Mia Costello

Mia Costello
Alaska House of Representatives District 20
Incumbent
In office
January 24, 2011-Present
Term ends
January 26, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$50,400/year
Per diem	$238 or $253/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	Harvard University, 1990
Master's	University of Alaska Southeast, 1997
Personal
Place of birth	Anchorage, AK
Profession	Instructor
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Mia Costello is a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing District 20 since 2011.

Costello graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Government. She then earned her Teaching Certificate/MA in Teaching from the University of Alaska Southeast.

Costello has worked in the following positions: owner of a public relations consulting business, Deputy Director of Communications for the Office of Governor Murkowski of the State of Alaska, public information officer for the Media Support Center of the Office of Governor Walter Hickel of the State of Alaska, teacher at Service High School and Juneau-Douglas High School, account executive for Bradley/Reid Communications, and aide to Representative Norm Rokeberg of the Alaska House. She is currently employed as an instructor for Nine Star Education and Employment Services.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Costello served on the following committees:

Alaska Committee Assignments, 2013
• Finance

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Costello served on the following committees:

Alaska Committee Assignments, 2011
• Finance

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

Costello's campaign website lists the following issues:

• A strong, diverse Alaska economy that is open for business.

Excerpt: "Mia has worked hard to promote tourism and support industries and to encourage the development of our natural resources such as oil & gas, mining, timber and fishing."

• A long-term energy plan.

Excerpt: "We should encourage exploration at a time when our oil revenues are declining so that our North Slope oil keeps working for Alaska. Mia has worked to bring our natural gas to markets and encourage viable clean energy projects."

• Government accountability.

Excerpt: "Mia will work on a long-term fiscal plan and she will keep government small. She believes in saving for a rainy day."

• Education for all students.

Excerpt: "Mia is an award-winning high school government teacher and has worked with disadvantaged youths who are behind in reading and writing. Mia will base education policy on “best practices” – what has been shown to garner results in our classrooms."

• Supporting our Military.

Excerpt: "Mia’s father served in World War II and she believes in supporting military members and their families."

Elections

2012

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2012

Costello ran for re-election in the 2012 election for Alaska House of Representatives District 20. She defeated Tamara Von Gemmingen in the August 28, 2012, Republican primary. The general election took place on November 6, 2012. Costello won re-election in the general election.

Alaska House of Representatives, District 20, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mia Costello Incumbent	70.6%	5,134
	Democratic	Michelle Scannell	29.1%	2,117
	Write-in	Write-in	0.3%	23
Total Votes				7,274

Alaska House of Representatives, District 20 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mia Costello Incumbent	80.6%	1,820
Tamara Von Gemmingen	19.4%	437
Total Votes		2,257

2010

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2010

Costello was unopposed in the August 24 primary. She defeated incumbent Democrat Bob Buch in the November 2 general election.

Alaska House of Representatives District 27 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Mia Costello (R)		3,696
Bob Buch (D)		2,873

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Costello raised $89,808 in contributions.

Her five largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
Alaska Republican Party	$8,500
Costello, Mia	$5,505
Capital City Republican Women	$4,040
Anchorage Republican Womens Club	$2,000
Bp Alaska	$2,000

Personal

Costello and her husband Andrew Billings have two children.

Recent news

This section displays the most recent stories in a google news search for the term "Mia + Costello + Alaska + House"

Mia Costello News Feed

• Alaska Ear: Spelchek (5/19/2013) - Anchorage Daily News

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
• House website
• Project Vote Smart Biography
• Project Vote Legislative profile
• Campaign contributions 2010
• Mia Costello on Twitter

References

Political offices
Preceded by -	Alaska House of Representatives District 20 2013–present	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by Bob Buch (D)	Alaska House of Representatives District 27 2011–2013	Succeeded by Mike Hawker (R)