Harry T. Crawford, Jr. (born April 17, 1952) is a Democratic

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 politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. He served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives

Alaska House of Representatives

The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of about 15,673 people . Members serve two-year terms without term limits...

 from 2001 to 2011. In 2000, on his second attempt for the seat, he defeated incumbent Ramona Barnes. Barnes had been the first female speaker of the House, and was previously defeated for renomination to her House seat in 1984 before regaining it 2 years later. In 2004, Crawford, along with Eric Croft

Eric Croft

Eric Croft was a Democratic State Representative from Anchorage, Alaska and was a candidate in the August 2006 Democratic gubernatorial primary election in Alaska...

 and David Guttenberg

David Guttenberg

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, were sponsors of the failed ballot initiative to implement a gas reserves tax in Alaska.

In 2010, Crawford ran for Alaska

Alaska

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's single at-large seat

Alaska's At-large congressional district

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 in the United States House of Representatives

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  Crawford lost to Republican

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 Don Young

Don Young

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 by a wide margin.

External links

• Representative Harry Crawford official Alaska Legislature site
• Harry Crawford for Congress official campaign site
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Profile at Alaska's House of Representatives Democratic Caucus