Gabrielle LeDoux
Encyclopedia
Gabrielle LeDoux is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party
of Alaska
. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska
and was born March 24, 1948. LeDoux is a maritime attorney and businesswoman with offices in Anchorage and Kodiak, Alaska.
of the Kodiak Island Borough March 2001 through October 2004. LeDoux was then elected to the Alaska House of Representatives
in 2005. She served two terms in the Alaska State Legislature, January 2005 through January 2009 and was a recipient of the Toll Fellowship in 2006. While in the legislature LeDoux served as co-chair of both the Fisheries and the Community and Regional Affairs Committees. She was also a member of the Labor and Commerce, and Resources committees. She was best known for her passage of the "Safe Haven" Bill which allows parents to surrender newborns without prosecution. http://gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=878&type=1
In October 2007, LeDoux announced her candidacy for Alaska’s lone seat in the United States House of Representatives
challenging 18-term Congressman Don Young
and Lt. Governor Sean Parnell
. LeDoux was dubbed a spoiler and placed a distant third in the primary, garnering a less than 10% of the vote. The only part of the state she carried was her former legislative district, by plurality.
(1966 - 1968)
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
and was born March 24, 1948. LeDoux is a maritime attorney and businesswoman with offices in Anchorage and Kodiak, Alaska.
Political career
LeDoux served as MayorMayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of the Kodiak Island Borough March 2001 through October 2004. LeDoux was then elected to the Alaska House of Representatives
Alaska House of Representatives
The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of about 15,673 people . Members serve two-year terms without term limits...
in 2005. She served two terms in the Alaska State Legislature, January 2005 through January 2009 and was a recipient of the Toll Fellowship in 2006. While in the legislature LeDoux served as co-chair of both the Fisheries and the Community and Regional Affairs Committees. She was also a member of the Labor and Commerce, and Resources committees. She was best known for her passage of the "Safe Haven" Bill which allows parents to surrender newborns without prosecution. http://gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=878&type=1
In October 2007, LeDoux announced her candidacy for Alaska’s lone seat in the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
challenging 18-term Congressman Don Young
Don Young
Donald Edwin "Don" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1973. He is a member of the Republican Party.Young is the 6th most senior U.S. Representative and the 2nd most senior Republican Representative, as well as the 2nd most senior Republican in Congress as a whole...
and Lt. Governor Sean Parnell
Sean Parnell
Sean R. Parnell is an American Republican politician who is the tenth and current Governor of Alaska. He succeeded Sarah Palin following her resignation, and was sworn in at the Governor's Picnic in Fairbanks on July 26, 2009...
. LeDoux was dubbed a spoiler and placed a distant third in the primary, garnering a less than 10% of the vote. The only part of the state she carried was her former legislative district, by plurality.
Education
LeDoux, an attorney by training, owns the Law office of Gabrielle LeDoux. She is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley (B.A. 1970) and University of California, Berkeley School of Law (J.D. 1973). She also attended the University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
(1966 - 1968)
Family
LeDoux's husband (Kurt) and youngest son (Daniel) died in a car accident in 1992. She has two children.Community service
- Bridge Builders Alaska, Member
- Kodiak Lauch Complex, Advisory Board
- Alaska Municipal League, Board Member
- Alaska Bar Association, Member
- Maritime Law Association, Member
- Women's Fisheries Network, Member
- Lions Club, Member
- Rotary International, Member
- Alaska Chamber of Commerce, Member
- Resource Development Council
- The Wish List, Member
External links
- http://www.adn.com/elections/story/432682.html
- http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/gabrielle-ledoux