Ashley Carrick
Ashley Carrick | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 35th district | |
| Assumed office January 17, 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Democratic[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Alaska Fairbanks University of Alaska Anchorage |
Ashley Carrick is an American politician. She serves as a Democratic member for the 35th district of the Alaska House of Representatives.[1]
Life and career
[edit]A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Carrick earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.[1] She later earned her master's degree in public health from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2020.[1]
Carrick worked as an educator and as a legislative aide before joining the Alaska legislature.[1] She is the first openly bisexual member of the Alaska Legislature, and one of its first openly LGBTQ members.[2] She assumed office in 2023.
Carrick also serves as the Democratic Co-Chair of the Alaska chapter of Future Caucus alongside state senator Robert Myers Jr.[3] In 2024, she was selected for the Future Caucus Innovation Fellowship as part of the Criminal Justice cohort, a bipartisan coalition of Gen Z and millennial lawmakers interested in creating policies to improve the criminal justice system.[4][5]
Electoral history
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2024
[edit]Primary
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ashley Carrick (incumbent) | 2,332 | 60.6 | |
| Republican | Ruben McNeill | 1,517 | 39.4 | |
| Total votes | 3,849 | 100.0 |
General
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ashley Carrick (incumbent) | 5,047 | 55.2 | |
| Republican | Ruben McNeill | 4,066 | 44.5 | |
| Write-in | 23 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 9,136 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Representative Ashley Carrick". Alaska Legislature. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ↑ Early, Wesley (November 18, 2022). "In a historic first, Alaskans set to elect 3 LGBTQ lawmakers to state Legislature". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ↑ "AK Rep. Ashley Carrick". Future Caucus. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
- ↑ Wyatt, Garrett (December 10, 2024). "64 Gen Z and Millennial Lawmakers Chosen for Bipartisan Future Caucus Fellowship". Future Caucus. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
- ↑ "Criminal Justice Reform". Future Caucus. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
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