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Stephen Alan "Steve" McAlpine (born May 23, 1949) is an American lawyer and politician. McAlpine served as the fifth lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1982 until 1990.[1]
McAlpine originally came to Alaska in 1970 accompanied by a friend from college, Mano Frey. The two visited Alaska while taking a break from studies and decided to stay, settling in Valdez. They worked construction during the building of the trans-Alaska pipeline. McAlpine continued law school until he graduated, while Frey would go on to become a major labor union figure in Alaska, serving as head of Alaska's AFL-CIO from 1984 to 2002.
Law careeredit
In 1977, McAlpine partnered with James D. Ginotti in the Law Firm of Ginotti & McAlpine, PC.
Following the end of his tenure in elected office (see below), McAlpine moved to Anchorage, Alaska and resumed the practice of law, which he continues to the present day.
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Local politicsedit
During the late 1970s, McAlpine was elected to the Valdez city council and went on to serve two terms as mayor of Valdez.
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In 1982, he was elected as lieutenant governor of Alaska, serving with Democratic governor Bill Sheffield, an Anchorage hotelier. Sheffield, plagued by various scandals in his administration during his term as governor, lost renomination in the 1986 primary election to Steve Cowper, a Fairbanks lawyer and former state representative. McAlpine won renomination as lieutenant governor, however, and in the general election, was reelected alongside Cowper.
As his tenure as lieutenant governor occurred during the Exxon Valdez oil spill, McAlpine found himself the subject of national media attention, particularly given his ties to Valdez.
McAlpine ran for governor in 1990, but lost in the Democratic primary election to Tony Knowles.
Referencesedit
^"The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mcalmine to Mcbreen".
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