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'Andrew Halcro' (born September 20, 1964) is an American politician from the U.S. state of 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 10% 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 2-to-1 margin and was unopposed in the general. 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 legislators who were members of his own party 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, and returned to Anchorage to run his company and serve on Mayor Mark Begich's transition team. On January 24, 2006, however, he announced at a Bethel press conference that he was returning to politics and would run for Governor of Alaska. Although he has been a lifelong Republican, and has not changed his voter registration, he told reporters that he would run an Independent candidacy because he did not believe that Alaska's closed primary system would allow him to win a party nomination.
His platform in his run for Governor included calls for fiscal responsibility, cutting legislators' salaries, increasing the number of trade agreements between Alaska and foreign nations, constructing a pipeline for natural gas, enacting strict campaign finance reform laws, and enacting "equitable taxation."
Although he had originally selected former Republican state legislator and Soldotna mayor Ken Lancaster as his running mate, Lancaster left the race in mid-September, citing health issues. He was replaced with former Anchorage Assembleywoman Fay Von Gemmingen. Halcro's slogan was "ThinkHalcroGovernor" and he has aired television advertisements of his authorship that used humor to emphasize what he said was the nonpartisan nature of his candidacy, his availability to ordinary Alaskans, and his stances on the issues. He was widely regarded as the winner of the several debates in which he participated with Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Tony Knowles.
On Election Day, with 99% of precincts counted, Halcro received 19,600 votes, or about 10% of the total. Palin won the election with 99,601 votes, or about 49%.
★ Halcro for Governor
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 2-to-1 margin and was unopposed in the general. 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 legislators who were members of his own party 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, and returned to Anchorage to run his company and serve on Mayor Mark Begich's transition team. On January 24, 2006, however, he announced at a Bethel press conference that he was returning to politics and would run for Governor of Alaska. Although he has been a lifelong Republican, and has not changed his voter registration, he told reporters that he would run an Independent candidacy because he did not believe that Alaska's closed primary system would allow him to win a party nomination.
His platform in his run for Governor included calls for fiscal responsibility, cutting legislators' salaries, increasing the number of trade agreements between Alaska and foreign nations, constructing a pipeline for natural gas, enacting strict campaign finance reform laws, and enacting "equitable taxation."
Although he had originally selected former Republican state legislator and Soldotna mayor Ken Lancaster as his running mate, Lancaster left the race in mid-September, citing health issues. He was replaced with former Anchorage Assembleywoman Fay Von Gemmingen. Halcro's slogan was "ThinkHalcroGovernor" and he has aired television advertisements of his authorship that used humor to emphasize what he said was the nonpartisan nature of his candidacy, his availability to ordinary Alaskans, and his stances on the issues. He was widely regarded as the winner of the several debates in which he participated with Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Tony Knowles.
On Election Day, with 99% of precincts counted, Halcro received 19,600 votes, or about 10% of the total. Palin won the election with 99,601 votes, or about 49%.
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