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Shelley Hughes
American politician (born 1958)
Shelley Hughes (born January 6, 1958, in Canton, Ohio)[1] is an American politician and a Republican member of the Alaska Senate, serving since 2017. Hughes was previously a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from January 18, 2013, until January 22, 2017, representing District F.[2]
Shelley Hughes | |
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| Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate | |
| In office January 19, 2021 – January 17, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Lyman Hoffman |
| Succeeded by | Cathy Giessel |
| Member of the Alaska Senate from the F district | |
| Assumed office January 22, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Stoltze |
| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 11 district | |
| In office April 30, 2012 – January 22, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Gatto |
| Succeeded by | DeLena Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-01-06) January 6, 1958 (age 66) Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Cuyahoga Community College University of Alaska, Anchorage (BA) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Hughes has an AA from Cuyahoga Community College and a BA from the University of Alaska.[3]
Alaska House of Representatives
Hughes was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 2012, beating Daniel Hamm in the primary.[4]
Alaska Senate
Hughes was first elected to the Alaska Senate in its 2016 election. In 2021, she was chosen to be the majority leader of the Alaska Senate.
Health care
In September 2021, Hughes was part of a panel of Alaska legislators focused on health care. Hughes argued that Alaska was "the highest cost location on the globe" for the cost of drug and medical treatment, and said she was looking at pharmacy benefit management and increased price transparency as ways to keep costs down.[5]
Transgender athletes
In May 2021, Hughes introduced a bill into the Alaska Senate that would ban transgender women and girls from playing in women's sports. The bill required that public schools, or private schools with teams that compete against public schools, have gender-segregated sporting teams and that any participant on the girls' team "must be female, based on the participant's biological sex."[6] Because the bill was introduced in the final few weeks of the legislative session, Hughes announced that she would push for it in the next legislative session instead.[6]
Hughes' husband, Roger, is a veteran of the Vietnam War. She has four children.[3]
2020
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Shelley Hughes | 4,759 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 4,759 | 100.0% | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Shelley Hughes | 14,751 | 71.3% | |
| Democratic | Jim Cooper | 4,904 | 23.7% | |
| Other | Gavin S. Christiansen | 998 | 4.8% | |
| Other | Write-ins | 29 | 0.1% | |
| Total votes | 10,829 | 100.0% | ||
2016
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Shelley Hughes | 2,186 | 48.09% | |
| Republican | Adam Crum | 1,885 | 41.47% | |
| Republican | Steve St. Clair | 475 | 10.45% | |
| Total votes | 4,546 | 100.0% | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Shelley Hughes | 12,284 | 69.69% | |
| Other | Tim Hale | 4,750 | 27.7% | |
| Other | Write-ins | 92 | 0.54% | |
| Total votes | 10,829 | 100.0% | ||
2014
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Shelley Hughes | 3,402 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 3,402 | 100.0% | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Shelley Hughes | 5,268 | 69.69% | |
| Democratic | Pete LaFrance | 2,275 | 30.10% | |
| Other | Write-ins | 16 | 0.21% | |
| Total votes | 7,559 | 100.0% | ||
2012
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Shelley Hughes | 1,819 | 71.9% | |
| Republican | Daniel H. Hamm | 709 | 28.1% | |
| Total votes | 2,522 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Shelley Hughes | 6,183 | 95.6% | |
| Other | Write-ins | 282 | 4.4% | |
| Total votes | 6,465 | 100.0 | ||
- "Shelley Hughes". Juneau, Alaska: Alaska Legislature. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- "Representative Shelley Hughes' Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- "State of Alaska 2012 Primary Election August 28, 2012 Official Results". Juneau, Alaska: State of Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- Kispert, Ethan (September 20, 2021). "Legislative Democrats and Republicans discuss health care now and in the future". State of Reform. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- Bohrer, Becky (May 13, 2021). "Alaska bill would bar transgender girls from female sports". AP News. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- "2020 primary election" (PDF). Juneau, Alaska. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- "2020 general election" (PDF). Juneau, Alaska: State of Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- "2016 primary election". Juneau, Alaska: State of Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- "2016 general election". Juneau, Alaska: State of Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- "2014 primary election". Juneau, Alaska: State of Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- "2014 general election". Juneau, Alaska: State of Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- "State of Alaska 2012 Primary Election August 28, 2012 Official Results". Juneau, Alaska: State of Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- "State of Alaska 2012 General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results". Juneau, Alaska: State of Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
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| Preceded by | Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate 2021–2023 |
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