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Richards</span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Attorney General of <span style="font-weight: 600; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Alaska</span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div></div><span style="line-height: 28px;"><div class="agbio" style="border: 1px solid rgb(232, 232, 232); padding: 0px 20px 20px; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 28px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><p style="margin: 16px 0px 0px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-14cc201e-ba2c-b202-5caa-5ef2cb9efb34"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mr. Richards was appointed by Governor Bill Walker to the office of Attorney General in December, 2014. He has a wealth of experience in complex matters relating to oil and gas, finance, tax, and municipal law. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Richards was a named attorney in the Anchorage law firm Walker & Richards, LLC, where he practiced for over 10 years. Mr. Richards joined the firm in 2003 and specialized in oil and gas project development and tax matters, including extensive work on a proposed natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to tidewater. Mr. Richards managed the oil and gas litigation team at the practice and coordinated legal and financial strategies with clients. He led the negotiations on numerous multi-million dollar settlements, acquisitions, and contracts during his tenure with the firm. In addition to majoring in finance at the University of Virginia, Mr. Richards holds a master’s degree in business administration from Duke University and a juris doctorate from Washington & Lee University School of Law. He was appointed to the Alaska Perman</font>ent Fund Board of Trustees by Governor Walker in October, 2015.</span></p></div></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></font></div></div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>Craig W. Richards</b> (born 1975) is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Attorney General of Alaska</a>. He was nominated for the position by his former law partner, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)" title="Bill Walker (American politician)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Bill Walker</a> in December 2014. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_W.Richards#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[2]</a></sup></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Richards was born in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks,Alaska" title="Fairbanks, Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Fairbanks, Alaska</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. He received a degree in finance from the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">University of Virginia</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and an MBA from </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Duke University</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. He received his JD from</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University_School_of_Law" title="Washington and Lee University School of Law" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Washington and Lee University School of Law</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. He clerked for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Alaska" title="United States District Court for the District of Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">United States District Court</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> judge </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_R.Beistline" title="Ralph R. Beistline" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ralph R. Beistline</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Richards was an associate at the law firm Wohlforth, Vassar, Johnson & Brecht in Anchorage before joining the firm that later became Walker Richards with Bill Walker. He is experienced with oil and gas and taxation and represented municipalities in litigation over the assessment of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_System" title="Trans-Alaska Pipeline System" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Trans-Alaska Pipeline System</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_W.Richards#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[3</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_W.Richards#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Walker Richards represented the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdez,Alaska" title="Valdez, Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Valdez</a> and secured over $1B in tax revenue for municipalities and the State of Alaska</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_W.Richards#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Richards was nominated for Attorney General of Alaska by Walker in December 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_W.Richards#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[5]</a></sup></p><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" background-image="background-image" none="none" background-attachment="background-attachment" initial="initial" background-color="background-color" background-size="background-size" background-origin="background-origin" background-clip="background-clip" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat"><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; 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Egan</a> (1959–1966 and 1970–1974).</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks,Alaska" title="Fairbanks, Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Fairbanks, Alaska</a> to Frances (Park) and businessman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Walker(American_veteran)" title="Ed Walker (American veteran)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ed Walker</a>, Walker was raised in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Junction,Alaska" title="Delta Junction, Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Delta Junction</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdez,Alaska" title="Valdez, Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Valdez, Alaska</a>. He obtained a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_degree" title="Law degree" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">law degree</a>and served as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">mayor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_council" title="City council" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">city councilor</a>, and city attorney for Valdez, and as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_counsel" title="General counsel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">general counsel</a> for the Alaska Gasline Port Authority. Walker ran for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Governor of Alaska</a> in the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican Party</a> primary election <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_gubernatorial_election,2010" title="Alaska gubernatorial election, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">in 2010</a>, losing to incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parnell" title="Sean Parnell" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sean Parnell</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Walker ran as an Independent in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_gubernatorial_election,2014" title="Alaska gubernatorial election, 2014" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2014 election</a>, merging his campaign with that of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic</a> nominee<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Mallott" title="Byron Mallott" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Byron Mallott</a>, who became Walker's running mate. Both candidates' prior respective running mates withdrew from the race and the Walker/Mallott ticket defeated Parnell and his running mate, former Anchorage mayor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Sullivan(politician,born_1951)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Sullivan (politician, born 1951)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Daniel A. Sullivan</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13.3px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 12.502px;"> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#Early_life_and_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Early life and career</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#Governor_of_Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Governor of Alaska</span></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#2010_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2010 election</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#2014_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2014 election</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Tenure</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Personal life</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">External links</span></a></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lewis & Clark College</a> in 1973, and his J.D. from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Puget_Sound_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Puget Sound School of Law" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">University of Puget Sound School of Law</a> (now Seattle University School of Law) in 1983<sup id="cite_ref-homernews_2-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#cite_note-homernews-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[2]</a></sup> He and his wife owned a law firm for a while that focused on municipal and oil and gas law. In 1977-1979 he served in the Valdez <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_council" title="City council" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">city council</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[3]</a></sup> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_attorney" title="City attorney" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">city attorney</a> for Valdez,<sup id="cite_ref-delta_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#cite_note-delta-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a></sup> and as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_counsel" title="General counsel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">general counsel</a> for the Alaska Gasoline Port Authority.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a></sup> He later was elected as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">mayor</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdez,Alaska" title="Valdez, Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Valdez, Alaska</a>from 1979-1980, becoming Valdez's youngest mayor at 27.<sup id="cite_ref-Bill_Walker_Alaska_7-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#cite_note-Bill_Walker_Alaska-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-valdezstar_8-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#cite_note-valdezstar-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[8]</a></sup></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Governor_of_Alaska">Governor of Alaska</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; 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margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Walker(American_politician)&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2010 election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Walker challenged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">incumbent</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parnell" title="Sean Parnell" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sean Parnell</a> as well as Gerald L. Heikes, Merica Hlatcu, Sam Little, and Ralph Samuels in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican Party</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_election" title="Primary election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">primary election</a> on August 24, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_gubernatorial_election,2010" title="Alaska gubernatorial election, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2010</a>. Walker finished second, with 33.95% of the vote, while Parnell won the nomination with 49.49%.<sup id="cite_ref-Bill_Walker_Alaska_7-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#cite_note-Bill_Walker_Alaska-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walker(American_politician)#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[9]</a></sup> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_gubernatorial_election,2010" title="Alaska gubernatorial election, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">general election</a> was held on November 2, 2010 and Parnell defeated his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic</a> opponent, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Berkowitz" title="Ethan Berkowitz" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ethan Berkowitz</a>.</p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="2014_election">2014 election</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Walker_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2014 election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></h3></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">==</font></div>