The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Alaska State Legislature , to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment. Many offices, such as that of the attorney general, which are elected offices in most states, are gubernatorial appointments in Alaska. The governor has wide latitude in searching for a nominee but must seek legislative confirmation of those nominees.
The governor also appoints the officers of most state boards and commissions and has the power to make recess appointments when the legislature is not in session. The number of departments in Alaska's state government is constitutionally capped at 20; however, the governor may decrease and increase the numbers of departments within that limit.
Some reorganization of the government may be done at the governor's discretion. For changes requiring the force of law, the governor issues an executive order; the legislature then has 60 session days to reject the change, done by a majority vote of a joint session. Otherwise, the executive order stands and takes effect on a day chosen by the governor. The state operates on an annual budget cycle, with the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June The sequence of key events in the budget process is as follows: [5].
The governor is required by statute to submit a balanced budget. Likewise, the legislature is required by statute to pass a balanced budget.
Alaska is one of 44 states in which the governor has line item veto authority. The governor's salary is determined by the Alaska State Officers Compensation Commission, a four-member board created by the Alaska State Legislature in This commission meets on a regular basis to evaluate salaries for the governor, lieutenant governor and other state executive officers. State law does not require legislative approval of the salaries, but legislators can vote to prevent salary changes as a veto on the commission's work.
The Alaska Constitution only provides for the compensation of the governor and lieutenant governor by law. Chapter 2, Section 15 of the state constitution prevents changes in salary from taking effect until the next term for the affected office or offices. Since gaining statehood in , Alaska has had 12 governors. Walter J. Hickel served two non-consecutive terms as governor, and William A. Egan served two consecutive terms. From , there were Democratic governors in office for eight years while there were Republican governors in office for 12 years, including the last 11 of the study period.
Alaska was under a Republican trifecta for the last year of the study period. Across the country, there were years of Democratic governors Over the course of the year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period , 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In , only 13 states had divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Alaska , the Alaska State Senate and the Alaska House of Representatives from to The chart below depicts the partisanship of the Alaska state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied.
For the SQLI, the states were ranked from , with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. The only trifecta in Alaska, a Republican trifecta, occurred between the years and , as well as The state never had a Democratic trifecta between and Between and , Alaska had divided government.
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President Donald Trump. His tenure has been rocky as Alaska struggled with financial difficulties and its dependence on dwindling oil revenues. The governor's foes argue that he deserves to be recalled because he is unfit and has abused his power.
Among grounds cited by recall supporters, Duleavy is accused of illegally using his budget veto to punish judges for abortion-rights rulings and violating ethics laws by using state funds for partisan campaign purposes.
To qualify a gubernatorial recall for the Alaska ballot, campaigners must satisfy a two-phase test, gathering petition signatures totaling 10 percent of votes cast in the previous statewide election and, subsequently, gathering signatures totaling 25 percent of the votes cast. Below you can read the May 8, , ruling by the state supreme court on the Recall Dunleavy group's appeal. In July , a committee formed and registered with the Alaska Public Offices Commission to gather signatures to recall Gov.
The Recall Dunleavy website listed the following reasons for recall:. In mid-July , Dunleavy made a statement on the proposed recall effort. He said, "Whenever you make difficult decisions and people are involved I believe in public engagement.
People have the right to voice their opinion. Please stop the Dems from hurting a very good and hard-working man! Incumbents are bolded and underlined.
The results have been certified. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. There were no incumbents in this race. The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Alaska on August 21, From to , Ballotpedia tracked 53 gubernatorial recall efforts against 16 governors. During that time, two recalls made the ballot and one governor was successfully recalled. Former California Gov. Gray Davis D was recalled by voters in Arnold Schwarzenegger R was chosen as Davis' replacement.
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