Nancy Dahlstrom

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Nancy Dahlstrom

|image = Nancy Dahlstrom, 2024.jpg

|caption = Dahlstrom in 2024

|office = 17th Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

|governor = Mike Dunleavy

|term_start = December 5, 2022

|term_end =

|predecessor = Kevin Meyer

|successor =

|office1 = Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Corrections

|governor1 = Mike Dunleavy

|term_start1 = December 5, 2018

|term_end1 = May 31, 2022

|predecessor1 = Dean Williams

|successor1 = Jen Winkelman

|state_house2 = Alaska

|district2 = 18th

|term_start2 = January 21, 2003

|term_end2 = May 31, 2010

|predecessor2 = Lisa Murkowski (redistricting)

|successor2 = Dan Saddler

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|8|13}}

|birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Republican

|spouse = Kit Dahlstrom

|children = 4

|education = Wayland Baptist University (BS)
University of La Verne (MA)

}}

Nancy Dahlstrom (born August 13, 1957) is an American politician who has served as the 17th lieutenant governor of Alaska since December 2022. She previously served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 18th and 13th districts. She was appointed to the House at the beginning of the legislative session in 2003 when the representative-elect, Lisa Murkowski, was appointed to the United States Senate.{{cite news |last=George |first=Kavitha |date=December 13, 2022 |title=Nancy Dahlstrom has spent most of her 20-year political career out of the spotlight. Now she's second in command.|url=https://alaskapublic.org/2022/12/13/alaskas-new-lieutenant-governor-says-shes-ready-to-head-state-elections/ |work=Alaska Public Media |access-date=January 1, 2023|ref=none}}

Dahlstrom resigned from the House to take a position in the administration of Governor Sean Parnell, then resigned from that position after less than a month when constitutional issues arose.

She was again elected to the House 2018. However, she declined to be seated, instead accepting a position in the administration of Governor Mike Dunleavy. Dunleavy appointed Sharon Jackson to fill the full-term vacancy.{{cite news |last=Quinn |first=Steve |date=December 20, 2018 |title=Dunleavy selects veteran Sharon Jackson to replace Dahlstrom in Alaska House|url=https://www.ktva.com/story/39679401/dunleavy-selects-veteran-jackson-to-replace-dahlstrom-in-alaska-house |url-status=dead |work=KTVA |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221100652/https://www.ktva.com/story/39679401/dunleavy-selects-veteran-jackson-to-replace-dahlstrom-in-alaska-house |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |access-date=}}

She ran for the 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, seeking to unseat incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/14/alaska-lieutenant-governor-peltola-election-00127163|title=Alaska lieutenant governor announces bid to unseat Peltola|date=November 14, 2023|accessdate=November 14, 2023|last=Bazail-Eimil|first=Eric|work=Politico}} After placing third in the August primary election, Dahlstrom dropped out of the race.{{Cite web |last=Ainsworth |first=Nolin |date=2024-08-23 |title=Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom drops out of U.S. House race |url=https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/08/23/lt-gov-dahlstrom-drops-out-us-house-race/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=KTUU-TV |language=en}}

Education

Dahlstrom graduated from Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah, in 1975. She received her Associate of Science in 1992 and her Bachelor of Science in 1994 for human services and business from Wayland Baptist University, and received her master's degree in organization management and human resources from the University of LaVerne in 1997.{{cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=James |title=Alaska Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announces run for Congress |url=https://www.ktoo.org/2023/11/14/alaska-republican-lt-gov-nancy-dahlstrom-announces-run-for-congress/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=KTOO |date=14 November 2023}}

Legislative career

After losing the 2002 Republican primary against incumbent State Rep. Lisa Murkowski by 56 votes, Dahlstrom was appointed to the seat by Gov. Frank Murkowski (Lisa's father) when Lisa was appointed to succeed Frank in the U.S. Senate.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alaska-governor-girls-rev_b_629592 |title=Alaska Governor Girl's Revenge |website=Huffington Post |author=Donald Craig Mitchell |date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=February 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/community/2003-01-13/murkowski-picks-nancy-dahlstrom-house-seat#.W7hupGhKiM8|title=Murkowski picks Nancy Dahlstrom for House seat|work=Alaska Journal of Commerce|date=January 12, 2003|access-date=October 6, 2018|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223085931/https://www.alaskajournal.com/community/2003-01-13/murkowski-picks-nancy-dahlstrom-house-seat#.W7hupGhKiM8|url-status=live}} She served as co-chair of the Armed Services Committee, vice-chair of the Judiciary Committee and the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee, and was a member of the Economic Development, Trade & Tourism Special Committee and the Energy Special Committee. She also served on the Environmental Conservation, Health & Social Services, Military & Veterans' Affairs and the Public Safety Finance Subcommittees, for the 26th Legislature.{{cite web |title=Alaska State Legislature |url=https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/23?code=DAL |website=www.akleg.gov |access-date=23 April 2024}} She spoke publicly while campaigning about reducing crime, both in her district and in the entire state of Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaskastar.com/2018-10-26/candidate-qa-house-district-13-nancy-dahlstrom-vs-danyelle-kimp|title=Candidate Q&A: House District 13 - Nancy Dahlstrom vs. Danyelle Kimp|last=newsengin|date=October 26, 2018|website=The Alaska Star|access-date=February 21, 2019}} She was elected back to the state house in 2018 but declined to be seated after accepting the position of Commissioner for the Department of Corrections.

2024 U.S. House election

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Dahlstrom ran in the 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska for Alaska's at-large congressional district against incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich III, endorsed by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump.{{cite news |last1=Media |first1=Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public |title=Begich makes a pledge: He'll drop out of Alaska's U.S. House race if Dahlstrom bests him in primary. |url=https://alaskapublic.org/2024/04/23/begich-makes-a-pledge-hell-drop-out-of-alaskas-u-s-house-race-if-dahlstrom-bests-him-in-primary/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=Alaska Public Media |date=23 April 2024}} After placing third in the August primary election, Dahlstrom dropped out of the race.

Personal life

Dahlstrom and her husband, Kit, have four children and eleven grandchildren.{{cite web |title=Alaska Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom |url=https://ltgov.alaska.gov/ |publisher=State of Alaska |access-date=23 April 2024}}

References

External links

[https://ltgov.alaska.gov/meet-lt-governor-nancy-dahlstrom/ Office of Lt. Governor]
[http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=683 Nancy Dahlstrom] at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

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Category:1957 births

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Category:21st-century American women politicians

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Category:Candidates in the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections

Category:Lieutenant governors of Alaska

Category:Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska

Category:Politicians from Baltimore

Category:Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives

Category:21st-century members of the Alaska Legislature

Category:State cabinet secretaries of Alaska

Category:University of La Verne alumni

Category:Wayland Baptist University alumni

Category:Women state legislators in Alaska