Geran Tarr (born in

Akron Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 census. The Akron metropolitan area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had ...

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) is a Co-Chair of the Alaska Future Caucus for the Millennial Action Project and an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the

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for the 17th district from 2013 to 2023.

Early life and education

Tarr was born in

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. She earned her BS in from

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Ohio in botany, environmental studies, and women's studies. She then went on to earn her master's degree at the

University of Alaska Anchorage The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is a public university in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. UAA also administers four community campuses spread across Southcentral Alaska: Kenai Peninsula College, Kodiak College, Matanuska–Susitna C ...

in public administration with a policy analysis focus.

Elections

*2012 When Republican Representative

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ran for the District M senate seat and left the District 17 seat open, Tarr won the August 28, 2012 Democratic Primary with 600 votes (55.56%), and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 2,416 votes (60.31%) against Republican nominee Cean Stevens.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Geran Tarr
at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature'' Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Democratic Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Alaska Legislature Ohio University alumni Politicians from Akron, Ohio Women state legislators in Alaska 21st-century American women politicians {{Alaska-politician-stub