Bill P. Wielechowski is a 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...

 member of the 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...

, representing the J District since 2006. Wielechowski is of Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 origin; his grandfather came to America from Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

 in 1910

Wielechowski was elected to the Alaska State Senate in 2006. He represents the Northeast Anchorage neighborhoods of Mt. View, Muldoon and Russian Jack. He has been a majority member of the Senate Bi-partisan Working Group since that time. He was re-elected in 2010. He has served on the following committees:

• Co-Chair of the Senate Resources Committee
• Co-Chair of the Joint Armed Services Committee
• Chair of the Senate State Affairs Committee
• Vice-Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee
• Senate Transportation Committee Member
• Administrative Regulation Review Committee Member
• Finance Subcommittees: Military & Veterans' Affairs, Public Safety, Natural Resources, Court system, Health & Social Services, Administration

Prior to being elected to the Senate, Wielechowski served in the following positions:

• President, Northeast Community Council
• Commissioner, Anchorage Planning & Zoning Commission
• Chair, Creekside Town Center
• Member, Anchorage Mayoral Transition Team

Wielechowski also was selected as one of the Top 40 Alaskans under 40 by the Alaska Journal of Commerce and the Alaska Chamber of Commerce and graduated from Leadership Anchorage.

External links

• Alaska State Legislature - Senator Bill Wielechowski official government website
• Project Vote Smart - Senator Bill P. Wielechowski (AK) profile
• Follow the Money - Bill Wielechowski
  • 2006 campaign contributions