25th Alaska State Legislature - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Sessions

First session: January 16, 2007–May 16, 2007
Second session: January 15, 2008–April 13, 2008
Special session: June 3, 2008–August 7, 2008

Composition

Alaska Senate
Alaska Senate
The Alaska Senate is the upper house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The Senate consists of twenty members, each of whom represents an equal amount of districts with populations of about 31,347 people . Senators serve four-year terms, without term...
Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	11
	Democratic Party	9
Total		20
Majority		2

Leadership

The President of the Senate

President of the Senate

The President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate, and is the speaker of other assemblies.The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for example, the President of the Senate of Nigeria is second in line...

is Republican Lyda Green of District G (Matanuska-Susitna Valley

Matanuska-Susitna Valley

Matanuska-Susitna Valley is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska....

). The Majority Leader

Majority leader

In U.S. politics, the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.In the federal Congress, the role differs slightly in the two houses. In the House of Representatives, which chooses its own presiding officer, the leader of the majority party is elected the Speaker of the...

is Republican Gary Stevens

Gary Stevens (Alaska politician)

Gary Stevens is the President of the Alaska Senate. He is a Republican, representing the R District since his appointment in February 2003. He was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2000 through 2003. Stevens was selected on November 6, 2008, as Senate President for...

of District R (Kodiak

Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline...

). The Minority Leader

Minority leader

In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat, with their counterpart being of the opposite party. The position...

is Republican Gene Therriault

Gene Therriault

Gene Therriault was a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing the F district from 2000 to 2009. He most recently served as the Senate Minority Leader. Previously he was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1992 through 2000....

of District F (North Pole).

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
President of the Senate President of the Senate The President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate, and is the speaker of other assemblies.The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for example, the President of the Senate of Nigeria is second in line...	Lyda Green	Republican	Matanuska-Susitna Valley Matanuska-Susitna Valley Matanuska-Susitna Valley is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska....	District G
Majority Leader Majority leader In U.S. politics, the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.In the federal Congress, the role differs slightly in the two houses. In the House of Representatives, which chooses its own presiding officer, the leader of the majority party is elected the Speaker of the...	Johnny Ellis Johnny Ellis Johnny Ellis is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate, representing District L since 1992. He currently serves as the Senate Majority Leader. Previously he was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1986 through 1992....	Democrat	Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...	District L
Minority Leader Minority leader In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat, with their counterpart being of the opposite party. The position...	Gene Therriault Gene Therriault Gene Therriault was a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing the F district from 2000 to 2009. He most recently served as the Senate Minority Leader. Previously he was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1992 through 2000....	Republican	North Pole North Pole, Alaska North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska metropolitan statistical area. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated its population as of July 1, 2009 at 2,226. The name "North Pole" is often applied to the entire area covered...	District F

Bipartisan coalition

Shortly after the 2006 November election, a bipartisan coalition

Coalition

A coalition is a pact or treaty among individuals or groups, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest, joining forces together for a common cause. This alliance may be temporary or a matter of convenience. A coalition thus differs from a more formal covenant...

was announced between all nine senate Democrats and six senate Republicans. Democrats will chair the Judiciary

Judiciary

The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. The judiciary also provides a mechanism for the resolution of disputes...

, Health, Education, & Social Services, Labor and Commerce, Community and Regional Affairs, and Transportation Committees, as well as co-chair the powerful Finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

Committee

A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...

. The senate Republicans in the coalition will also have a co-chair for the Finance Committee (the minority Republicans will only be giving one seat on the committee), and chair the State Affairs, Resources

Natural resource

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, and Rules Committees

Because of the Republican split, the Democrats control a majority of committee chairmanships while Republicans in the governing coalition chair the others. The majority leader

Majority leader

is the same legislator as it was in the last session, a Republican, who has joined the bi-partisan coalition. Because of this, the minority leader

Minority leader

is head of the five-member Republican organization. Hence, all three listed officers of the body are Republicans, as different aspects are in the majority (with the chamber-wide minority Democrats) while others are in the official minority.

The split is largely viewed as over the senate presidency. The minority leader was the Republicans' suspected, initial choice for Senate President The coalition commands three-quarters of the body.

A similar move was made in the 24th Legislature, on the House side. It, however, was torn apart.

Membership

Alaska State Senate
25th Alaska Legislature, 2007-2008
District	Name	Party	Location	Term Up
A	Bert Stedman Bert Stedman Bert Stedman is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing the A District since his appointment in November 2003.-External links:* official government website* profileFollow the Money - Bert K Stedman* campaign contributions...	Rep-Coalition Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	Sitka	2008
B	Kim Elton	Dem-Coalition Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Juneau Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...	2010
C	Albert Kookesh Albert Kookesh Albert M. Kookesh is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate, representing the C District since 2005. Previously he was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1997 through 2004....	Dem-Coalition	Angoon Angoon, Alaska Angoon is a city on Admiralty Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 572, by the 2010 census the population had declined to 459...	2008
D	Joe Thomas Joe Thomas (Alaska politician) Joe J. Thomas is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate, representing the D District since 2006. He was previously an official with the Laborers' Union Local 942.-External links:* official government website* profile...	Dem-Coalition	Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...	2010
E	Gary Wilken	Republican	Fairbanks	2008
F	Gene Therriault Gene Therriault Gene Therriault was a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing the F district from 2000 to 2009. He most recently served as the Senate Minority Leader. Previously he was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1992 through 2000....	Republican	North Pole North Pole, Alaska North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska metropolitan statistical area. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated its population as of July 1, 2009 at 2,226. The name "North Pole" is often applied to the entire area covered...	2010
G	Lyda Green	Rep-Coalition	Matanuska-Susitna Valley Matanuska-Susitna Valley Matanuska-Susitna Valley is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska....	2008
H	Charlie Huggins Charlie Huggins Charlie Huggins is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing the H District since his appointment in 2004.-External links:* official government website* profile...	Rep-Coalition	Wasilla Wasilla, Alaska Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census...	2010
I	Fred Dyson	Republican	Eagle River Eagle River, Alaska Eagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River for which it is named, between Fort Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577...	2008
J	Bill Wielechowski Bill Wielechowski Bill P. Wielechowski is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate, representing the J District since 2006. Wielechowski is of Polish origin; his grandfather came to America from Kraków in 1910...	Dem-Coalition	Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...	2010
K	Bettye Davis Bettye Davis Bettye Davis is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate, representing the K District since 2000. She was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1990 through 1996.-External links:* official government website...	Dem-Coalition	Anchorage	2008
L	Johnny Ellis Johnny Ellis Johnny Ellis is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate, representing District L since 1992. He currently serves as the Senate Majority Leader. Previously he was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1986 through 1992....	Dem-Coalition	Anchorage	2010
M	Hollis French Hollis French Hollis S. French II is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate, representing the M district since 2003. The district covers the East Spenard and Turnagain/Inlet View areas of Anchorage. He is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee....	Dem-Coalition	Anchorage	2008
N	Lesil McGuire Lesil McGuire Lesil McGuire is an American politician in the state of Alaska. As of 2009, she is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing the N District, taking office in 2007 immediately after her tenure as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2000 through 2006.-Early years:McGuire...	Rep-Coalition	Anchorage	2010
O	Kevin Meyer	Rep-Coalition	Anchorage	2008
P	Con Bunde	Republican	Anchorage	2010
Q	Thomas Wagoner	Republican	Kenai Kenai, Alaska Kenai is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 7,464...	2008
R	Gary Stevens Gary Stevens (Alaska politician) Gary Stevens is the President of the Alaska Senate. He is a Republican, representing the R District since his appointment in February 2003. He was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2000 through 2003. Stevens was selected on November 6, 2008, as Senate President for...	Rep-Coaltion	Kodiak Kodiak, Alaska Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline...	2010
S	Lyman F. Hoffman	Dem-Coalition	Bethel Bethel, Alaska Bethel is a city located near the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, west of Anchorage. Accessible only by air and river, Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River and is an administrative and transportation hub for the 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.Bethel is the largest...	2010
T	Donald Olson Donald Olson Donald C. Olson is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate, representing the T district since 2001.-External links:* official AK Senate website* profileFollow the Money - Donald Olson* Senate campaign contributions...	Dem-Coalition	Nome Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the...	2008

Composition

Alaska State House of Representatives
Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	23
	Democratic Party	17
Total		40
Majority		6

Leadership

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker Speaker (politics) The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...	John Harris John Harris (Alaska politician) John Harris is an American politician and member of the Alaska House of Representatives. He served as Speaker of the House from 2005 to 2008. He was first elected in 1998 and represents the 12th district, as a member of the Republican Party. He was the mayor of Valdez from 1992 to 1996 and a...	Republican	Valdez Valdez, Alaska Valdez is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y...	District 12
Majority Leader Majority leader In U.S. politics, the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.In the federal Congress, the role differs slightly in the two houses. In the House of Representatives, which chooses its own presiding officer, the leader of the majority party is elected the Speaker of the...	Ralph Samuels Ralph Samuels Ralph Samuels 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 2002-2008 representing House District 29 and serving as the Majority Leader.-Educational background:Attended schools in...	Republican	Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...	District 29
Minority Leader Minority leader In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat, with their counterpart being of the opposite party. The position...	Beth Kerttula Beth Kerttula Elizabeth J. "Beth" Kerttula is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District since 1998. She has served as the House Minority Leader since 2006. She is the daughter of Jalmar M...	Democratic	Juneau Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...	District 3

Members

Alaska State House of Representatives
25th Alaska Legislature, 2007-2008
District	Name	Party	Location
1	Kyle Johansen Kyle Johansen Kyle Johansen is the Republican Majority Leader in the Alaska House of Representatives representing Alaska's 1st District since 2006. He is a member of several committees, including the Transportation Committee, Economic Development, Trade & Tourism Special Committee, Energy Special Committee, the...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	Ketchikan Ketchikan, Alaska Ketchikan is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost sizable city in that state. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2010 within the city limits, it is the fifth most populous city in the state....
2	Peggy Wilson Peggy Wilson Peggy Wilson is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District since 2000. She is currently serving as Chair of the Transportation Committee, and is a member of the Education Committee, Resources Committee, State Affairs Committee, and the Legislative...	Republican	Wrangell Wrangell, Alaska Wrangell is a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 2,308.Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw . The Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine...
3	Beth Kerttula Beth Kerttula Elizabeth J. "Beth" Kerttula is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District since 1998. She has served as the House Minority Leader since 2006. She is the daughter of Jalmar M...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	Juneau Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...
4	Andrea Doll Andrea Doll Andrea L. Doll is a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. She served a single term in the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 4th District from 2007 to 2009.-External links:...	Democratic	Juneau
5	Bill Thomas Bill Thomas (Alaska politician) William A. 'Bill' Thomas, Jr. is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 5th District since 2004. He is currently serving as Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee. He also chairs the Administration and...	Republican	Haines Haines, Alaska Haines is a census-designated place in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the area was 1,811. Haines was formerly a city but no longer has a municipal government...
6	Woodie Salmon Woodie Salmon Woodie W. Salmon was a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 6th District from 2005 to 2011. Salmon was defeated for re-election by Republican Alan S. Dick in the 2010 election...	Democratic	Beaver Beaver, Alaska Beaver is a census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 84.-Geography:Beaver is located at ....
7	Mike Kelly Mike Kelly (Alaska politician) Michael P. "Mike" Kelly was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 7th District from 2005 until 2011. In the 26th Alaska State Legislature, he served on the Finance Committee, chairing the Corrections and the Natural Resources Finance Subcommittee...	Republican	Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...
8	David Guttenberg David Guttenberg David Guttenberg is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 8th District since 2003.-External links:* official government website* profileFollow the Money – David Guttenberg* campaign contributions...	Democratic	Fairbanks
9	Scott Kawasaki Scott Kawasaki Scott Jiu Wo Kawasaki is a healthcare professional and politician from Alaska. A Democrat, he is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives representing the state's ninth district, which includes neighborhoods within the city limits of Fairbanks.- Biography :Scott Kawasaki was born in Tokyo,...	Democratic	Fairbanks
10	Jay Ramras Jay Ramras Jay Ramras is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 10th District since 2004. He is currently serving 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...	Republican	Fairbanks
11	John B. Coghill, Jr. John Coghill John Bruce Coghill, Jr. is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, appointed to represent district F in 2009. He was first elected to the legislature as a state representative for district 32 in 1998...	Republican	North Pole North Pole, Alaska North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska metropolitan statistical area. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated its population as of July 1, 2009 at 2,226. The name "North Pole" is often applied to the entire area covered...
12	John L. Harris John Harris (Alaska politician) John Harris is an American politician and member of the Alaska House of Representatives. He served as Speaker of the House from 2005 to 2008. He was first elected in 1998 and represents the 12th district, as a member of the Republican Party. He was the mayor of Valdez from 1992 to 1996 and a...	Republican	Valdez Valdez, Alaska Valdez is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y...
13	Carl J. Gatto Carl Gatto Carl Gatto is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 13th District since 2002. He is currently serving as Chair of the Military & Veterans' Affairs Special Committee, and is a member of the Judiciary Committee, State Affairs Committee, Administrative Regulation...	Republican	Palmer Palmer, Alaska Palmer is the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the state of Alaska, USA. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 5,937....
14	Vic Kohring Vic Kohring Vic Kohring is a former Alaska State legislator. He was elected to seven consecutive two-year terms in the Alaska House of Representatives, beginning in 1994. Kohring represented District 14, Wasilla....	Republican	Wasilla Wasilla, Alaska Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census...
15	Mark A. Neuman Mark Neuman Mark Neuman is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 15th District since 2004. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Resources Committee, Vice-Chair of the Labor & Commerce Committee and is a member of the Rules Committee, Economic Development, Trade &...	Republican	Wasilla
16	Bill Stoltze Bill Stoltze Donald William Stoltze is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 16th District. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Finance Committee, and is a member of the Legislative Council, the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee, and the Cook Inlet Salmon Task...	Republican	Chugiak Chugiak, Alaska Chugiak is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska, situated approximately 20 miles northeast of downtown Anchorage. It is located between Eagle River to the south, and Eklutna to the north, and between Knik Arm to the west and the Chugach... /Mat-Su Matanuska-Susitna Valley Matanuska-Susitna Valley is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska....
17	Anna I. Fairclough Anna Fairclough Anna Fairclough is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 17th district since 2006. She is currently a member of the Finance Committee...	Republican	Eagle River Eagle River, Alaska Eagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River for which it is named, between Fort Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577...
18	Nancy A. Dahlstrom Nancy Dahlstrom Nancy Dahlstrom was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 18th district. She was appointed to the House at the beginning of the legislative session in 2003 when the representative-elect, Lisa Murkowski, was appointed to her father's U.S. Senate seat...	Republican	Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
19	Bob Roses Bob Roses John Robert "Bob" Roses is a retired educator, businessman and Republican politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. He served a single term as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 19th District in northeast Anchorage from 2007 to 2009. Roses was defeated for reelection...	Republican	Anchorage
20	Max Gruenberg Max Gruenberg Max F. Gruenberg, Jr. is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 20th District since 2003. He previously served from 1985 through 1993...	Democratic	Anchorage
21	Harry Crawford Harry Crawford Harry T. Crawford, Jr. is a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. He served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2001 to 2011. In 2000, on his second attempt for the seat, he defeated incumbent Ramona Barnes...	Democratic	Anchorage
22	Sharon Cissna Sharon Cissna Sharon M. Cissna is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 22nd District since 1999.-External links:* official government website* profile*Follow the Money – Sharon Cissna...	Democratic	Anchorage
23	Les Gara Les Gara Les Gara is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 23rd District since 2003.Gara is a former Assistant Attorney General and part owner of a local restaurant, Snow City Cafe. Although in the House Minority, he has been successful with various progressive social...	Democratic	Anchorage
24	Berta Gardner Berta Gardner Berta Gardner is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 24th District since 2004.-External links:* official government website* profileFollow the Money – Berta Gardner* campaign contributions* profile...	Democratic	Anchorage
25	Mike Doogan Mike Doogan Mike Doogan is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 25th District since 2006.He is also the author of the Nik Kane Alaska mystery series, which includes Lost Angel, Capitol Offense, and Skeleton Lake, as well as several nonfiction books about Alaska life.In...	Democratic	Anchorage
26	Lindsey Holmes Lindsey Holmes Lindsey S. Holmes is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 26th District since 2006.-External links:* official government website* profileFollow the Money – Lindsey Holmes* campaign contributions...	Democratic	Anchorage
27	Robert "Bob" Buch Bob Buch Robert L. "Bob" Buch was a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 27th District from 2007 to 2011. Buch was elected in November 2006 defeating Republican opponent Tom Moffatt 56.57% to 43.25%. In 2008 Buch won reelection, defeating Republican challenger Bob...	Democratic	Anchorage
28	Craig W. Johnson Craig Johnson (Alaskan politician) Craig Johnson is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 28th District since 2006. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Resources Committee, Chair of the Cook Island Salmon Task Force, Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee, and is a member of the...	Republican	Anchorage
29	Ralph Samuels Ralph Samuels Ralph Samuels 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 2002-2008 representing House District 29 and serving as the Majority Leader.-Educational background:Attended schools in...	Republican	Anchorage
30	Kevin Meyer	Republican	Anchorage
31	Bob Lynn Bob Lynn Bob Lynn is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 31st District since 2002. He is currently serving as Chair of the State Affairs Committee, and is a member of the Health & Social Services Committee, Judiciary Committee, Labor & Commerce Committee, and the...	Republican	Anchorage
32	Mike Hawker Mike Hawker Mike Hawker is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 32nd District since 2002. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee...	Republican	Anchorage
33	Kurt Olson Kurt Olson Kurt E. Olson is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 33rd District since 2004. He is currently serving as Chair of the Labor & Commerce Committee, and is a member of the Resources Committee, Rules Committee, and Military & Veterans' Affairs Special Committee...	Republican	Kenai Kenai, Alaska Kenai is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 7,464...
34	Charles "Mike" Chenault	Republican	Nikiski Nikiski, Alaska Nikiski is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 4,327 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nikiski is located at ....
35	Paul Seaton Paul Seaton Paul Seaton is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 35th District since 2002. He is currently serving 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...	Republican	Homer Homer, Alaska Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 5,364. One of Homer's nicknames is "the cosmic hamlet by the sea"; another is "the end of the road"...
36	Gabrielle LeDoux Gabrielle LeDoux Gabrielle LeDoux is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party of Alaska. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska and was born March 24, 1948. LeDoux is a maritime attorney and businesswoman with offices in Anchorage and Kodiak, Alaska....	Republican	Kodiak Kodiak, Alaska Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline...
37	Bryce Edgmon Bryce Edgmon Bryce Edgmon is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 37th District since 2006. Before the beginning of the 26th Legislature in January 2008 Representative Edgmon, along with Democrats Rep. Reggie Joule and Rep. Bob Herron, began caucusing with the Republicans...	Democratic	Unalaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska....
38	Mary Sattler Kapsner Nelson Mary Nelson Mary K. Sattler , is a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Alaska, best known for serving five terms in the Alaska House of Representatives. Sattler represented the 39th District, and following redistricting the 38th District, which were centered around the community of Bethel, from 1999 to...	Democratic	Bethel Bethel, Alaska Bethel is a city located near the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, west of Anchorage. Accessible only by air and river, Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River and is an administrative and transportation hub for the 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.Bethel is the largest...
39	Richard Foster	Democratic	Nome Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the...
40	Reggie Joule Reggie Joule Reggie Joule is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 40th District since 1996. Before the beginning of the 26th Legislature in January 2008 Representative Joule, along with Democrats Rep. Bryce Edgmon and Rep. Bob Herron, began caucusing with the Republicans...	Democratic	Kotzebue Kotzebue, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 3,082 people, 889 households, and 656 families residing in the city. The population density was 114.1 people per square mile . There were 1,007 housing units at an average density of 37.3 per square mile...

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