Anna MacKinnon
Anna MacKinnon (formerly
Fairclough; born November 11, 1957) is an American
Republican politician who is formerly a member of the
Alaska Senate, representing District G from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, she served in the
Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 17th district, from 2007 to 2013. In the
26th Alaska State Legislature, she was a member of the House Finance Committee, and chair of the Education & Early Development, Labor & Workforce Development and the University Of Alaska Finance Subcommittees. She also represented Eagle River and
Chugiak on the Anchorage
Assembly from 1999 until being elected to the House. She was elected to each of these offices by defeating an incumbent in the election; her Assembly victory was over incumbent Ted Carlson, better known as the
Anchorage police officer who arrested actor
Steve McQueen in 1972. Her House victory came in the 2006 primary over incumbent
Pete Kott, who by that point was involved in what became known as the
Alaska political corruption probe, and who was later sentenced to federal prison. The probe also saw other longtime legislators leave office. Her Senate victory in 2012 came over longtime legislator
Bettye Davis, who faced not only redistricting but a primary election challenge from former House member and congressional candidate
Harry Crawford, whom Davis narrowly outpolled.
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