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Gary Stevens
President of the Alaska Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office January 17, 2023
Preceded by	Peter Micciche
In office January 20, 2009 – January 15, 2013
Preceded by	Lyda Green
Succeeded by	Charlie Huggins
Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate
In office January 17, 2005 – January 19, 2009
Preceded by	Ben Stevens
Succeeded by	Johnny Ellis
Member of the Alaska Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office February 19, 2003
Preceded by	Alan Austerman
Constituency	R (2003-15) P (2015-23) C (since 2023)
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
In office January 8, 2001 – February 19, 2003
Preceded by	Alan Austerman
Succeeded by	Dan Ogg
Constituency	6 (2001-03), 36 (2003)
Personal details
Born	(1941-08-21) August 21, 1941 (age 83) McMinnville, Oregon, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Rita
Education	Linfield University (BA) University of Oregon (MFA, PhD)

Gary Lee Stevens (born August 21, 1941) is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate since his appointment in February 2003. Stevens represents Kodiak Island, the southern Kenai Peninsula including Homer and Seward, and Cordova. He was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2001 through 2003. Stevens is the current president of the Alaska Senate since 2023, an office he previously held from 2009 to 2013. In both of Stevens' terms as Senate president, he has led a bipartisan majority coalition of Democrats and Republicans. In 2023, he authored a play about former Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, "Uncle Ted".

Education

• Linfield (College) University, B.A. 1959
• University of Oregon, M.F.A. 1961
• University of Oregon, Ph.D. 1982
• Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Leadership Certificate 2006 and 2018

References

1. "Senate District C: Gary Lee Stevens". Homer News. 2022-10-12. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
2. "Alaska State Legislature". www.akleg.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
3. "Alaska Democrats, Republicans Form Coalition Senate Majority". U.S. News & World Report. November 25, 2022.
4. Beacon, Alaska; Beacon, Yereth Rosen, Alaska (2022-11-28). "In new bipartisan Alaska Senate majority of 17, members vow compromise and consensus". KTOO. Retrieved 2023-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. Hunter, Don (November 7, 2008). "Stevens, Chenault to lead Senate, House". Anchorage Daily News. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
6. Mancl, Casandra (2023-09-30). "'Uncle Ted' theater drama makes its way to the stage". www.alaskasnewssource.com. Retrieved 2024-08-24.

External links

• Alaska State Legislature – Senator Gary Stevens official government website
• Alaska Senate Majority – Senator Gary Stevens official government website
• Project Vote Smart – Senator Gary Stevens (AK) profile
• Follow the Money – Gary L Stevens
  • 2006 2004 2002 2000 1996 campaign contributions
• Gary Stevens at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

v t e Statewide political officials of Alaska
U.S. senators	Lisa Murkowski Dan Sullivan
U.S. representative	Mary Peltola, At-large representative
State government	Mike Dunleavy, Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, Lieutenant Governor Treg Taylor, Attorney General (appointed) Adam Crum, Revenue Commissioner (appointed)
State Senate	Gary Stevens, President Cathy Giessel, Majority Leader Shelley Hughes, Minority Leader
State House	Cathy Tilton, Speaker Dan Saddler, Majority Leader Calvin Schrage, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Peter J. Maassen, Chief Justice Susan M. Carney Dario Borghesan Jennifer S. Henderson Jude Pate, Associate Justices

v t e Presidents of the Alaska Senate
Territorial (1912–59)	Ray Sutherland Hubbard Frawley Sundback Hunt Ayer Howard Steel Hess Shattuck Hess Brunelle Walker Roden Cochran Coffey Nerland Engebreth Jones Nolan Rivers
State (since 1959)	Beltz Peratrovich McNealy Butrovich Phillips Hammond T. Miller Croft Rader Tillion Kerttula Bennett Faiks T. Kelly Eliason Halford Pearce M. Miller Pearce Halford Therriault B. Stevens Green G. Stevens Huggins Meyer P. Kelly Giessel Micciche G. Stevens

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