Donald William Stoltze (born July 30, 1961) is an American politician. A
Republican
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Political ideology
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, he was a member of the
Alaska Senate
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representing District F. He was elected in 2014 after serving since 2003 as a member of the
Alaska House of Representatives
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from the 16th District.
In the House, he served as Co-Chair of the Finance Committee and was a member of the Legislative Council, the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee, and the Cook Inlet Salmon Task Force. Stoltze was a former legislative aide from 1982 to 2002 before being elected to office. In January 2018, Stoltze was accused by Republican House member,
Tammie Wilson
Tammie Wilson was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing District 3.
Wilson ran for the Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) Assembly each year from 2006 to 2008. In 2006 she challenged incumbent Charlie Rex. Rex was reel ...
, of having bullied her over bills during prior sessions. She said on occasions after she disagreed with him over bills, he yelled and cursed at her, angrily broke a window, and threw things around in his office. Wilson said her complaints were ignored by the Republican leadership and she was told to "just avoid" Stoltze.
In April 2016, a few weeks after a wrongful death suit was refiled by the parents of a woman who had died of withdrawal from drugs on January 10, 2016, in an Anchorage jail, Stoltz said he would not run for reelection to his Senate seat.
[ He cited health problems as the reason. Her parents believed he had supplied her with money she spent on drugs and also said their daughter had said she believed she was being stalked by him. Stoltze had visited the woman during her first evening in jail, according to visitor logs and surveillance video released as a result of the wrongful-death claim. She asked him to pay her bail. He responded: “Well, I hate having my, you know, my name there on CourtView and everything on that stuff, you know what I mean?” Stoltze told her, referring to Alaska's on-line court database. “You’re listed as a poster there when you secure the bond.” He offered to give the woman's mother money for bail if the prisoner could reach her. Stoltze never called her mother regarding bail or to inform her that her daughter was very ill. Her mother said, “I wish he would have called.”][Their daughter died while withdrawing from heroin in an Anchorage jail. They just won a wrongful-death claim against the state]
''Anchorage Daily News
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The newspaper is headquartered in Anchorage, ...
'', Zaz Hollander, April 26, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
After taking office on December 3, 2018, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy hired Stoltze to run his office in the Mat-Su Borough, but Stoltze resigned from the position on December 21, 2018.
Personal life
Stoltze graduated from Chugiak High School
Chugiak High School is a public high school located in Chugiak, Anchorage, Alaska, and a part of the Anchorage School District. Chugiak's mascot is the Mustang and the school colors are blue, black, and white. In 2005, Chugiak's student population ...
in 1979 and received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for cla ...
in 1984. He lives in Chugiak
Chugiak is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska, situated approximately northeast of downtown Anchorage.
Geography
Chugiak is located between Eagle River to the south and Eklutna to the nort ...
.
References
External links
Alaska State House Majority Site
Alaska State Legislature Biography
Project Vote Smart profile
Bill Stoltze
at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature''
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1961 births
21st-century American politicians
American Lutherans
Living people
Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives
Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska
University of Alaska Fairbanks alumni