The Alaska House is nearly evenly split along party lines, with 21 Republicans and 19 Democrats and Independents. In recent years the House majority has been a multi-party coalition, but it’s not clear what will happen this year.
in November. Seventeen of the Senate’s 20 members formed a bipartisan majority coalition.
Ortiz, who represents Ketchikan, Wrangell and Metlakatla, said he would rather have a larger majority than a narrow one. Forming a coalition involves lots of discussion between lawmakers behind the scenes to identify common interests and policy goals. “I think a lot of folks are very hopeful that we’ll have some organization in place so that the people’s representatives can hit the ground running on the first day of session,” Saddler said. “Your guess may be as good as mine as to how likely that is to happen.”
“Frankly, if you approach the situation with a fresh eye, you might find fresher solutions to old problems,” he said.
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