Ron Gillham

{{short description|American politician from Alaska}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

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| state_house = Alaska

| district = 30th

| term_start = January 11, 2021

| term_end = January 17, 2023

| preceded = Gary Knopp

| succeeded = Kevin J. McCabe

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| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona

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| party = Republican

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Ron Gillham is an American Republican politician from Alaska. He represented District 30 in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.{{Cite web|last=O'Hara|first=Ashlyn|date=2020-10-27|title=Election 2020: State House District 30 candidate Ron Gillham|url=https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/election-2020-state-house-district-30-candidate-ron-gillham/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Peninsula Clarion|language=en-US}}

Electoral history

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In the 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election Gillham ran in District 7 but was defeated by Justin Ruffridge in the general election.{{Cite web |last=O'Hara |first=Ashlyn |date=2022-08-15 |title=Ruffridge, Babcock lead in early primary results |url=https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/ruffridge-babcock-lead-in-early-primary-results/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Peninsula Clarion |language=en-US}}

=2024=

== Primary ==

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| title = 2024 Nonpartisan primary}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Justin Ruffridge (incumbent)

| votes = 1630

| percentage = 59.7

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ron Gillham

| votes = 1101

| percentage = 40.3

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 2731

| percentage = 100.0

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== General ==

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| title = 2024 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 7}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Justin Ruffridge (incumbent)

| votes = 4985

| percentage = 58.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ron Gillham

| votes = 3398

| percentage = 40.2

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{{Election box write-in with party link no change

| votes = 77

| percentage = 0.9

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 8460

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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Political positions

Gillham endorsed Nick Begich III in the 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election.{{Cite web |last=Downing |first=Suzanne |date=2022-04-06 |title=Sarah Palin gets national endorsements, as Nick Begich keeps racking up local Alaskan endorsements |url=https://mustreadalaska.com/sarah-palin-gets-national-endorsements-as-nick-begich-keeps-racking-up-local-alaskan-endorsements/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Must Read Alaska |language=en-US}}

References

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