Colleen Sullivan-Leonard (born 1959) is an American politician from

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

. A Republican, she represented District 7 in the

Alaska House of Representatives The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people pe ...

Political career

Sullivan-Leonard served on the Wasilla City Council from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2010 to 2016.- In 2016, Sullivan-Leonard successfully ran for the Alaska House of Representatives, succeeding

Lynn Gattis Lynn Gattis (born 1957 in Arcata, California northwest of Redding) is an American politician. She served as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives from January 2013 to January 2017 and has represented Districts 9 and 7. Ed ...

. She defeated Brandon Montano in the 2016 Republican primary and Democrat Sherie Olson in the general election. In 2020, Sullivan-Leonard declined to run for a third term to be closer to home for work and family. She presently serves on the Wasilla City Council as of 2022.

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