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The government of Alaska in common with state and federal governments of the United States, has three branches of government: the executive, consisting of the Governor of Alaska and the state agencies; the state legislature consisting of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate; and the judiciary consisting of the Supreme court and lower courts.
Federal presidential vote in Alaska, 1960-2020 Although in its early years of statehood, Alaska was a Democratic state, since the early 1970s it has been characterized as Republican -leaning. [ 1 ] Local political communities have often worked on issues related to land use development, fishing, tourism, and individual rights.
The governor of Alaska (Iñupiaq: Alaaskam kavanaa) is the head of government of Alaska.The governor is the chief executive of the state and is the holder of the highest office in the executive branch of the government as well as being the commander in chief of the Alaska's state forces.
The Alaska State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives (lower house) and the 20-member Alaska Senate (upper house). There are 40 House Districts (1–40) and 20 Senate Districts (A–T). [1]
Apr. 10—Each year, Alaska state legislators, board and commission appointees, judges and high-ranking executive branch officials must file reports detailing their sources of income. The ...
The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Alaska: Governor, including pre-statehood governors, who were appointed by the U.S. president and usually of the same political party; and; Lieutenant Governor; The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: Territorial and State Senate
The state government has had to drastically reduce its budget, and has brought its budget shortfall from over $2 billion in 2016 to under $500 million by 2018. In 2020, Alaska's state government budget was $4.8 billion, while projected government revenues were only $4.5 billion. [197]
Areas of Alaska which are not within the boundaries of an organized borough are, by default, part of a single unorganized borough. [2] However, beginning with the 1970 census , the United States Census Bureau , in cooperation with the state, divided this borough into multiple named census areas in order to facilitate the taking of the United ...