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Robert Myers Jr. (Alaska)

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Robert Myers Jr.
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Republican Party

Alaska State Senate District Q
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Alaska State Senate District B
Successor: Jesse Kiehl
Predecessor: John B. Coghill

Compensation

Base salary

$84,000/year

Per diem

$307/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2007

Personal
Birthplace
Fairbanks, Alaska
Religion
Christian
Profession
Truck driver
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Robert Myers Jr. (Republican Party) is a member of the Alaska State Senate, representing District Q. He assumed office on January 17, 2023. His current term ends on January 19, 2027.

Myers (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Alaska State Senate to represent District Q. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Robert Myers Jr. was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, and lives in North Pole, Alaska. Myers graduated from West Valley High School in 2001. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks in 2007. Myers' career experience includes working as a truck and tour bus driver.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Myers was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Myers was assigned to the following committees:


The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Alaska State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Alaska State Senate District Q

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Robert Myers Jr. in round 1 .

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,976
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alaska State Senate District Q

Incumbent Robert Myers Jr., John D. Bennett, and Arthur Serkov advanced from the primary for Alaska State Senate District Q on August 16, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Robert Myers Jr. (R)
 
62.9
 
5,506
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John D. Bennett (Independent)
 
31.0
 
2,711
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Arthur Serkov (Alaskan Independence Party)
 
6.2
 
539

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,756
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2020

See also: Alaska State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Alaska State Senate District B

Robert Myers Jr. defeated Marna Sanford and Evan Eads (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for Alaska State Senate District B on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Robert Myers Jr.
Robert Myers Jr. (R) Candidate Connection
 
57.1
 
10,213
Image of Marna Sanford
Marna Sanford (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
37.0
 
6,612
Image of Evan Eads
Evan Eads (Independent) (Unofficially withdrew) Candidate Connection
 
5.5
 
987
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
67

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,879
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alaska State Senate District B

Robert Myers Jr. defeated incumbent John B. Coghill in the Republican primary for Alaska State Senate District B on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Robert Myers Jr.
Robert Myers Jr. Candidate Connection
 
50.2
 
1,739
Image of John B. Coghill
John B. Coghill
 
49.8
 
1,725

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 3,464
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Candidate Connection

Robert Myers Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Myers' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I was born and raised in Interior Alaska. I graduated from West Valley High School in 2001 and UAF in 2007. I was an intern in the Alaska Legislature for the 2007 session. I've been a commercial driver since 2005 and a truck driver since 2009. I'm a husband and father of three. I'm running because I can't stand by and be silent while our state sacrifices the people to allow the state to keep up business as usual.
  • Restore the PFD
  • Reduce the state budget
  • End the binding caucus
Right now, I'm passionate about finding a long-term solution to our fiscal structure. We have to find a way to shrink our government and restore the PFD without giving the legislature more incentives to raise spending again if revenue starts to rise again.
There are two basic personal principles and two basic political principles that I have always looked for in elected officials. A legislator needs the ability to listen to people, regardless of whether or not he agrees with them. There may not be agreement on the solutions offered, but a problem brought up by a resident or other government official still needs to be addressed. A legislator also needs a high level of integrity. It's too easy to get caught up in the power aspect of government and what it can do and forget the basic aspects of the job.

Politically, any elected official needs to recognize the importance of the individual and the importance of putting limits on what government can and should do. So many problems that we face as a state and as a nation occur because we expand government so much that the individual gets lost and trampled on.
I tend to see the big picture before I see the details. Most elected officials don't seem to focus much past the current year or term. I believe that I can bring some perspective to a state that hasn't had much in recent years.
According to the constitution, the most important job of the legislature is to pass the yearly budget. Nothing else happens without that. But aside from that, the job of the legislature needs to be to set the ground rules and create structures to hold people accountable so that the private sector can thrive and drive our state forward.
I want to see a state where the options for a successful career aren't limited to government or oil and gas. I want to see a state where more people are owners, not just employees. I want to see a state where the most difficult thing we deal with is our climate, not our government.
My first job was delivering newspapers. I stayed at if for about a year, including through a full Fairbanks winter.
Other than size and term of office, there is very little difference between the House and Senate in this state. The federal Senate holds a lot of power because of the ability to approve judges and treaties. The state doesn't approve treaties, and our judges aren't passed through the legislature at all.
It's important to have experience from as many walks of life as possible in the legislature. We need a few people who have been in government to remind us of how the process works and how the directives of the legislature are likely to be interpreted by the executive branch. But we can't have so many that it forgets that the legislature affects all of private life as well. Experience cuts both ways there.
Our immediate challenge will be getting our state's budget in order. The challenge immediately after that, and which could easily take a decade or more, will be creating a climate which will allow for more economic growth and diversity in the private sector.
The legislature sets the budget and broad policy goals. The governor carries out those goals and sees that money is spent wisely. Ideally, there should be enough communication between the two that the governor can get the legislature to change the budget and policy language when execution of the goals doesn't meet original expectations. The governor can also remind the legislators of the good of the state rather than just the good of their individual districts.
For good or ill, relationships are the grease that help smooth legislation along. We'd like to think that legislators simply work on logic and evidence, but that's just not human nature. Relationships are necessary, especially in a small state with a small legislative body like Alaska.
The current process that Alaska has for redistricting is about the best we can hope for. We have the restrictions of trying to keep districts compact and following natural boundaries already in law that help prevent gerrymandering. Unfortunately, like any process that involves humans, there are opportunities for manipulation and corruption. There will also always be allegations of manipulation or corruption because somebody will be unhappy.
If elected, I would like to be on the transportation, state affairs, and labor and commerce committees. I'm a truck driver, so transportation is what I'm most familiar with. The state affairs committee deals with state and federal relationships, among other things. So much of what needs to be accomplished in this state will require working with the federal government that I want to have a voice in those issues. The labor and commerce committee will likely be the place where most bills that set policy for economic development end up and will drive the state forward in the long run.
As a new legislator, I have no interest in leadership yet. I need to get my feet under me and work through some of my priorities as a lawmaker before taking on that role. If I'm still there in two or four years, I might consider it.
I have no interest in running for governor. My talents and my heart are in the legislative branch. If I wanted to run for higher office, I would run for Congress, but that is a long way in the future if it happens at all.

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Campaign finance summary

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Robert Myers Jr. campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Alaska State Senate District QWon general$10,442 $13,255
2020Alaska State Senate District BWon general$50,135 N/A**
Grand total$60,577 $13,255
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Alaska Department of Elections, “Robert H. Jr. Myers – Senate District B Senator – Republican Nominee,” accessed December 24, 2020
    2. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 16, 2020

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Jesse Kiehl (D)     		Alaska State Senate District Q
    2023-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    John B. Coghill (R)     		Alaska State Senate District B
    2021-2023    		 Succeeded by
    Jesse Kiehl (D)


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