Dan Saddler

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Dan Saddler |image = Dan Saddler 2024.png |office = Majority Leader of the Alaska House of Representatives |term_start = January 19, 2023 |term_end = January 21, 2025 |predecessor = Chris Tuck |successor = Chuck Kopp |state_house1 = Alaska |district1 = 24th |term_start1 = January 17, 2023 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = Ken McCarty (redistricting) |successor1 = |term_start2 = January 2011 |term_end2 = December 2018 |predecessor2 = Nancy Dahlstrom |successor2 = Sharon Jackson |constituency2 = 18th district (2011–2013)<br />12th district (2013–2015)<br />13th district (2015–2018) |birth_name = Daniel Robert Saddler |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}} |birth_place = Elyria, Ohio, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = Miami University (BA)<br />Ohio State University (MA) |website = {{URL|dansaddler.com|Official website}} }} '''Daniel Robert Saddler''' (born 1961)<ref name="AL">{{cite web |url= http://house.legis.state.ak.us/rep.php?id=sad |title= Dan Saddler |publisher= Alaska Legislature |location= Juneau, Alaska |accessdate= October 29, 2013 |archive-date= October 6, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131006063002/http://house.legis.state.ak.us/rep.php?id=sad |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=The Ohio State University - 301st commencement | date=Summer 1987 | url=https://registrar.osu.edu/staff/commence_bulletins/su87_commence.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215223431/http://registrar.osu.edu/staff/commence_bulletins/su87_commence.pdf | archive-date=2016-12-15}}</ref> is an American politician who serves as a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives. He took office in January 2011 and resigned in December 2018 to take a position in the administration of Governor Mike Dunleavy.<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/123140 |title= Representative Dan Saddler's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= October 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2018/12/10/eagle-river-lawmakers-resigns-to-take-job-in-dunleavy-administration/ |title= Eagle River lawmaker resigns to take job in Dunleavy administration |work= Anchorage Daily News |accessdate= October 15, 2023}}</ref> He was later elected to a new term beginning in January 2023.<ref name="PVS"/>

==Career== Saddler's professional experiences include being an engineering magazine editor, newspaper reporter, legislative staffer for various lawmakers in Alaska, and a public relations executive for an Alaska regional corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Representative Dan Saddler|url = http://www.housemajority.org/members/saddler/|website = www.housemajority.org|accessdate = 2015-12-12}}</ref>

==Education== Saddler earned his BA in journalism from Miami University and his MA from Ohio State University.

==Election history== {{Incomplete list|date=March 2025}}

*2012 With Republican Representative Eric Feige redistricted to District 6, Saddler won the District 12 August 28, 2012 Republican Primary with 1,185 votes (88.30%),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/12PRIM/data/results.htm |title= State of Alaska 2012 Primary Election August 28, 2012 Official Results |publisher= State of Alaska Division of Elections |location= Juneau, Alaska |access-date= October 29, 2013}}</ref> and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 4,663 votes (96.56%) against write-in candidates.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/12GENR/data/results.htm |title= State of Alaska 2012 General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results |publisher= State of Alaska Division of Elections |location= Juneau, Alaska |access-date= October 29, 2013}}</ref> *2010 When Republican Representative Nancy Dahlstrom resigned and the District 18 seat was left open through the election, Saddler won the three-way August 24, 2010 Republican Primary by 4 votes, with 415 votes (35.84%),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/10PRIM/data/results.htm |title= State of Alaska 2010 Primary Election August 24, 2012 Official Results |publisher= State of Alaska Division of Elections |location= Juneau, Alaska |access-date= October 29, 2013}}</ref> and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 1,944 votes (68.89%) against Democratic nominee Martin Lindeke.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/10GENR/data/resultsOF.htm |title= State of Alaska 2010 General Election November 2, 2010 Official Results |publisher= State of Alaska Division of Elections |location= Juneau, Alaska |accessdate= October 29, 2013 |archive-date= November 21, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191121015145/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/10GENR/data/resultsOF.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref>

===2024===

==== Primary ==== {{Election box begin no change | title = 2024 Nonpartisan primary}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Dan Saddler (incumbent) | votes = 2776 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 2776 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}

==== General ==== {{Election box begin no change | title = 2024 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 24}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Dan Saddler (incumbent) | votes = 7981 | percentage = 96.8 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 262 | percentage = 3.2 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 8243 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}

== Personal life ==

Saddler's interests include hiking, flying, writing songs and performing, and American history.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Alaska State Legislature|url = http://akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=sad|website = akleg.gov|accessdate = 2015-12-12}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [http://house.legis.state.ak.us/rep.php?id=sad Official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006063002/http://house.legis.state.ak.us/rep.php?id=sad |date=October 6, 2013 }} at the Alaska Legislature * [http://www.dansaddler.com Campaign site] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=123140 | fec= | congress= }} * [http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=838 Dan Saddler] at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature''

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