Mike Doogan
Appearance
Mike Doogan | |
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Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 25th district | |
Assumed office January 15, 2007 | |
Preceded by | Eric Croft |
Personal details | |
Born | Fairbanks, Alaska | June 7, 1948
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Kathleen |
Residence | Anchorage, Alaska |
Alma mater | University of San Francisco, University of Alaska |
Profession | journalist, writer |
Mike Doogan is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 25th District since 2006.
He is also the author of the Nik Kane Alaska mystery series, which includes Lost Angel, Capitol Offense, and Skeleton Lake, as well as several nonfiction books about Alaska life.
In March 2009, Doogan exposed the identity of the previously anonymous blogger behind The Mudflats, a blog critical of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Doogan's decision to reveal the blogger's identity received widespread criticism in the blogosphere.[1] [2]
References
- ^ "Influential Nobodies", Staebrook News, April 4, 2009
- ^ "In Exposing the Identity of Mudflats Blogger Jeanne Devon, Rep. Mike Doogan Exposes Himself.", The Mudflats, March 27, 2009
External links
- Alaska State Legislature - Representative Mike Doogan official government website
- Project Vote Smart - Representative Mike Doogan (AK) profile
- Follow the Money - Mike Doogan
- 2006 campaign contributions
- Alaska's Democratic Caucus - Mike Doogan profile
- Mike Doogan at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
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- Alaska Democrats
- Editors of Alaska newspapers
- Living people
- Members of the Alaska House of Representatives
- Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska
- Politicians from Fairbanks, Alaska
- Writers from Fairbanks, Alaska
- 21st-century American politicians
- Alaska politician stubs
- American journalist, 1940s birth stubs
- 20th-century American journalists