Donald Edwin Young was an American politician from Alaska. He is the longest-serving Republican in House history,having been the U.S. representative for the state's at-large congressional district for 49 years,from 1973 until his death in 2022.
Nicholas Joseph Begich Sr. was an American counselor,educator and politician. He served in the Alaska state senate for eight years before being elected in 1970 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 October 1972;his body was never found. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Mark Peter Begich is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as mayor of Anchorage from 2003 to 2009.
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 under U.S. Senator John McCain.
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.
Richard Mystrom is an American politician,businessman,and author who served as the 32nd mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage from 1994 to 2000. He is a member of the Republican party.
Oscar S. Gill was an Alaskan Republican politician. He was Mayor of Anchorage,Alaska,from 1932 to 1933 and 1934 to 1936.
Terrence Brent Miller was an American businessman and politician. Miller served as the fourth lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1978 to 1982. His political career,which began while he was in his early 20s,lasted over two decades and was cut short by his death from lung cancer at age 46.
Benjamin Franklin Grussendorf,Jr. was an educator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Grussendorf represented Sitka,Alaska and surrounding areas for ten terms in the Alaska House of Representatives,and remains one of the body's longest-serving members. He also served as Speaker of the House,becoming the first person to be elected to that office for three terms.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and former President pro tempore Ted Stevens ran for re-election for an eighth term in the United States Senate. It was one of the ten Senate races that U.S. Senator John Ensign of Nevada,the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee,predicted as being most competitive. The primaries were held on August 26,2008. Stevens was challenged by Democratic candidate Mark Begich,the mayor of Anchorage and son of former U.S. Representative Nick Begich.
Pomo Afro Homos (1990–1995),short for postmodern African American homosexuals,was an African-American gay theater troupe founded in San Francisco by choreographer-dancer Djola Bernard Branner,actor Brian Freeman,and singer,dancer,and actor Eric Gupton. Later,Marvin K. White joined the group. They presented the black gay male experience. Their pieces include Fierce Love:Stories From Black Gay Life and Dark Fruit. They got their start through exposure via National Performance Network festivals.
The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Alaska:
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.
Matthew W. Claman is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Alaska Senate since 2023,representing West Anchorage. Claman previously served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2015 until 2023;the acting mayor of Anchorage from in 2009,and a member of the Anchorage Assembly from 2007 until 2010.
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.
Michael J. Colletta,Sr. was a businessman and Republican politician in the U.S. state of Alaska.
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.
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 Sr. had won reelection in 1972,but had gone missing shortly before the election.
The November 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on Tuesday,November 8,to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives to represent the state of Alaska. Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola won re-election to a full term in office,defeating Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III and Libertarian Chris Bye in the runoff count.
The 1987 Anchorage mayoral election was held on October 12 and November 3,1987,to elect the mayor of Anchorage,Alaska. It saw election of Tom Fink.
