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Doug Isaacson

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Doug Isaacson
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Prior offices
Mayor North Pole City Council

Alaska House of Representatives District 1

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Contact

Doug Isaacson is a former Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing District 1 from 2013 to 2015.

He was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 3 of the Alaska House of Representatives.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

Alaska committee assignments, 2013
State Affairs
Transportation, Vice chair
Energy, Co-chair
Armed Services

Campaign themes

2012

Isaacson's campaign website listed the following issues:[1]

  • High Cost of Energy
Excerpt: " I have long advocated to elected officials, to groups and in opinion pieces published across the state that the Interior and Rural Alaskan Energy Crisis may be quickly quenched, even BEFORE this winter—without expensive infrastructure, expensive switch-overs, or expensive one-time taxable benefits to residents"
  • Top Policy Issue
Excerpt: "My top policy issue is stated in Alaska Constitution Article 8, Section 2 and 12 “The legislature shall provide for the utilization, development, and conservation of all natural resources belonging to the State, including land and waters, for the maximum benefit of its people,” including the issuance of leases"
  • Oil Taxes
Excerpt: "Alaska has one of the highest combined tax rates on oil production on the planet. While the State gives generous credits for exploration, it needs to go further and reduce production taxes in order to spur production competition. "
  • Fiscal Responsibility
Excerpt: "Current spending levels are NOT sustainable. The operating budget needs to be trimmed but an emphasis must be placed on growing the private sector and the diversification of the economy, therefore the capital budget needs to have an emphasis on municipalities, access and energy."
  • Reduce the Budget
Excerpt: "Cut spending, reduce burden on the private sector, if we must use the CBR. Revenues go upside down partly because we rely on one source of income and we try to pay everyone’s bills. Alaska Constitution, Article 8, requires the State to encourage the settlement of (all) the land and the Legislature to “provide for the utilization, development” of our resources."

Elections

2014

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Alaska House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 19, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Sharron J. Hunter was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while District 2 incumbent Tammie Wilson defeated District 1 incumbent Doug Isaacson in the Republican primary. Wilson defeated Hunter in the general election.[2][3][4][5]

Alaska House of Representatives, District 3, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTammie Wilson Incumbent 79.6% 4,562
     Democratic Sharron J. Hunter 20.4% 1,171
Total Votes 5,733

2012

See also: Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2012

Isaacson won election in the 2012 election for Alaska House of Representatives District 1. He advanced past the August 28, 2012 Republican primary and defeated Janice Golub (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7][8]

Alaska House of Representatives, District 1, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Isaacson 78.1% 5,428
     Democratic Janice Golub 21.9% 1,525
Total Votes 6,953
Alaska House of Representatives, District 1 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Isaacson 34.1% 770
Paul Brown 27.3% 616
Lynette Bergh 24.7% 559
David Gardner 13.9% 314
Total Votes 2,259

Campaign finance summary


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Doug Isaacson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Alaska State House, District 1Won $21,815 N/A**
Grand total$21,815 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2014

In 2014, the 28th Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 21 to April 20.

Legislators are scored by the Alaska Business Report Card on "how supportive they are of Alaska’s private business sector."[9]
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


2013


Recent news

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Alaska House of Representatives District 1
2013–2015
Succeeded by
Scott Kawasaki (D)


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