Andrew Halcro
{{Short description|American politician and businessman (born 1964)}}
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| name = Andrew Halcro
| image = Andrew Halcro.webp
| caption = Halcro in 2014
| state_house = Alaska
| state = Alaska
| district = 12th
| term_start = 1998
| term_end = 2003
| preceded = Mark Hanley
| succeeded = John Harris
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|09|20}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| party = Independent (since 2006)
Republican (until 2006)
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| children = 2
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Andrew Halcro (born September 20, 1964) is an American politician and businessman from Anchorage, Alaska. Formerly a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, he ran for Governor of Alaska as an independent candidate in the 2006 election, placing third with 9.46 percent of the vote.
Early life and education
Halcro was born in San Francisco, California on September 20, 1964. After graduating from East Anchorage High School, he attended Willamette University and the University of Alaska Anchorage.{{cite web|url=http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=727|title=Andrew Halcro|accessdate=December 7, 2018|work=100 Years of Alaska's Legislature}}{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/1998/98H12H.HTM|title=House District 12: Andrew J. Halcro, Republican|accessdate=December 7, 2018|publisher=Alaska Division of Elections|year=1998|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630134057/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/1998/98H12H.HTM|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Alaska State Legislature|url=http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/21?code=HAC|website=www.akleg.gov|access-date=2020-05-26}}
Career
=Business career=
Halcro was director of sales and marketing for Avis Rent a Car of Alaska and a board member of the Avis Licensee Association from 1990. From 2002 he was president of Avis Alaska. He stepped down as president and chief executive officer when he launched his 2006 gubernatorial campaign, but returned to the company following the election.{{cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/anchorage/article/andrew-halcro-outspoken-leader/2015/03/20/|title=Andrew Halcro: Outspoken former chamber president sees city economy in big-picture terms|date=March 19, 2015|accessdate=December 8, 2018|work=Anchorage Daily News|first=Devin|last=Kelly}}
=Alaska House of Representatives=
In 1998, he ran for the Alaska House of Representatives as a Republican, winning both the primary and the general election. In 2000, he won the Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election. He did not seek re-election in 2002.
=Gubernatorial race=
Halcro ran for Governor of Alaska in 2006 as an independent candidate. His gubernatorial campaign emphasised community health, economic wellbeing, the state's marketing efforts and small business.{{cite web|url=https://www.alaskajournal.com/community/2006-10-01/where-candidates-stand-andrew-halcro|title=Where the candidates stand: Andrew Halcro|date=September 30, 2006|accessdate=December 7, 2018|work=Alaska Journal of Commerce}} On election day, Halcro finished third, receiving 22,443 votes, 9.46 percent of the total. Republican nominee Sarah Palin won the election with 114,697 votes, 48.33 percent and former Governor Tony Knowles finished second, with 40.97 percent.
=Later career=
After losing his gubernatorial bid, Halcro began a political blog, through which he became a prominent critic of Palin's administration and publicized the scandal surrounding Palin's July 2008 dismissal of a Public Safety Commissioner. Palin later criticized Halcro in her memoir Going Rogue.{{cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/article/andrew-halcro-got-under-sarah-palin-s-skin/2011/06/12/|title=Andrew Halcro got under Sarah Palin's skin|date=June 11, 2011|accessdate=December 18, 2018|work=Anchorage Daily News|first1=Austin|last1=Baird|first2=Amanda|last2=Coyne}}
Halcro said in September 2009 that he would run for the United States House of Representatives in Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2010, but in February 2010 said he was reconsidering his decision.{{Cite web|url = http://community.adn.com/node/149476|title = Halcro unsure of race against Don Young|date = February 23, 2010|accessdate = December 7, 2018|website = Anchorage Daily News|last = Cockerham|first = Sean|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100225225322/http://community.adn.com/node/149476|archivedate = February 25, 2010|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}} He became president of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce in 2012.{{Cite web|title=Halcro says he will challenge Rep. Don Young in 2010 race|url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/091109/sta_491946413.shtml|last=Thiessen|first=Mark|date=September 11, 2009|website=Juneau Empire|publisher=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025055723/https://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091109/sta_491946413.shtml|archivedate=October 25, 2015|accessdate=December 7, 2018}}
In January 2015 Halcro filed a letter of intent to run for Mayor of Anchorage.{{cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/article/andrew-halcro-files-paperwork-run-mayor/2015/01/09/|title=Andrew Halcro files letter of intent to run for Anchorage mayor|date=January 9, 2015|accessdate=December 18, 2018|work=Anchorage Daily News|first=Devin|last=Kelly}} He declared his intention to run later that month, and said he was running because "We need a healthy economy, a healthy community, and we need trust."{{cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/halcro-makes-it-official-hes-running-mayor/2015/01/13/|title=Halcro officially in the race for Anchorage mayor|date=January 13, 2015|accessdate=December 18, 2018|work=Anchorage Daily News|first=Devin|last=Kelly}} He placed third in the first round of the election and did not advance to the runoff election.{{cite web|url=https://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/04/08/ethan-berkowitz-amy-demboski-heading-for-mayoral-runoff-election/|title=Ethan Berkowitz, Amy Demboski Heading For Mayoral Runoff Election|date=April 8, 2015|accessdate=December 18, 2018|publisher=Alaska Public Media|first=Anne|last=Hillman}}
Halcro ran as an independent candidate in the 2022 special election to succeed Don Young in Alaska's at-large congressional district.{{cite web|url=https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/04/02/sarah-palin-files-paperwork-run-alaska-us-house-race/|title=Sarah Palin files paperwork to run in Alaska US House race|date=April 2, 2022|access-date=April 5, 2022|publisher=WWNY-TV}} He finished eleventh in the blanket primary, with 1.87 percent of the vote.{{cite news|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/22SPECPRIM/ElectionSummaryReportRPT.pdf|title=State of Alaska – 2022 Special Primary Election: Election Summary Report|publisher=Alaska Division of Elections|date=June 24, 2022}}
Electoral history
{{Expand section|1=1998 and 2000 Alaska House of Representatives elections results and 2022 U.S. House election results|section=1|date=September 2022}}
{{Election box begin | title=2006 Alaska gubernatorial election{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/Archive/06GENR/data/results.htm |title=Alaska Division of Elections November 7, 2006|publisher=Alaska Division of Elections |date=2006-11-07 |access-date=2019-04-22}} }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Sarah Palin
| votes = 114,697
| percentage = 48.33
| change = -7.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Tony Knowles
| votes = 97,238
| percentage = 40.97
| change = +0.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Andrew Halcro
| votes = 22,443
| percentage = 9.46
| change = n/a}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Alaskan Independence Party
| candidate = Don Wright
| votes = 1,285
| percentage = 0.54
| change = -0.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate = Billy Toien
| votes = 682
| percentage = 0.29
| change = -0.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Green Party (United States)
| candidate = David Massie
| votes = 593
| percentage = 0.25
| change = -1.0}}
{{Election box candidate|
| party = Write-in candidate
| candidate = Write-in votes
| votes = 384
| percentage = 0.16
| change = +0.1}}
{{Election box plurality|
| votes = 17,459
| percentage = 7.36
| change =}}
{{Election box turnout|
| votes = 238,307
| percentage = 51.1
| change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| swing = -7.6}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= 2015 Anchorage mayoral election, First round results{{cite web |title=Election Summary Report 2015 Regular Municipal Election Summary for Jurisdiction Wide Unofficial Results |url=https://www.muni.org/departments/assembly/clerk/elections/election%20results/04102015results.pdf |publisher=Municipality of Anchorage |access-date=February 18, 2021 |date=April 10, 2015}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change|
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Ethan Berkowitz
|votes = 20,451
|percentage = 37.01
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change|
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Amy Demboski
|votes = 13,337
|percentage = 24.13
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Andrew Halcro
|votes = 11,956
|percentage = 21.64
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Dan Coffey
|votes = 7,960
|percentage = 14.40
}}
{{Election box candidate no change|
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Dustin Darden
|votes = 571
|percentage = 1.03
}}
{{Election box candidate no change|
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Lance Ahern
|votes = 395
|percentage = 0.71
}}
{{Election box candidate no change|
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Paul Bauer
|votes = 217
|percentage = 0.39
}}
{{Election box candidate no change|
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Timothy Huit
|votes = 120
|percentage = 0.22
}}
{{Election box candidate no change|
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Jacob Seth Kern
|votes = 57
|percentage = 0.10
}}
{{Election box candidate no change|
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Christopher Jamison
|votes = 45
|percentage = 0.08
}}
{{Election box candidate no change|
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Samuel Joe Speziale
|votes = 31
|percentage = 0.06
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Write-in
|candidate = Write-ins
|votes = 120
|percentage = 0.22
}}
{{Election box turnout no change |
|votes = 55,260
|percentage = 27.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20060610085816/http://andrewhalcro.com:80/}}
- {{C-SPAN|1022070}}
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Category:American transportation businesspeople
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