Bert Stedman (born March 6, 1956) is a Republican member of the

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. A fourth generation Alaskan, he was born in

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and spent his childhood between Petersburg and Sitka. He was appointed by Governor Frank Murkowski in November 2003 to the Alaska Senate. Stedman currently represents many communities in

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, including Ketchikan, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat. 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

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and

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