Bob Herron
Bob Herron (b. March 9, 1951) is a former Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing District 38 from 2009 to 2017.
Biography
Herron's professional experience includes working as public relations director of the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, city manager in Bethel (1998-2005), legislative aide in the Office of Lyman Hoffman (1987-1994), general manager/partner with Swanson's Theater/Bethel Cablevision, and owner and operator of a number of businesses including Bethel Drilling & Welding, Blue Sky Estates, Golden Eagle, Kisaralik Unlimited and North Star Gas.[1] Herron served in the United States Marine Corps from 1973 to 1977.
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Herron served on the following committees:
| Alaska committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Resources |
| • Economic Development, Trade & Tourism, Chair |
| • Fisheries |
| • Military & Veterans' Affairs, Chair |
| • Legislative Council, Vice chair |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Herron served on the following committees:
| Alaska committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Community & Regional Affairs |
| • Labor & Commerce |
| • Rules |
| • Economic Development, Trade & Tourism |
| • Fisheries |
| • Legislative Budget and Audit |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Herron served on these committees:[2]
| Alaska committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Alaska Northern Waters Task Force |
| • Economic Development, Trade & Tourism, Chair |
| • Fisheries |
| • Health & Social Services |
| • Resources |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Herron served on these committees:
| Alaska committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Community & Regional Affairs, Co-Chair |
| • Health & Social Services, Co-Chair |
| • Rules, Vice Chair |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2016
Elections for the Alaska House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 16, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.
Zach Fansler ran unopposed in the Alaska House of Representatives District 38 general election.[3][4]
| Alaska House of Representatives, District 38 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Zach Fansler (unopposed) | |
| Source: Alaska Secretary of State | ||
Zach Fansler defeated incumbent Bob Herron in the Alaska House of Representatives District 38 Democratic Primary.[5][6]
| Alaska House of Representatives, District 38 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Zach Fansler |
57.32% | 1,234 | |
| Democratic | Bob Herron Incumbent | 42.68% | 919 | |
| Total Votes | 2,153 | |||
2014
Elections for the Alaska House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 19, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. District 37 incumbent Bob Herron was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[7][8][9][10]
2012
Herron ran for re-election in the 2012 election for Alaska House of Representatives District 37. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2012. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[11][12] Herron won re-election in the general election.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Herron Incumbent |
95.7% | 3,219 | |
| Write-in | Write-in | 4.3% | 145 | |
| Total Votes | 3,364 | |||
2010
Herron won re-election to the 38th District seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the August 24 primary election or the November 2 general election.[14][15]
2008
In 2008, Herron was re-elected to District 38 of the Alaska House of Representatives. Herron (D) ran unopposed and finished with 4,137 votes.[16]
| Alaska House of Representatives District 38 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Bob Herron (D)
|
4,137 | |||
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Alaska scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2016
In 2016, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 19 through May 18 (extended session). The Legislature held a special session from May 23, 2016, to June 19, 2016. The Legislature held a second special session from July 11 to July 18.
- Legislators are scored by the Alaska Business Report Card on "how supportive they are of Alaska’s private business sector."[17]
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2015
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2015, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2015, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 20 through April 27 (Session extended). The first special session was held from April 28 to May 21. The second special session was held from May 21 to June 11. A third special session was held from October 24 to November 5.
|
2014
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2014, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2014, the 28th Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 21 to April 20.
|
2013
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2013, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2013, the Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 15 to April 14. Ballotpedia staff did not find any state legislative scorecards published for this state in 2013. If you are aware of one, please contact editor@ballotpedia.org to let us know. |
2012
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2012, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2012, the 27th Alaska State Legislature was in session from January 17 to April 15. It was in special session from April 15 to April 30.
|
Personal
Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Herron and his wife, Margaret, have three children.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Bob + Herron + Alaska + House"
See also
- Alaska State Legislature
- Alaska House of Representatives
- Alaska House Committees
- Alaska House of Representatives District 38
External links
- Official campaign website
- Alaska State Legislature - Representative Bob Herron
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Profile from The House Majority
- Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed March 12, 2014
- ↑ Alaska House of Representatives, "House Majority Members" accessed September 18, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ State of Alaska Division of Elections, "November 8, 2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Alaska Secretary of State, "General Election Official Results 2016," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ State of Alaska Division of Elections, "August 16, 2016 Primary Candidate List," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ State of Alaska Division of Elections, "2016 Primary Election results," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ Alaska Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed June 4, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed January 1, 2015
- ↑ Alaska Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Secretary of State, "Official General Election Results," accessed November 25, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "2012 Primary Candidate List," accessed March 12, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed March 12, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Election Division, "Official 2012 General election results," accessed November 16, 2012
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "Official 2010 Primary election results," accessed March 12, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed March 12, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed July 2, 2015
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Alaska Business Report Card, "About ABRC," accessed September 11, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "abrc" defined multiple times with different content
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by David Guttenberg (D) |
Alaska House of Representatives District 38 2015–2017 |
Succeeded by Zach Fansler (D) |
| Preceded by Bryce Edgmon (D) |
Alaska House of Representatives District 37 2013–2015 |
Succeeded by Bryce Edgmon (D) |
| Preceded by - |
Alaska House of Representatives District 38 2009-2013 |
Succeeded by David Guttenberg (D) |
