Alyse Galvin

Alyse Surratt Galvin (born July 18, 1965) is an American businesswoman, education advocate, and politician from the state of Alaska. She was an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2018 and 2020, running as a Democrat. She lost both times to incumbent Republican Don Young. She represents the 14th district in the Alaska House of Representatives.

Galvin was born in Riverside, California and grew up in Alaska. She graduated from The Bishop's School in La Jolla, a neighborhood in San Diego and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California, San Diego.

Galvin worked as a manager at the Anchorage Sheraton hotel. She is an education advocate and was a part of Bill Walker's transition team in 2014 after his election as governor of Alaska. She co-founded Great Alaska Schools which is an advocacy group for education funding.

On January 11, 2018, Galvin announced her candidacy for Alaska's at-large congressional district in the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska as an independent. Alaska held their primaries on August 27, 2018. Galvin opted to run in the Democratic primary, receiving 54.1% of the vote, beating out three other contenders. The 2018 general election was held on November 6, 2018. Galvin faced incumbent Republican Don Young. On election day Galvin won 46.7% of the vote, losing to Young.

Galvin announced that she was running again in the 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska. She said that Alaska was "ground zero for the climate crisis" and supports investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency. She opposed the Pebble Mine. However, she agreed with Young on other resource issues including oil drilling in the Arctic.

In late 2021, Galvin announced a run for the Alaska Legislature, although initially she did not specify whether she would run for a seat in the Alaska House of Representatives or the Alaska Senate, due to complications with redistricting. She chose to run for Alaska's 14th House of Representatives district against Republican candidate Nicholas Danger.

Galvin and Pat, an oil executive who served as the revenue commissioner for Governor Sarah Palin are married. They have two sons and two daughters.

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