Bert Stedman (born March 6, 1956) is a

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member of the Alaska Senate. A fourth generation Alaskan, he was born in Anchorage and spent his childhood between Petersburg and

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. He was appointed by Governor Frank Murkowski in November 2003 to the Alaska Senate to represent District A. He now represents District R following redistricting in 2012. Stedman co-chaired the Senate Finance Committee for six years from 2007 to 2012, and again in 2019. Politically heterodox, Stedman opposed reforms to Alaska's oil tax under Republican governors Sarah Palin and Sean Parnell. Following the precipitous drop in oil prices, Stedman advocated a more fiscally conservative approach to the state's budgeting in 2015.

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Alaska State Legislature - Senator Bert Stedman
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Alaska Senate Majority
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Bert Stedman
at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature'' * 1956 births Republican Party Alaska state senators Borough assembly members in Alaska Living people Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska People from Sitka, Alaska 21st-century American politicians People from Petersburg Borough, Alaska {{Alaska-politician-stub