Mark William Pocan is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district since 2013. The district is based in the state capital,Madison. A member of the Democratic Party,Pocan is co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and chair emeritus of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. From 1999 to 2013 he served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 78th district,succeeding Tammy Baldwin there,whom he also replaced in the House when Baldwin was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Thomas C. Alexander is an American businessman who is currently serving as the President of the South Carolina Senate. He serves in the senate as a Republican from the 1st District. Alexander served as an honorary chair of the 2023 Inauguration Committee for Governor Henry McMaster.
Reginald L. "Reggie" Joule,Jr. is a politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. Until recently,Joule served a three-year term as mayor of the Northwest Arctic Borough,having been elected to that position in 2012. He announced his intention to retire from public service at the end of his term.
Ralph Samuels is a businessman and a member of the Republican Party and candidate for Governor of Alaska,that served as a state representative of the Alaska State Legislature from 2002 to 2008 representing House District 29 and serving as the majority leader.
Donald William Stoltze is an American politician. A Republican,he was a member of the Alaska Senate representing District F. He was elected in 2014 after serving since 2003 as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 16th District.
Bob Lynn was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 31st district from 2003 to 2013 and the 26th district from 2013 to 2017. He served as Chair of the State Affairs Committee,was Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee,and was a member of the Transportation Committee and Joint Armed Forces Committees. He also served on the Labor &Workforce Development,Military &Veterans' Affairs,and Public Safety Finance Subcommittees,for the 28th Legislature. Bob Lynn is a retired fighter pilot with the United States Air Force and a Vietnam Veteran.
Alan David Austerman is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives and Alaska Senate.
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.
Charisse Millett is a Republican former member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 25th District from 2009 to 2019. In the 29th Legislature,from 2015 to 2016,she was the House Majority Leader. In the 30th Legislature,she served the House Minority Leader. She has also served as co-chair of the Energy Special Committee,and is a member of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee,Rules Committee,Fisheries Special Committee,and Armed Services Committee. She also serves on the Administration,Health &Social Services,and Transportation &Public Facilities Finance Subcommittees,for the 26th Legislature. Charisse Millett was a former Alaska State Legislative aide from 2005 to 2007 before being elected into office. In 2018,she was defeated in the Republican primary by Josh Revak.
Bob Herron is a Democratic former member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 38th District from 2009 until 2017. Herron was the Majority Whip,granting him the distinction of being the only Representative in the United States elected as a Democrat who served as a statewide leader of a Republican party-majority legislative body. The official job of the Whip is to make sure that House members vote in line with Republican leadership.
Mike Hawker is a former Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 28th District from 2003 to 2017. He served as Chair of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Budget &Audit Committee. He is former Co-chair of the Finance Committee and Ways and Means Committees. Mike Hawker is also a retired Certified Public Accountant and an Accounting and Management Consultant.
Mark Neuman was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,representing the 15th District from 2005 to 2020.
William A. Thomas Jr. is a businessman,commercial fisherman,and politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Thomas served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 5th District,comprising scattered rural and semi-rural communities throughout Southeast Alaska and stretching westward to Prince William Sound,from 2005 to 2013. Thomas served in the majority his entire tenure in the House and held multiple chairmanships. Thomas gained a seat on the powerful House Finance Committee during his second term and would eventually co-chair the committee. Following redistricting,Thomas lost reelection in 2012 by 32 votes to 23-year-old Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins,a political newcomer who left Yale University to run.
Charles Michael Chenault is an American politician in the state of Alaska. Chenault served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019,representing portions of the Kenai Peninsula Borough,where he has lived for most of his life. Chenault served as the body's speaker from 2009 to 2017. He lost his position as house speaker to Democrat Bryce Edgmon when three Republicans joined a coalition of Democrats to form a bipartisan house majority after the general election in November 2016.
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.
Craig W. Johnson is an American politician who serves as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives. He originally served from 2007 to 2017 and began another term in 2023.
Elaine Eisfelder Szymoniak was a State Senator from the U.S. state of Iowa,a former City Council Member representing the city of Des Moines,Iowa and a retired hearing and speech specialist,counselor,and administrator for the Iowa Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
