Bill Wielechowski
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| Member of the Alaska Senate from District H District J (2009-2013) |
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Assumed office January 16, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Gretchen Guess |
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December 7, 1967 Ridgewood, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Laura |
| Children | One daughter |
| Residence | Anchorage, Alaska |
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Seton Hall University (B.S.) Seton Hall University (J.D.) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Bill P. Wielechowski is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate representing District H. District H is located in Anchorage, Alaska and includes Spenard and the University of Alaska at Anchorage. Prior to the 2012 redistricting process, he represented District J from 2007-2013.
Wielechowski was born December 7, 1967, in Ridgewood, New Jersey to a Polish-American family (his grandfather immigrated from Kraków in 1910). He attended Seton Hall University earning a bachelor of science in business management and finance and graduating magna cum laude. He then attended Seton Hall University School of Law earning his juris doctor in 1992.
After moving to Anchorage, he became a volunteer with the Northeast Community Council, as a Commissioner on the Anchorage Planning & Zoning Commission and as chair of the Creekside Town Center. In 1999 he was the designated chair of the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board.
In 2003, he served on the mayoral transition team for Mark Begich and went on to serve the city as a member of the 2003 Anchorage School District Budget Review Team and the Mayor’s Task Force on Obesity and Health. In 2004, he stepped down as designated chair of the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board to become associate general counsel for IBEW Local 1547.
In 2006, he was elected to the Alaska Senate to replace retiring Democratic incumbent Gretchen Guess in District J, which included the neighborhoods of Mt. View, Muldoon and Russian Jack in Anchorage. In the 2010 election, he defeated Ron Slepecki winning 58% of the vote to Slepecki’s 42%.
He was a majority member of the Senate Bi-partisan Working Group from 2007 through 2012. He then joined the Minority Caucus.
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