Vince Beltrami
Vince Beltrami was a 2016 Independent candidate for District N of the Alaska State Senate.
Beltrami is the president of the Alaska AFL-CIO, which is a labor union under the direction of the national AFL-CIO.
Career
Beltrami earned an A.A. from Glendale Community College in 1983. After that, he finished his general studies at the University of San Diego in 1984 before completing a B.A. in journalism and communications at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.[1]
From 1998 to 2003, Beltrami worked as a business agent for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1547.[1][2]
In 2003, Beltrami became the executive director of the NECA-IBEW Apprenticeship Program, which trains workers in the electrical and telecommunications industries.[1][3]
Executive president of Alaska AFL-CIO
Beltrami was elected executive president of Alaska AFL-CIO in 2006 and re-elected to a second four-year term in August 2010. The Alaska AFL-CIO is the largest labor organization in the state of Alaska and "is responsible for legislative advocacy, public relations and communications" on behalf of organized labor policy goals.[2][1]
He also serves as chairman of the Putting Alaska First Committee, a Super PAC formed in 2010.[4]
In January 2016, the Alaska Dispatch News reported that Beltrami was a co-chair of "Alaska's Future," a campaign that aims to convince state legislators to use "the Permanent Fund to address the state’s budget crisis."[5]
Campaign themes
2016
Beltrami's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
Standing Up For A Sustainable State Budget
Standing Up for Alaskans
Standing Up for Jobs
|
” |
| —Vince Beltrami[7] | ||
Elections
2016
- See also: Alaska State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Alaska State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 16, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.
Incumbent Catherine A. Giessel defeated Vince Beltrami in the Alaska State Senate District N general election.[8][9]
| Alaska State Senate, District N General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Catherine A. Giessel Incumbent |
52.18% | 9,570 | |
| Independent | Vince Beltrami | 47.82% | 8,772 | |
| Total Votes | 18,342 | |||
| Source: Alaska Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Catherine A. Giessel ran unopposed in the Alaska State Senate District N Republican Primary.[10][11]
| Alaska State Senate, District N Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Catherine A. Giessel Incumbent (unopposed) | |
See also
- Alaska
- AFL-CIO
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Alaska State Senate
- Alaska State Senate District N
- Alaska State Senate elections, 2016
- Alaska State Legislature
External links
- Vince Beltrami's Personal Website
- Vince Beltrami on Twitter
- Alaska AFL-CIO Website
- Alaska's Future
- Alaska Legislature
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Linkedin, "Vince Beltrami," accessed October 22, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alaska AFL-CIO, "Staff," accessed January 25, 2016
- ↑ Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Trust, "Welcome," accessed October 22, 2015
- ↑ McClatchy DC, "Alaska labor unions take advantage of Citizens United ruling," November 26, 2012
- ↑ Alaska Dispatch News, "Alaska budget-reform coalition adds allies and ramps up Juneau lobbying effort," January 23, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Beltrami for Alaska, "Issues," accessed September 26, 2016
- ↑ State of Alaska Division of Elections, "November 8, 2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Alaska Secretary of State, "General Election Official Results 2016," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ State of Alaska Division of Elections, "August 16, 2016 Primary Candidate List," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ State of Alaska Division of Elections, "2016 Primary Election results," accessed September 12, 2016
