Sean Parnell July 2009, when Governor Palin resigned her position, Parnell became governor and finished the term of office. In 2010, Parnell won a four-year term as governor in his own right. In 2005, Parnell ran and won in the Republican primary to become lieutenant governor. Afterward, in the general election, he was paired with Sarah Palin as her running mate. In Alaska, the lieutenant governor candidates run separately from the governor candidates in the primary election race, but after the primaries, the nominees for governor and lieutenant governor run together as a slate. Palin and Parnell were elected with 48.33% of
History of the Jews in Alaska in 1988. Jay Rabinowitz was a Justice on the Alaska Supreme Court for over thirty years, from 1965–1997, and was Chief Justice for 12 of those years. His tenure began during the first years of statehood when much of Alaska’s constitution was untested, and many of the over 1,200 opinions (along with 200 dissents) he wrote while on the court have defined the legal structure governing Alaska. The Rabinowitz Courthouse in Fairbanks is named in his honor. Avrum "Av" M. Gross served as the Alaska Attorney General from 1974–1980 while Jay Hammond was Governor, despite their differing personal politics. The