Personal blog about states
About Don. Congressman Don Young was re-elected to the 116th Congress in 2018 to serve his 24rd term as Alaska’s only Representative to the United States House of Representatives.
Since becoming a U.S. state in 1959, Alaska has been entitled to one member in the United States House of Representatives, elected in the state’s sole, at-large congressional district.
Лиза Меркауски (Республиканская партия) Дэн Салливан (Республиканская партия)
Lisa Murkowski (Republican Party) Dan Sullivan (Republican Party)
Members from the State of Alaska
Congress | District |
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Alaska’s at-large congressional district | |
114th (2015–2017) | Don Young (R) |
115th (2017–2019) | |
116th (2019–2021) |
Alaska, Delaware and Wyoming are the only states that have never had more than one district. Between 1810 and 1820, Delaware had two U.S. Representatives, but they were elected at-large.
2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
Nominee | Don Young | Alyse Galvin |
Party | Republican | Independent |
Popular vote | 192,126 | 159,856 |
Percentage | 54.4% | 45.3% |
Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, U.S. Lisa Ann Murkowski (/mɜːrˈkaʊskiː/; born May 22, 1957) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Alaska, having held that seat since 2002.
Alaska state lawmakers earn an average of $80,000 a year, with some pocketing more than $90,000. In addition to salaries of about $50,400 a year, lawmakers also earn more than $200 a day in per diem to cover their Juneau living expenses, plus up to $20,000 a year for office expenses.
The Constitution prescribes that the Senate be composed of two senators from each State (therefore, the Senate currently has 100 Members) and that a senator must be at least thirty years of age, have been a citizen of the United States for nine years, and, when elected, be a resident of the State from which he or she
Biography. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska’s senior U.S. Senator, is a third generation Alaskan proudly serving as the first Alaskan born senator. Murkowski was born in Ketchikan and raised in towns across the state, including Wrangell, Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage.