Robert Lyons

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Robert Lyons

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 16, 2022

Education

Associate

Matanuska-Susitna College

Bachelor's

University of Alaska, Anchorage

Personal

Birthplace

Newport News, Va.

Profession

Case manager

Contact

Campaign website

Campaign YouTube

Robert Lyons (Republican Party) (also known as Bob) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Alaska's At-Large Congressional District. He lost in the special primary on June 11, 2022.

Lyons also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Alaska's At-Large Congressional District. He lost in the primary on August 16, 2022.

Lyons completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Robert Lyons was born in Newport News, Virginia. He earned an associate degree from the Matanuska-Susitna College and a bachelor's degree from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. His career experience includes working as a behavioral health case manager, a truck driver, a construction worker, and an airline worker.

Elections

2022

Regular election

See also: United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Alaska At-large District

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Mary Peltola in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mary Peltola	55.0	137,263	7,477	Won (3)
		Sarah Palin	45.0	112,471	43,072	3
		Nicholas Begich	0.0	0	-64,499	3
		Chris Bye	0.0	0	0	2
		David Ambrose (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Jay Armstrong (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Joe Bredar (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Lady Donna Dutchess (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Sherry Mettler (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Robert Ornelas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Brad Snowden (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Ernest Thomas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mary Peltola	49.2	129,786	1,031	Won (3)
		Sarah Palin	26.3	69,399	1,069	3
		Nicholas Begich	24.5	64,499	1,994	3
		Chris Bye	0.0	0	-4,999	2
		David Ambrose (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Jay Armstrong (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Joe Bredar (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Lady Donna Dutchess (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Sherry Mettler (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Robert Ornelas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Brad Snowden (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Ernest Thomas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mary Peltola	48.7	128,755	0	Won (3)
		Sarah Palin	25.8	68,330	0	3
		Nicholas Begich	23.6	62,505	0	3
		Chris Bye	1.9	4,999	0	2
		David Ambrose (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Jay Armstrong (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Joe Bredar (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Lady Donna Dutchess (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Sherry Mettler (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Robert Ornelas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Brad Snowden (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Ernest Thomas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 264,589
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sherry Strizak (Independent)
• Tara Sweeney (R)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Alaska At-large District

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Alaska At-large District on August 16, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mary Peltola (D)	36.8	70,295
✔		Sarah Palin (R)	30.2	57,693
✔		Nicholas Begich (R)	26.2	50,021
✔		Tara Sweeney (R)	3.8	7,195
		Chris Bye (L)	0.6	1,189
		J.R. Myers (L)	0.3	531
		Robert Lyons (R)	0.2	447
	Submit photo	Jay Armstrong (R)	0.2	403
	Submit photo	Brad Snowden (R)	0.2	355
		Randy Purham (R)	0.2	311
		Lady Donna Dutchess (Independent)	0.1	270
	Submit photo	Sherry Strizak (Independent)	0.1	252
		Robert Ornelas (American Independent Party)	0.1	248
	Submit photo	Denise Williams (R)	0.1	242
		Gregg Brelsford (Independent)	0.1	241
	Submit photo	David Hughes (Independent)	0.1	238
	Submit photo	Andrew Phelps (Independent)	0.1	222
	Submit photo	Tremayne Wilson (Independent)	0.1	194
	Submit photo	Sherry Mettler (Independent)	0.1	191
	Submit photo	Silvio Pellegrini (Independent)	0.1	187
	Submit photo	Ted Heintz (Independent)	0.1	173
	Submit photo	Davis LeBlanc Jr. (R)	0.1	117

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 191,015
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tyler Cropley (Independent)
• Julio Perez (R)
• Don Young (R)
• Shannon Evans (R)
• Christopher Constant (D)
• Al Gross (Independent)
• Adam Wool (D)
• Mike Milligan (D)
• Mikel Melander (R)
• William Hibler (Independent)
• Jeff Lowenfels (Independent)
• John B. Coghill (R)
• Josh Revak (R)

Special election

Note: The state did not release vote totals for individual write-in candidates. Certified write-in candidates are listed below without vote totals.

See also: United States House of Representatives special election in Alaska, 2022

United States House of Representatives special election in Alaska, 2022 (June 11 top-four primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Alaska At-large District

Select round: Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Mary Peltola in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mary Peltola	51.5	91,266	15,467	Won (2)
		Sarah Palin	48.5	86,026	27,053	2
		Nicholas Begich	0.0	0	-53,810	1
		Chris Bye (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Lady Donna Dutchess (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Robert Ornelas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Sherry Strizak (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Tara Sweeney (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Ernest Thomas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mary Peltola	40.2	75,799	0	Won (2)
		Sarah Palin	31.3	58,973	0	2
		Nicholas Begich	28.5	53,810	0	1
		Chris Bye (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Lady Donna Dutchess (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Robert Ornelas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Sherry Strizak (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Tara Sweeney (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Ernest Thomas (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 188,582
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Al Gross (Independent)

Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Alaska At-large District

The following candidates ran in the special primary for U.S. House Alaska At-large District on June 11, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sarah Palin (R)	27.0	43,601
✔		Nicholas Begich (R)	19.1	30,861
✔		Al Gross (Independent)	12.6	20,392
✔		Mary Peltola (D)	10.1	16,265
		Tara Sweeney (R)	5.9	9,560
		Santa Claus (Independent)	4.7	7,625
		Christopher Constant (D)	3.9	6,224
		Jeff Lowenfels (Independent)	3.7	5,994
		John B. Coghill (R)	2.4	3,842
		Josh Revak (R)	2.3	3,785
	Submit photo	Andrew Halcro (Independent)	1.9	3,013
		Adam Wool (D)	1.7	2,730
	Submit photo	Emil Notti (D)	1.1	1,777
		Chris Bye (L)	0.6	1,049
	Submit photo	Mike Milligan (D)	0.4	608
		John Howe (Alaskan Independence Party)	0.2	380
	Submit photo	Laurel Foster (Independent)	0.2	338
		Stephen Wright (R)	0.2	332
	Submit photo	Jay Armstrong (R)	0.2	286
		J.R. Myers (L)	0.2	285
		Gregg Brelsford (Independent)	0.2	284
	Submit photo	Ernest Thomas (D)	0.1	199
		Robert Lyons (R)	0.1	197
	Submit photo	Otto Florschutz (R)	0.1	193
	Submit photo	Maxwell Sumner (R)	0.1	133
	Submit photo	Richard Trotter (R)	0.1	121
	Submit photo	Anne McCabe (Independent)	0.1	118
	Submit photo	John Callahan (R)	0.1	114
		Arlene Carle (Independent)	0.1	107
	Submit photo	Tim Beck (Independent)	0.1	96
	Submit photo	Thomas Gibbons (R)	0.1	94
	Submit photo	Sherry Mettler (Independent)	0.1	92
		Lady Donna Dutchess (Independent)	0.1	87
		Robert Ornelas (American Independent Party)	0.1	83
	Submit photo	Ted Heintz (L)	0.0	70
	Submit photo	Silvio Pellegrini (Independent)	0.0	70
	Submit photo	Karyn Griffin (Independent)	0.0	67
	Submit photo	David Hughes (Independent)	0.0	54
	Submit photo	Don Knight (Independent)	0.0	46
	Submit photo	Jo Woodward (R)	0.0	44
	Submit photo	Jason Williams (Independent)	0.0	37
	Submit photo	Robert Brown (Independent)	0.0	36
	Submit photo	Dennis Aguayo (Independent)	0.0	31
		William Hibler (Independent)	0.0	25
	Submit photo	Bradley Welter (R)	0.0	24
	Submit photo	David Thistle (Independent)	0.0	23
	Submit photo	Brian Beal (Independent)	0.0	19
	Submit photo	Mikel Melander (R)	0.0	17

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 161,428
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jesse Sumner (R)
• Breck Craig (Independent)
• Richard Morris (Independent)

Campaign themes

2022

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Ballotpedia survey responses

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Robert Lyons completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lyons' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Hello,

My name is Robert "Bob" Lyons. I’ve been in Alaska for most of my life, from the Delta, Greely to Fairbanks, and Bethel. That is where I met my wife Alexandria, a Yupik woman from Kipnuk on the coast. Our two children, Annemarie turning 21 and William 15 in Houston High, they both know what is at risk in the upcoming election, little rabbits have big ears. My father was military, US Army, he recently died from Agent orange/pancreatic cancer. Major Raymond E Lyons JR DO, his life dream to go to Alaska created me. I've worked in the airlines in bush Alaska throughout my twenties, got into operating truck and equipment for 15 years. I currently reside in Mat-Su Valley with my family, in the cabin I built by hand. I have hauled fuel in frozen weather and pulled bulldozers from the frozen overflows. I have helped weld floats in cold lakes and driven over the icy river road as it rumbles and groans! I have a BA in Psychology and work now with highly mentally ill transient populations. I have dragged the homeless from the frozen snow and given them blankets. I have waited hours in lines at foodbanks for people really affected directly by poor policy. I have walked day in and day out assisting schizophrenic addicts with recovery, I have put my dear Alaskan brothers in the ground.

Alaska is my home, with my neighbors, looking to our future.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• UNITE and UNTIE Washington DC control from Alaskan's FUTURE, Individuals over Entities! Alaskan control of resource decisions- we have to gain state independence from DC interests, no free people can be controlled from 3500 miles away. We Alaskans have a fundamental right to self-determination. The federal grip has led us into a stall. We must transfer power to the state.
• Veterans' travel/health protections- our brave warriors often get forgotten. They must come FIRST! Alaska's unique position detached as a state deserves special attention regarding Veterans and access to services!
• Homelessness and drug proliferation must be addressed utilizing different modalities and by coalescing agencies, demanding accountability and productivity requirements in funding. Our efforts must be combined and targeted for effect, we as a state must get on the same page.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I want to represent All Alaskans, with hard work, truth, transparency, dedication and determination. I vow a term limit, so I won't go to DC to be a part of THEIR club, or to represent the status quo, the powers that exist. I will go to represent YOU. I am adamantly pro liberty! We are known for rugged individualism here in Alaska! We are known for action here in Alaska! This great state put into law the first civil rights act in the nation, the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945. Since that moment Alaskans have held on to the belief that all the people in this state have a responsibility to each other, in our environment this is self-evident!

    I believe a new age for Alaska has come. Where we as free people can take the reins of government back from interests living far away and being ignorant of our daily lives and struggles. Begin again to break through the barriers of opinion and hold to the truths of humanity.

Don Young has been in Washington for 50 years, it is time to move on, it is necessary.
Our future does not have to be going nowhere, we can build a bridge across our state, and get moving!

A bridge to tomorrow!!

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Honest, transparent and hardworking. DETERMINED.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Be transparent with the public. Communicate with your constituency and DO what you SAY you are doing.

Stand firm for the constitution and the rule of law.
LOVE YOUR NATION, YOUR STATE, the PEOPLE you want to represent.
Use discernment in your decision making.
BE HONEST as oyu do the People's Business.

Be willing to go home and leave it after your service is done.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would want to leave office with DC having less power over Alaskan's lives than when I went in.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I remember being in class, we had the TV in the front, In January 1986, I believe, the space shuttle Challenger disaster left a huge imprint on my mind. It changed the direction of the space program and how Americans viewed it, how it was discussed to us children, I was nine at the time, and it was catastrophic to witness how despaired our populace became concerning space.
We need more exploration! More study, more, more, more!!!

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

I struggled with drinking in my early years, I no longer partake at all, but I over drank in my twenties. I lived in an off-road system rural community where alcohol was binge and bust and overdrinking was normalized, even celebrated. I witness so much heartache and pain, death. I went back to school to help people who are addicts, to help people struggling with society's ills and mental health. Made it my life, it is one real reason I seek a term in congress.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Absolutely NOT, I believe the original intent of the founders was for representatives to "serve" a term or two and go back home to their communities. This idea of "experience" in government segregates the novel and the intuitive, the innovative from the public politic. "Experience" is the propaganda used to reinforce careerism and to defend bureaucratic largess and cover corruption.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

House Ethics

Veteran's Affairs
Natural resources
Energy Commerce/Labor

Any investigative committee looking into the vaccine push, mandates, Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Fauci or Joe Biden.

Including investigating the FBIs role on January 6 and the incompetence of the congressional leadership and party leadership including GOP members.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

I have a self-imposed term limit of 2 terms, I am considering myself a safety stopgap, Alaska's Don Young has been under the influence of DC special interest for 50 years, and there is no doubt they have surrounded him with selected candidates of their choosing. I want the PEOPLE of Alaska to gain representation, as is their constitutional right.
I would vote and support a term limit bill of 3, 2-year terms max. I have signed a pledge with the US Term Limits Foundation.

Tell us your favorite joke.

Today's fave: What do you call a magic owl? Hoodini!
I go through em like wildfire.

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Alaska's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Lisa Murkowski (R)

Daniel Sullivan (R)

Representatives

Nicholas Begich (R)

Republican Party (3)