Mike Hawker is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the Alaska House of Representatives

Alaska House of Representatives

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, representing the 32nd District since 2002. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee. He also chairs the Court System, Governor, Legislature, and Revenue Finance Subcommittee and serves on the Public Safety Finance Subcommittee, for the 26th Legislature. Mike Hawker is also a retired Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant

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 and an Accounting and Management Consultant.

Personal life

Representative Hawker has a wife: Carol Carlson, the daughter of John Carlson, who was mayor

Mayor

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 of the Fairbanks North Star Borough

Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

-Demographics:As of the 2000 census, 82,840 people, 29,777 households, and 20,516 families were residing in the borough. The population density was 11 people per square mile . There were 33,291 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...

 from 1968 to 1982. He received a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 in Accounting and Humanities, and his public accountant certification from the University of Northern Iowa

University of Northern Iowa

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in 1979.

See also

Alaska State House Majority Site

Alaska State Legislature Biography

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