David Schaff (Alaska)
David Schaff (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Alaska House of Representatives to represent District 9. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Schaff completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
David Schaff earned a law degree from Northeastern University in 1975. He has been retired.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Alaska House of Representatives District 9
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Laddie Shaw in round 1 .
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Total votes: 9,821 |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 9
Incumbent Laddie Shaw and David Schaff advanced from the primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 9 on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Laddie Shaw (R) | 54.6 | 4,112 |
| ✔ |  | David Schaff (D) | 45.4 | 3,420 |
| Total votes: 7,532 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rick Castillo (R)
Endorsements
To view Schaff's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Schaff completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Schaff's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I first fell in love with Alaska when I visited my uncle, a geology professor and dean at Alaska Methodist University (now APU). Alaska drew me back; my wife Susan and I have called this great state home for more than 20 years. Here in Alaska, I worked as a a Resident Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board. My earlier career in law included serving as an Attorney Adviser to the Chairman of the NLRB, clerk for A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., former chief, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the White House.
- The last four years have been brutal for public education, what with the pandemic and the governor’s frequent funding cuts, needless budget battles, and attempts to undermine our school systems. Is it any wonder that Alaska loses its top teaching talent year after year? I will seek every avenue to secure stable, predictable funding every year. I will work to reform teachers’ pensions and benefits so we can keep the educators we already have.
- Alaska is ranked dead last among the 50 states for doing business (2021 CNBC). Why? Living in the Greatland does not compensate for underfunded public schools and universities, inadequate infrastructure, and political instability. That means we’re unable to attract and retain skilled workers. That means we’re unable to attract new businesses. We have a chance to bring our infrastructure into the 21st century. We can modernize the Port of Alaska and provide for affordable high-speed internet. We have the chance to invest in our people by expanding apprenticeships and other vocational education opportunities, working to make health care and housing affordable, and reforming Alaska’s benefits and pension systems to keep our talent here.
- In Anchorage and across Alaska, we are seeing the negative impacts of a massive housing shortage. In 2021, Anchorage’s vacancy rate for housing decreased to 4.3%, and we are seeing this trend across the state. Anchorage needs to prioritize building housing units to address this severe need, creating high-quality jobs in the process.
We need real leadership. We need real change. We deserve real change. You can count on me to be that leader.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 31, 2022
