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17 of 20 Alaska senators are in the majority. What about the other 3?
Two of three outside the supermajority do not have standing committee assignments.
Alaska House elects a speaker, Republican Rep. Cathy Tilton
In recent years it’s taken the House much longer — as much as five weeks — to organize.
Alaska Legislature convenes with deadlock reigning in the House and the Senate jumping ahead
The House will reconvene at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with a possible vote for speaker.
Days before legislative session starts, Alaska House is again without a coalition
This is the third time in a row in which the House has begun the session without leadership.
Alaska’s former House speaker Edgmon on current disorganization: ‘We just don’t know’
Alaska’s 33rd legislative session convenes next week. And while the state Senate is organized, the House is not.