25th Alaska State Legislature

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The 25th Alaska State Legislature was elected on November 7, 2006.

1 Sessions
2 Alaska Senate
3 Alaska House of Representatives
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Sessions

1st session: January 16, 2007–May 16, 2007

[edit] Alaska Senate

[edit] Composition

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	11
	Democratic Party	9
Total		20
Majority		2

[edit] Leadership

The President of the Senate is Republican Lyda Green of District G (Matanuska-Susitna Valley). The Majority Leader is Republican Gary Stevens of District R (Kodiak). The Minority Leader is Republican Gene Therriault of District F (North Pole).

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
President of the Senate	Lyda Green	Republican	Matanuska-Susitna Valley	District G
Majority Leader	Gary Stevens	Republican	Kodiak	District R
Minority Leader	Gene Therriault	Republican	North Pole	District F

[edit] Bipartisan coalition

Shortly after the 2006 November election, a bipartisan coalition was announced between all nine senate Democrats and six^[1] senate Republicans. Democrats will chair the Judiciary, Health, Education, & Social Services, Labor and Commerce, Community and Regional Affairs, and Transportation Committees, as well as co-chair the powerful Finance Committee. 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, and Rules Committees^[2]

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 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 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^[2] 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.

[edit] Membership

Alaska State Senate
25th Alaska Legislature, 2007-2008^[3]^[4]
District	Name	Party	Location	Term Up
A	Bert Stedman	Republican	Sitka	2008
B	Kim Elton	Democratic	Juneau	2010
C	Albert Kookesh	Democratic	Angoon	2008
D	Joe Thomas	Democratic	Fairbanks	2010
E	Gary Wilken	Republican	Fairbanks	2008
F	Gene Therriault	Republican	North Pole	2010
G	Lyda Green	Republican	Matanuska-Susitna Valley	2008
H	Charlie Huggins	Republican	Wasilla	2010
I	Fred Dyson	Republican	Eagle River	2008
J	Bill Wielechowski	Democratic	Anchorage	2010
K	Bettye Davis	Democratic	Anchorage	2008
L	Johnny Ellis	Democratic	Anchorage	2010
M	Hollis French	Democratic	Anchorage	2008
N	Lesil McGuire	Republican	Anchorage	2010
O	John Cowdery	Republican	Anchorage	2008
P	Con Bunde	Republican	Anchorage	2010
Q	Thomas Wagoner	Republican	Kenai	2008
R	Gary Stevens	Republican	Kodiak	2010
S	Lyman F. Hoffman	Democratic	Bethel	2010
T	Donald Olson	Democratic	Nome	2008

[edit] Alaska House of Representatives

[edit] Composition

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	23
	Democratic Party	17
Total		40
Majority		6

[edit] Leadership

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker	John Harris	Republican	Valdez	District 12
Majority Leader	Ralph Samuels	Republican	Anchorage	District 29
Minority Leader	Beth Kerttula	Democratic	Juneau	District 3

[edit] Members

Alaska State House of Representatives
25th Alaska Legislature, 2007-2008^[3]^[4]
District	Name	Party	Location
1	Kyle Johansen	Republican	Ketchikan
2	Peggy Wilson	Republican	Wrangell
3	Beth Kerttula	Democratic	Juneau
4	Andrea Doll	Democratic	Juneau
5	Bill Thomas	Republican	Haines
6	Woodie Salmon	Democratic	Beaver
7	Mike Kelly	Republican	Fairbanks
8	David Guttenberg	Democratic	Fairbanks
9	Scott Kawasaki	Democratic	Fairbanks
10	Jay Ramras	Republican	Fairbanks
11	John B. Coghill, Jr.	Republican	North Pole
12	John Harris	Republican	Valdez
13	Carl J. Gatto	Republican	Palmer
14	Vic Kohring	Republican	Wasilla
15	Mark A. Neuman	Republican	Wasilla
16	Bill Stoltze	Republican	Chugiak/Mat-Su
17	Anna I. Fairclough	Republican	Eagle River
18	Nancy A. Dahlstrom	Republican	Anchorage
19	Bob Roses	Republican	Anchorage
20	Max Gruenberg	Democratic	Anchorage
21	Harry Crawford	Democratic	Anchorage
22	Sharon Cissna	Democratic	Anchorage
23	Les Gara	Democratic	Anchorage
24	Berta Gardner	Democratic	Anchorage
25	Mike Doogan	Democratic	Anchorage
26	Lindsey Holmes	Democratic	Anchorage
27	Robert "Bob" Buch	Democratic	Anchorage
28	Craig W. Johnson	Republican	Anchorage
29	Ralph Samuels	Republican	Anchorage
30	Kevin Meyer	Republican	Anchorage
31	Bob Lynn	Republican	Anchorage
32	Mike Hawker	Republican	Anchorage
33	Kurt Olson	Republican	Kenai
34	Charles "Mike" Chenault	Republican	Nikiski
35	Paul Seaton	Republican	Homer
36	Gabrielle LaDoux	Republican	Kodiak
37	Bryce Edgmon	Democratic	Unalaska
38	Mary Sattle Kapsner Nelson	Democratic	Bethel
39	Richard Foster	Democratic	Nome
40	Reggie Joule	Democratic	Kotzebue