Nancy Dahlstrom
Nancy Dahlstrom | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of Alaska Department of Corrections | |
| Assumed office December 5, 2018 | |
| Governor | Mike Dunleavy |
| Preceded by | Dean Williams |
| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 18th district | |
| In office January 21, 2003 – May 31, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | none - newly created district (redistricting)[1] |
| Succeeded by | Dan Saddler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 13, 1957 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | A. Kit Dahlstrom |
| Children | Colby, Shayna, Misty, Matt |
| Residence | Eagle River, Alaska |
| Alma mater | University of LaVerne |
Nancy Dahlstrom is a former Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 18th district. She was appointed to the House at the beginning of the legislative session in 2003 when the representative-elect, Lisa Murkowski, was appointed to her father's U.S. Senate seat.[2] Dahlstrom resigned her House seat to take a position in the administration of Governor Sean Parnell, then resigned from that position after less than a month when constitutional issues arose.
Legislative career[]
Dahlstrom was serving as Co-Chair of the Armed Services Committee, Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee and the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee, and was a member of the Economic Development, Trade & Tourism Special Committee and the Energy Special Committee. She also served on the Environmental Conservation, Health & Social Services, Military & Veterans' Affairs and the Public Safety Finance Subcommittees, for the 26th Legislature.[3] She spoke publicly while campaigning about reducing crime, both in her district and in the entire state of Alaska.[4]
Personal life[]
Representative Dahlstrom has a husband: Kit and four children and nine grandchildren. Nancy Dahlstrom graduated from the Skyview High School, Smithfield, Utah in 1975, received her Associate of Science in 1992 and her Bachelor of Science in 1994 for Human Services and Business from Wayland Baptist University, and received her Master's degree in Organization Management and Human Resource from University of LaVerne in 1997.[5]
References[]
- ^ Lisa Murkowski was the incumbent representative from the 14th District, and following redistricting and the subsequent 2002 elections, the representative-elect from the 18th District. However, Murkowski did not actually serve as representative from the 18th District due to her appointment to the United States Senate. Dahlstrom, who Murkowski defeated in the 2002 primary election, was appointed to the seat on the first day of the , following Murkowski's appointment.
- ^ http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Nancy_Dahlstrom
- ^ http://housemajority.org/dahlstrom/index.php
- ^ newsengin (2018-10-26). "Candidate Q&A: House District 13 - Nancy Dahlstrom vs. Danyelle Kimp". The Alaska Star. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ http://house.legis.state.ak.us/rep.php?id=dal
External links[]
- Alaska State House Majority Site
- Alaska State Legislature Biography
- Project Vote Smart profile
- Nancy Dahlstrom at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
- 1957 births
- Alaska Republicans
- Living people
- Members of the Alaska House of Representatives
- Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska
- Politicians from Baltimore
- Women state legislators in Alaska
- 21st-century American politicians
- 21st-century American women politicians