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Roger Holland
Roger Holland (Republican Party) was a member of the Alaska State Senate, representing District N. He assumed office on January 19, 2021. He left office on January 17, 2023.
Holland (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Alaska State Senate to represent District E. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Holland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Roger Holland was born in Louisiana.[1] Holland served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve from 1991 to 2021. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of New Orleans in 1985. Holland's career experience includes working as a state metrologist with the State of Alaska Metrology Lab.[2]
Holland has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association
- US Coast Guard Auxiliary
- US Power Squadron
- Reserve Organization of America
- American Legion
- Veterans of Foreign War
- Chief Petty Officer Association
- Knights of Columbus
- National Rifle Association
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2021-2022
Holland was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Judiciary Committee, Chair
- Senate Education Committee, Chair
- Senate Labor & Commerce Committee, Vice chair
- Senate State Affairs Committee
- Armed Services Committee
Sponsored legislation
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 E
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Catherine Giessel 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.
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Total votes: 16,705 |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Alaska State Senate District E
Catherine Giessel, Roselynn Cacy, and incumbent Roger Holland advanced from the primary for Alaska State Senate District E on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Catherine Giessel (R) | 35.6 | 4,441 |
| ✔ |  | Roselynn Cacy (D) | 33.7 | 4,195 |
| ✔ |  | Roger Holland (R) | 30.7 | 3,823 |
| Total votes: 12,459 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Anthony Cox (R)
2020
See also: Alaska State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Alaska State Senate District N
Roger Holland defeated Carl Johnson, Carolyn Clift, and Lynette Hinz in the general election for Alaska State Senate District N on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roger Holland (R) | 49.7 | 10,512 |
 | Carl Johnson (D) | 45.6 | 9,650 | |
 | Carolyn Clift (Independent) | 4.6 | 965 | |
| Lynette Hinz (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 40 | ||
| Total votes: 21,167 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Alaska State Senate District N
Roger Holland defeated incumbent Catherine Giessel in the Republican primary for Alaska State Senate District N on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roger Holland | 64.2 | 3,687 |
| Catherine Giessel | 35.8 | 2,055 | |
| Total votes: 5,742 | |||
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Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary election
Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary for Alaska State Senate District N
Carl Johnson defeated Lynette Hinz in the Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary for Alaska State Senate District N on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carl Johnson | 54.1 | 2,247 |
| Lynette Hinz | 45.9 | 1,907 | ||
| Total votes: 4,154 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Roger Holland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Holland's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Passing a fiscal plan that will include both a realistic spending cap and a PFD formula protected by the Constitution.
- Continue work on education issues, including teacher retention and recruitment, high school credit for college and trade schools, and more.
- Continue working on criminal law bills updating statutes involving sexual assault and human- and sex-trafficking.
Sadly, Alaska is first in the nation in recreational boating fatalities, and boating safety education is an important public policy issue. With more coastline than all other states combined, Alaska is the only coastal state with no required boating safety education requirement, and I think we could introduce something similar to the successful hunter education program.
In the wake of the Carter presidency, Reagan's policies stimulated economic growth, curbed inflation, increased employment, and strengthen national defense. He pursued cutting taxes and Government expenditures.
Reagan overhauled the income tax code, and the U.S. enjoyed its longest recorded period of peacetime prosperity without recession or depression.
Establishing a sound fiscal policy in Alaska.
Fiscal Reform. Alaska constantly drifts between "Boom and Bust" cycles. By enacting a real spending cap and instituting real controls on our state spending, Alaska's fiscal outlook would improve greatly.
Drawback - Lack of oversight of a "second set of eyes" to vet and develop legislation.
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2020
Roger Holland did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
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2022
In 2022, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 18 to May 18.
2021
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In 2021, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 19 to May 19.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Alaska State Senate District E |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roger Holland for Alaska, “Home Page,” accessed December 24, 2020 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Alaska State Legislature, "Senator Roger Holland," accessed February 3, 2021
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| Preceded by Catherine Giessel (R) |
Alaska State Senate District N 2021-2023 |
Succeeded by David S. Wilson (R) |
