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FAQ ALASKA - Frequently Asked Questions About Alaska

Alaska Officials Since Statehood

Bullet Governors Since Statehood
Bullet Lieutenant Governors Since Statehood
Bullet U. S. Senators
Bullet U. S. Representatives
Bullet Senate Presidents, House Speakers Since Statehood

Bullet Governors Since Statehood

1/3/59-12/5/66
William A. Egan (D)
  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Butrovich (R), Dolinter (I)

  • Elected: 11/6/62 - Ran against: Stepovich (R)
12/5/66-1/29/69
Walter J. Hickel* (R)
  • Elected: 11/8/66 - Ran against: Egan (D), Grasse (NP)

  • * Appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Richard Nixon in 1969
1/29/69-12/5/70
Keith H. Miller (R)
  • Succeeded
12/5/70-12/2/74
William A. Egan (D)
  • Elected: 11/3/70 - Ran against: Miller (R), Anderson (AIP)
12/2/74-12/6/82
Jay S. Hammond (R)
  • Elected: 11/5/74 - Ran against: Egan (D), Vogler (AIP)

  • Elected: 11/7/78 - Ran against: Hickel (write-in), Croft (D), Kelly (R), Wright (I)
12/6/82-12/1/86
Bill Sheffield (D)
  • Elected: 12/2/82 - Ran against: Fink (R), Randolph (L), Vogler (AIP)
12/2/86-12/2/90
Steve Cowper (D)
  • Elected: 11/4/86 - Ran against: Sturgulewski (R), Vogler (AIP), O'Brannon (I)
12/3/90-12/5/94
Walter J. Hickel (AIP)
  • Elected: 11/6/90 - Ran against: Knowles (D), Sturgulewski (R), Sykes (GPA)
12/5/94-12/2/02
Tony Knowles (D)
  • Elected: 11/8/94 - Ran against: Campbell (R), Coghill (AIP),

  • Elected: 11/3/98 - Ran against: Jacobsson (GPA), Lindauer (R), Metcalfe (R), Sullivan (AIP), Taylor (R - write-in)

12/2/02-12/5/06

Frank Murkowski (R)
  • Elected: 11Return to ALASKA OFFICIALS /5/02 - Ran against: Ulmer (D)

12/5/06-7/26/09

Sarah Palin (R)
  • Elected: 11Return to ALASKA OFFICIALS /7/06 - Ran against: Knowles (D)

  • Resigned: 7/3/09

7/26/09- present

Sean Parnell (R)

  • Succeeded: 7/26/09

  • Elected: 11/2/10 - Ran against: Berkowitz (D), Toien (L), Wright (AIP)

 

 

Bullet Lieutenant Governors of the State of Alaska

  • * Title changed from Secretary of State in constitutional amendment of 1970.

 

1/3/59-12/5/66

Hugh Wade (D)
  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Phillips (R), Holton (I)

  • Elected: 11/6/62 - Ran against: Ross (R)
12/5/66-1/29/69
Keith H. Miller (R)
  • Elected: 11/8/66 - Ran against: Wade (D), Saupe (NP)
1/29/69-12/5/70

Robert W. Ward (R)

  • Succeeded
12/5/70-12/2/74

H. A. Boucher (D)

  • Elected: 11/3/70 - Ran against: Ward (R), Merrill (AIP)
12/2/74-12/4/78
Lowell Thomas, Jr. (R)
  • Elected: 11/5/74 - Ran against: Boucher (D), Peppler (AIP)
12/4/78-12/6/82

Terry Miller (R)

  • Elected: 11/7/78 - Ran against: Hurley (D), Poland (A), Vogler (I)
12/6/82-12/3/90

Stephen McAlpine (D)

  • Elected: 11/2/82 - Ran against: Colletta (R), Thompson (L), Roberts (AIP)

  • Elected: 11/4/86 - Ran against: Miller (R), Rowe (AIP), Barnes (L)
12/3/91-12/5/94

Jack Coghill (AIP)

  • Elected: 11/6/90 - Ran against: Campbell (R), Hensley (D), Crumb (GPA)
12/5/94-12/2/02

Fran Ulmer (D)

  • Elected: 11/8/94 - Ran against: Miller, M. (R), Ward (AIP)

  • Elected: 11/3/98 - Ran against: Baxley (R), Milligan (GPA), Ward (R)
12/2/02- 12/5/06

Loren Leman (R)

  • Elected: 11/5/02 - Ran against: Hall (D)
12/5/06-7/26/09

Sean Parnell (R)

  • Elected: 11/7/06 - Ran against: Berkowitz (D)
7/26/09-12/10

Craig E. Campbell - Confirmed

  • Appointed

12/6/10- present

Mead Treadwelll

  • Elected: 11/2/10 - Ran against: Bensen (D), Brown (L)

 

Bullet U.S. Senators

1959-1968

E.L. (Bob) Bartlett* (D)

  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Roberston (R), Capper (I)

  • Elected: 11/8/60 - Ran against: McKinley (R)

  • Elected: 11/8/66 - Ran against: McKinley (R)

  • * Died December 1968
1959-1968

Ernest Gruening (D)

  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Stepovich (R)

  • Elected: 11/6/62 - Ran against Stevens (R)

1968-

Ted Stevens (R)

  • Appointed 1968

  • Elected: 11/3/70 - Ran against: Kay (D)

  • Elected: 11/7/72 - Ran against: Guess (D)

  • Elected: 11/7/78 - Ran against: Hobbs (D)

  • Elected: 11/6/84 - Ran against: Havelock (D)

  • Elected: 11/6/90 - Ran against: Beasley (D)

  • Elected: 11/5/96 - Ran against: Obermeyer (D), Whittaker (GPA)

  • Elected: 11/5/02 - Ran against: Vondersaar (D), Dore (AIP), Karpinski(L), Sykes (GPA)
1969-80

Mike Gravel (D)

  • Elected: 11/5/68 - Ran against: Rasmuson (R), Gruening (write-in)

  • Elected: 11/5/74 - Ran against: Lewis (R)

1981-

Frank Murkowski (R)
  • Elected: 11/4/80 - Ran against: Gruening, E. (D)

  • Elected: 11/4/86 - Ran against: Olds (D)

  • Elected: 11/3/92 - Ran against: Smith (D), Jordan (GPA)

  • Elected: 11/3/98 - Ran against: Sonneman (D), Kohlhass (L)

  • Resigned: 12/2/02 to become Governor of Alaska

2002-

Lisa Murkowski (R)

  • Appointed: 12/20/02 by Governor Frank MurkowskiALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR

  • Elected: 11/04 - Ran against

  • Elected (write-in): 11/2/10 - Ran against Miller (R), Haase (L), McAdams (D)

2008-

Mark Begich (D)

  • Elected: 11/4/08 - Ran against: Bird (AI), Gianoutsos (NP), Haase (L), Stevens (R)

       

Bullet U. S. Representatives

1959-1966
Ralph Rivers (D)
  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Benson (R)

  • Elected: 11/8/60 - Ran against: Rettig (R)

  • Elected: 11/6/62 - Ran against: Thomas (R)

  • Elected: 11/3/64 - Ran against: Thomas (R)
1966-1970

Howard Pollock (R)

  • Elected: 11/8/66 - Ran against: Rivers (D)

  • Elected: 11/4/68 - Ran against: Begich (D)
1970-1972

Nicholas Begich* (D)

  • Elected: 11/3/70 - Ran against: Murkowski (R)

  • Elected: 11/7/72 - Ran against: Young (R)

  • * Presumed dead in missing aircraft during re-election campaign, October 1972.
1973-
Don Young (R)
  • Elected: 3/6/73 (special election) - Ran aginst: Notti (D)

  • Elected: 11/5/74 - Ran against: Hensley (D)

  • Elected: 11/2/76 - Ran against: Hopson (D)

  • Elected: 11/7/78 - Ran against: Rodey (D)

  • Elected: 11/4/80 - Ran against: Parnell (D)

  • Elected: 11/2/82 - Ran against: Carlson (D)

  • Elected: 11/6/84 - Ran against: Begich, P. (D)

  • Elected: 11/4/86 - Ran against: Begich, P. (D)

  • Elected: 11/8/88 - Ran against: Gruenstein (D)

  • Elected: 11/6/90 - Ran against: Devens (D)

  • Elected: 11/3/92 - Ran against: Devens (D)

  • Elected: 11/8/94 - Ran against: Smith, T. (D), Whitmore (GPA)

  • Elected: 11/5/96 - Ran against: Lincoln (D), Grames (GPA), Nemec (AIP)

  • Elected: 11/3/98 - Ran against: Duncan (D), Grames (GPA)

  • Elected: 11/7/00 - Ran against: Greene (D), Dore (I), Karpinski(L), Anna Young (GPA)

  • Elected: 11/5/02 - Ran against: Greene (D), deForest (GPA), Clift (L)

  • Elected: 11/2/04 - Ran against Anders (L), Feller (GPA), Higgins (D)

  • Elected: 11/7/06 - Ran against Benson (D), Crawford (L), Ince (GPA), McGonegal

  • Elected: 11/4/08 - Ran against Berkowitz (D), Wright (AI)

  • Elected: 11/2/10 - Ran against Crawford (D)

Bullet Senate Presidents, House Speakers Since Statehood

1959-60

  • Senate President: William Beltz (D)
  • House Speaker: Warren Taylor (D)

1961-62

  • Senate President: Frank Peratrovich (D)
  • House Speaker: Warren Taylor (D)
1963-64
  • Senate President: Frank Peratrovich (D)
  • House Speaker: Bruce Kendall (R)

1965-66

  • Senate President: Robert McNealy (D)
  • House Speaker: Mike Gravel (D)
1967-68
  • Senate President: John Butrovich (R)
  • House Speaker: William Boardman (R)
1968-70
  • Senate President: Brad Phillips (R)
  • House Speaker: Jalmar Kertulla (D)
1971-72
  • Senate President: Jay Hammond (R)
  • House Speaker: Gene Guess (D)
1973-74
  • Senate President: Terry Miller (R)
  • House Speaker: Tom Fink (R)
1975-76
  • Senate President: Chancy Croft (D)
  • House Speaker: Mike Bradner (D)
1977-78
  • Senate President: John Rader (D)
  • House Speaker: Hugh Malone (D)
1979-80
  • Senate President: Clem Tillion (R)
  • House Speaker: Terry Gardner (D)
1981-82
  • Senate President: Jalmar Kerttula (D)
  • House Speaker:
    • Jim Duncan* (D)
    • Joe Hayes (R)
    • * Duncan was replaced as House Speaker by Hayes following a floor vote.
1983-84
  • Senate President: Jalmar Kerttula (D)
  • House Speaker: Joe Hayes (R)
1985-86
  • Senate President: Don Bennett (R)
  • House Speaker: Ben Grussendorf (D)
1987-88
  • Senate President: Jan Faiks (R)
  • House Speaker: Ben Grussendorf (D)
1989-90
  • Senate President: Tim Kelly (R)
  • House Speaker: Sam Cotten (D)
1991-92
  • Senate President: Dick Eliason (R)
  • House Speaker: Ben Grussendorf (D)
1993-94
  • Senate President: Rick Halford (R)
  • House Speaker: Ramona Barnes (R)
1995-96
  • Senate President: Drue Pearce (R)
  • House Speaker: Gail Phillips (R)
1997-98
  • Senate President: Mike Miller (R)
  • House Speaker: Gail Phillips (R)
1999-2000
  • Senate President: Drue Pearce (R)
  • House Speaker: Brian Porter (R)
2001-2002
  • Senate President: Rick Halford (R)
  • House Speaker: Brian Porter (R)
2003-2004
  • Senate President: Gene Therriault (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: Pete Kott (R)

2005- 2006

  • Senate President: Ben Stevens (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: John Harris (R)

2007-2008

  • Senate President: Lyda Green (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: John Harris (R)

2009-2010

  • Senate President: Gary Stevens (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: Mike Chenault (R)

2011-2012

  • Senate President: Gary Stevens (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: not yet announced

 

Abbreviation Guide :

  • (AIP) Alaskan Independence Party; (D) Democrat; (GPA) Green Party of Alaska; (I) Independent; (L) Libertarian; (NP) No Party; (R) Republican.

 

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  • Source : Alaska Blue Book 1993-94, 11th ed., Juneau, Department of Education, Division of State Libraries, Archives & Museums.
  • Alaska Division of Elections, 1996.
  • Source: State of Alaska Official Election Pamphlet, 2000 & 2002, Alaska Senate & House Journals.
  • Source: General Official Candidate List by District, 2002, 2004, 2006, & 2008, State of Alaska, Division of Elections.
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