Cathy Giessel: Difference between revisions

|term_start3 = January 1518, 20132011

|predecessor3 = [[LesilCon McGuireBunde]]

|successor3 = [[Roger Holland]]

|constituency3 = P (2011-13), N (2013-21)

'''Catherine Andrea Giessel''' (née Bohms; born November 9, 1951)<ref name=cache>''The 1970 Cache'' (Lathrop High School yearbook), p. 31</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_party_sum?172320 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402133640/http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_party_sum?172320 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2012 |title=Defendant – Summary (3AN-04-07749MO Municipality of Anchorage vs. Giessel, Catherine A) |work=CourtView |publisher=[[Alaska Court System]] |access-date=15 Oct 2011 }}</ref> is an American politician. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], she has served as Majority Leader of the [[Alaska Senate]] since 2023. From 2013 to 2021, Giessel represented District N in the Alaska Senate, including Northeast Anchorage, Anchorage Hillside and the [[Turnagain Arm]] communities of [[Bird, Anchorage|Bird]], [[Girdwood, Anchorage|Girdwood]], [[Indian, Anchorage|Indian]], and [[Portage|Anchorage]], all within the [[Anchorage, Alaska|Municipality of Anchorage]]. First elected in 2010 while identifying with [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]] values, she has also served as the vice-chair of the [[Republican Party of Alaska|state Republican Party]] and had a career in nursing. Following [[redistricting]], she was elected to a different senate seat in 2012. Giessel serves as chair of the Resources Committee and is a member of the Senate Majority Caucus.<ref name="Alaska Senate Majority">{{cite web|url=http://www.alaskasenate.org/giessel/|title=Sen. Giessel - Senate Majority Homepage|website=alaskasenate.org|publisher=Senate Majority Press|access-date=14 Apr 2013|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510010006/http://alaskasenate.org/giessel/|url-status=dead}}</ref> After Senate President [[Pete Kelly (Alaska politician)|Pete Kelly]] was unseated in 2018, Giessel was elected president of the Alaska Senate, a post she held until 2021. Giessel returned to the Alaska Senate in 2023, representing the newly configured District E after defeating incumbent Republican [[Roger Holland]]. She will serveserves as Senate majority leader in the 33rd Legislature, overseeing a coalition caucus of eight Republicans and nine Democrats.