Harry Crawford (politician)

Harry Crawford

Harry T. Crawford, Jr. (born April 17, 1952 in Shreveport , Louisiana , USA ) is an American Democratic politician in Alaska .

Crawford moved to Alaska in 1975 to earn a living as a metal worker building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline .

Crawford, along with Eric Croft and David Guttenberg , initiated two voting initiatives that were successful with the electorate: the Alaska Replacement of US Senators Initiative in 2004, with which voters decided that vacancies in the Senate would be filled by the voters, and in 2006 the Alaska Campaign Finance Reform Initiative that limited the amount of money that an individual or group can donate to a candidate or political party.

In his second attempt to win a seat in the Alaska House of Representatives , he defeated long-time incumbent Ramona Barnes in District 22 in 2000 . Crawford was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2001 to 2011 - following a redesign of the electoral districts from 2003 for another eight years in District 21.

In 2010 Crawford ran for Alaska's At-Large Congressional constituency in the United States House of Representatives . He was defeated by the Republican incumbent Don Young . Crawford is running for Alaska's House of Representatives in constituency 27 in the 2016 election.

supporting documents

1. ↑ Kristin Spack: Election Night 2010: Incumbents Parnell and Young Re-Elected, Possibly Murkowski APRN November 3, 2010.

Web links

• Representative Harry Crawford official website of Parliament
• Harry Crawford for State House campaign website
• Profiles. (July 19, 2003 memento on the Internet Archive ) @ Alaska's House of Representatives Democratic Caucus
• Harry Crawford @ 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

predecessor	Office	successor
- (redistricting)	Alaskan House of Representatives (21st District) Member January 21, 2003–17. January 2011	Lance Pruitt
Ramona L. Barnes	Alaskan House of Representatives (22nd District) January 14, 2001–20. January 2003	- (redistricting)