Lesil McGuire

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Lesil McGuire
Member of the Alaska State Senate
from the N district
In office
2007 -
In office
2000-2006
Born January 22, 1971 (1971-01-22) (age 37)
Portland, Oregon
Political party Republican
Spouse Tom Anderson
Residence Anchorage, Alaska
Alma mater Willamette University
Profession politician

Lesil McGuire is an American politician in the state of Alaska. As of 2008, she is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing the N District, taking office in 2007. She was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2000 through 2006.

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[edit] Early years

McGuire was born in Portland, Oregon, on January 22, 1971, before her family moved to Alaska in 1973.[1] She attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon beginning in 1989,[1] where she majored in both political science and speech.[2] She also served two years as an intern for Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska before graduating in 1993 with a bachelors of arts degree.[2] After college she attended law school at Willamette University College of Law, graduating with a juris doctorate in 1998.[2] In law school she worked for Willamette Law Review, schools legal journal.[2]

[edit] Political career

After graduation she returned to Alaska and clerked briefly for Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot before taking a position as an aide to the Alaska State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee.[2] In 2000, at the age of 29, she won election to the Alaska House of Representatives to replace John Cowdery.[2] McGuire married fellow legislator Tom Anderson in 2005, and they have one child, a son named Grayson.[1] A Republican, she served in the House until 2006 when she was elected to the Alaska State Senate.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Senator McGuire. The Alaska State Legislature. Retrieved on March 12, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Hasselbring, Bobbie. Alumni Profiles: Law in Public Service: A Shiny New Star. Willamette Lawyer, Fall 2004. pp. 20-21.

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