2020 Candidate Responses

The League of Women Voters Alaska asked the candidates their views.  Read their responses below.

ALASKA:  SENATE CANDIDATES’ VOTER GUIDE RESPONSES 2020

Dr. Al Gross

Al Gross, Non-partisan, running in the Democratic Primary

Website: DRALGROSSAK.COM

Biographical Information: Born and raised in Alaska; father Avrum Gross was Attorney General under Governor Hammond; Al is an orthopedic surgeon; his wife Monica is a pediatrician; Al has commercial fished; panned for gold; founded the Juneau Bone and Joint Center, served as President of the Bartlett Regional Hospital medical staff.

Responses to Voter’s Guide Questions:

1.The Equal […]

Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan, Incumbent, Republican running in the Republican Primary

Website: DANSULLIVANFORALASKA.COM

Responses to Voter’s Guide Questions: Did not respond to a request for comments

Biographical Information: Dan Sullivan was elected in 2014 and sworn in as Alaska’s eighth United States Senator on January 6, 2015. Recognized as one of the Senate’s most effective lawmakers, Sullivan serves on committees critical to Alaska: Armed Services, Commerce, Veterans Affairs, and Environment and Public Works. Senator […]

ALASKA: HOUSE CANDIDATES’ VOTER GUIDE RESPONSES 2020

Alyse Galvin

Alyse Galvin, Non-partisan, running in the Democratic Primary

Website: ALYSEFORALASKA.COM

Biographical Information: I am a third-generation Alaskan. Like too many children, I grew up in a home with trauma and abuse, but my community and local public school in the Anchorage Government Hill neighborhood lifted me up and gave me the tools and confidence I needed to persevere. I was the first in my family to graduate from […]

Don Young

Don Young, Incumbent, Republican running in the Republican Primary

Website: ALASKANSFORDONYOUNG.COM

Biographical Information: Congressman Don Young was re-elected to the 116th Congress in 2018 to serve his 24th term as Alaska’s sole Member to the United States House of Representatives. First sworn in during the 93rd Congress after winning a special election, Congressman Young is today the Dean of the House and the longest serving Member of the […]