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Alaska

State Government
	Governor	Sean Parnell	1	10	+21.39%
	Lieutenant Governor	Mead Treadwell	1	10	+21.80%
	Attorney General
	AK State House	Republican Party Control	0	12	+30.00%
	AK State Senate	Republican Party Control	0	12	+50.00%
President
	President	Mitt Romney	0	12	+13.99%
Senate
	Senate Class II	Mark Begich	1	08	+1.24%
	Senate Class III	Lisa Murkowski	2	11	+100.00%
House of Representatives
	AK - At-Large	Don Young	20	12	+35.32%
County List
	Boroughs
Initiatives and Referenda
	Public Questions

Sub-Races
	U.S. Senate	Democratic Party Control	0	12	+10.00%
	U.S. House of Representatives	Republican Party Control	0	12	+7.59%
	U.S. Governors	Republican Party Control	0	12	+22.00%

Neighbors
British Columbia, Canada
Chukotka, Autonomous Regions
Yukon, Canada

State DETAILS

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Established

January 03, 1959

Disbanded

Still Active

Contributor

Christie-Toomey '16

Last Modified

RP June 03, 2011 08:10am

Description

State of Alaska
"North to the Future"

The largest state of the Union in terms of physical size, Alaska lies to the far north of the Pacific Ocean
bordering Russia, Canada and the Arctic.

It is the 49th state and is comprised of 25 counties. The capital is Juneau.

On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward signed an agreement with Russian Minister
to the United States Baron Edouard Stoeckl ceding possession of the vast territory of Alaska to the U.S.
for the sum of $7.2 million. In 1879, lacking a civil infrastructure in the new American district, the United
States Navy took control over Alaska under the leadership of Commander L. A. Beardslee who became
its military governor. Congress' passage of the First Organic Act of 1884 stripped military power over
Alaska and installed various localized civil governments throughout the district. In 1897, the Klondike
Gold Rush ushered in a wave of migration into Alaska.

In April of 1912, Congress passed the Second Organic Act which conferred territory status, a mandate
to create a legislature and appointment of a governor. In January of 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower
officially endorsed statehood for Alaska & on January 3, 1959 he signed the official declaration making
Alaska the 49th state.

General Elections: Polling places open from 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Primary Elections: Held on the 4th Tuesday in August of every even-numbered year.[Link]

PVI

R+18.55 ( D-10.25 R+7.60 I-0.03 N+0.87 LBT+1.47 G+0.61 CST-0.09 PFP-0.05 J-0.03 A'sP-0.03 IR-0.02 )

AK CD At-Large

Largest Population Cities [More]

City

County

Population

As Of

Anchorage

279,243

2008-07-01

Fairbanks