Andrew Halcro
| Andrew Halcro | |
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Independent candidate for Governor of Alaska |
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Election date November 7, 2006 |
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| Running mate | Fay Von Gemmigen |
| Opponent(s) |
Sarah Palin (R) Tony Knowles (D) |
| Incumbent | Frank Murkowski (R) |
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| Born |
September 20, 1964 San Francisco, California |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations |
Republican |
| Residence | Anchorage, Alaska |
| Occupation | Car rental business owner, former politician |
Andrew Halcro (born September 20, 1964) is an American politician from Anchorage, Alaska. Formerly a Republican member of the Alaska Legislature, he ran for Governor of Alaska as an Independent candidate in the 2006 election, running third with 9.46% of the vote.
Halcro was born in San Francisco, California to the owners of a car rental agency in Anchorage, Alaska. He attended East Anchorage High School and received degrees from Willamette University and the University of Alaska Anchorage before taking over the family business, which is now an affiliate of Avis.
In 1998, he ran for the Alaska House of Representatives as a Republican, winning both the primary and the general election. In 2000, he won the Republican primary by a two-to-one margin and was unopposed in the general election. During his term in office, he earned a reputation as a maverick who sometimes put his foot in his mouth, as when his comments on what he saw as Bush Alaska's dependency on government funding earned him criticism from across the political spectrum. On another occasion, he publicly criticized other Republican legislators for taking too many junkets at taxpayer expense, which resulted in the loss of his position as chair of the House Transportation Committee.
In 2002, he chose not to seek re-election. He returned to Anchorage to run his company and serve on Democratic Mayor Mark Begich's transition team.
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