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Alaska's Motto:  "North to the Future"
Alaska's Nickname:  "The Last Frontier"

Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867 and became an organized territory in 1912.  The territory entered the Union and became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.

Russia nicknamed the region the "The Greatland" meaning not one land, but many.
As even casual visitors to the region can attest, the Russian designation bolshaia zeml'a - the "Great Land" - is no misnomer.  In truth, Alaska is not one land, but many.  The distances are so immense and the diversity of terrain and climate so extreme that the Secretary of State Seward predicted in an 1869 speech in Sitka that the region might have to be admitted to the Union as several states.  Today some Alaska residents - far removed from the hub of the state government in Juneau - might complain that his advice should have been heeded - Harry Ritter, Alaska History
 

• Alaska State Web Site

• Russia/Us Treaty, 1867

• A Brief History of Alaska Statehood (1867-1959)

• Alaska Statehood Act - July 7, 1958

• Alaska State and Local Governments

• Another Resource to State Government

• The Alaska State Constitution

• Alaska State House

• Alaska State Senate

• Alaska State Legislature (infobase) 
• For Tracking Legislative Bills and General Information

• Bill Action and Status Inquiry System (BASIS)

• Alaska Vital Records

• Alaska Veteran Affairs

• Alaska Division of Elections

• Election FAQs

• 1996 Presidential General Election Results for Alaska  from Matt Brooks' Research

• Alaska Department of Natural Resources

• Alaska Permanent Fund

• Alaska's Ombudsman*

• Alaska Consumer Protections Home Page

• Alaska Department of Law

• Alaska Division of Oil and Gas

• History of Alaska's Political Parties

• How the Electoral College Works

• Electoral College Facts  Article by Phyllis Schlafly

We have Six Alaska Political Parties in our state.   The following parties are currently recognized political parties in Alaska and are listed here with their contact information:

ALASKAN INDEPENDENCE PARTY
Mark Chryson, Chair
Paul Chizmar, Treasurer
(907) 376-8285
e-mail: secretary@akip.org
Party's web site: http://www.akip.org

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ALASKA
Christopher Cooke, Chair
(907) 258-3050
e-mail: adp@alaska.net
Party's web site: http://www.alaska.net/~adp

GREEN PARTY OF ALASKA
Rachel Garcia and Chris Kutsch, Co-Chairs
(907) 27GREEN or 274-7336
e-mail: greenak@ak.net
Party's web site: http://www.alaskagreens.org

LIBERTARIAN PARTY
Len Karpinski
(907) 248-4367
e-mail: warmgun@ak.net
Party's web site: http://www.alaska-libertarian.org

REPUBLICAN MODERATE PARTY, INC.
Ray Metcalfe, Chair
(907) 344-4514
e-mail: RMPAK@aol.com

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ALASKA
Randolph A. Ruedrich, Chair
(907) 276-4467
e-mail: raraep@gci.net
Party's web site: http://www.alaskarepublicans.com
 

Links for Alaska State Senators and Congressman:

Alaska has one Congressman, Don Young, click on his name to access his web site.

Alaska has two Senators, *1 Ted Stevens and  *2Frank Murkowski

1.  Senator Ted Steven's does not have a web site.
2.  By clicking on Senator Frank Murkowski's name you can access his web site.

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