1989,Alaska Governor Steve Cowper appointed Parker as the chairman of the Alaska Oil Spill Commission,which investigated the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He is credited with making important contributions to the fields of transportation,telecommunications,education,land use and urban planning within the state of Alaska. Parker was inducted into the Alaska Conservation Hall of Fame by the Alaska Conservation Foundation in 2002 for his contributions to state conservation.
Michael Margaret Stewart,formerly Michael Cowper,was an American lawyer and literacy advocate. She served as the sixth First Lady of Alaska during the tenure of her former husband,Alaska Governor Steve Cowper. Stewart established and launched the state reading program,"Look to a Book",as First Lady.
