Mike W. Miller (born August 7, 1951) is an American businessman and politician.

Early life and education

Born in

Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...

, Miller went to

Monroe Catholic High School Monroe Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is the only Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks. It is the northernmost Roman Catholic high school in the Americas. Backgr ...

and 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 ...

Career

Miller served in the Alaska Air National Guard. He was the owner and manager of Santa Claus House in

North Pole, Alaska North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Incorporated in 1953, it is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,243, up from 2,117 i ...

. Miller served on the North Pole City Council from 1976 to 1980 as a Republican. From 1983 to 1993, Miller served in the Alaska House of Representatives. He then served in the

Alaska Senate The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It convenes in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska and is responsible for making laws and confirming or rejecting gub ...

from 1993 to 2001 and was president of the senate in 1997 and 1998. Miller ran for

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, but lost the Republican primary to

Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann Murkowski ( ; born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator for Alaska, having held that seat since 2002. Murkowski is the second-most senior Republican woman in the Senate, after S ...

References

1951 births Living people Politicians from Fairbanks, Alaska University of Alaska Fairbanks alumni Businesspeople from Fairbanks, Alaska Alaska city council members Republican Party Alaska state senators Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives Presidents of the Alaska Senate {{Alaska-politician-stub