Alberta Gardner (born April 12, 1954) is an American politician in the

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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

. She served as a Democratic member of the

Alaska Legislature The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives (lower house) and the 20-member Alaska Senate (upper house). There are 40 Ho ...

for fourteen years, from 2005 to 2019. Serving in both houses, the

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and

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, she represented midtown

Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...

. She was the Senate's minority leader for the last four years of her tenure.

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Alaska State Legislature – Senator Berta Gardner
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Project Vote Smart – Senator Berta Gardner (AK)
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Berta Gardner
at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature'' * 1954 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Democratic Party Alaska state senators Living people Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska Politicians from Salt Lake City University of California, Riverside alumni Women state legislators in Alaska {{Alaska-politician-stub