Dean Westlake
| Dean Westlake | |
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| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 40th District |
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Assumed office January 17, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Nageak |
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| Born | 1960 (age 56–57) Noorvik, Alaska |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Kotzebue, Alaska |
Dean Westlake (born 1960) is an American politician from Alaska. He has served in the Alaska House of Representatives since 2017, representing the 40th District in Alaska's North Slope region. A member of the Democratic Party, he caucuses with the Democrat-led majority in the House of Representatives.
Westlake first ran for the House in 2014, mounting an unsuccessful primary challenge to Barrow Representative Benjamin Nageak, who caucused with the Republican-led majority caucus at the time. He ran again in 2016 and defeated Nageak in a very close election that was contested in court. While a lower court ruled that 50 votes cast in Shungnak, a rural community that went overwhelmingly for Westlake, were improperly cast and should not be counted, the Alaska Supreme Court reversed the ruling, making Westlake the winner. Westlake was unopposed in the general election.
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