Alyse Galvin

Galvin announced in late 2021 that she would run for the Alaska Legislature, though she did not initially announce whether she would run for a seat in the Alaska House of Representatives or the Alaska Senate, due to complications with redistricting. She ended up running for Alaska's 14th House of Representatives district, facing Republican candidate Nicholas Danger.

Galvin announced that she would run again in the 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska.

On January 11, 2018, Galvin announced her candidacy for Alaska's at-large congressional district in the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska as an independent. Alaska held their primaries on August 27, 2018. Galvin opted to run in the Democratic primary, receiving 54.1% of the vote, beating out three other contenders. The 2018 general election was held on November 6, 2018. Galvin faced incumbent Republican Don Young. On election day, Galvin won 46.7% of the vote, losing to Young.

She worked as a manager at the Anchorage Sheraton. Galvin is an education advocate, and was a part of Bill Walker's transition team in 2014 after his election as Governor of Alaska. She co-founded Great Alaska Schools, an advocacy group for education funding.

Alyse Surratt Galvin (born July 18, 1965) is an American businesswoman, education advocate, and politician from the state of Alaska. Galvin was an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2018 and 2020, running with the endorsement of the Alaska Democratic Party. She lost both times to incumbent Republican Don Young. She is now running for the 14th district of the Alaska House of Representatives.