Although Rep. Laddie Shaw, already a retired U.S. Navy SEAL is retiring in January, he still has one of the most valuable assets in the Republican Party — his endorsement.
Lucy Bauer, a Republican running to replace him in House District 9, just won that endorsement. She is running against Democrat-endorsed Ky Holland for the South Anchorage seat.
Bauer is an American by choice. She immigrated from China at a young age to escape communism and became an American success story in business in Anchorage, where she settled.
In addition to Shaw, who was first elected in 2018, Bauer has the endorsements of Duby and Loran Baxter, Judy and Randy Eledge, Sarah Erkmann-Ward, Beth Farnstrom, Pal and Suzanne Gionet, Sami and Bruce Graham, John Hendrix, Christine and Duane Hill, Sen. James Kaufman, Dawn and Thad Phillips Al Smay, Rep. Cathy Tilton, Michael and Lindsay Williams, Roberta and Dan Zipay, and Gretchen and Mike Stoddard, to name a few. Gov. Mike Dunleavy also endorses her.
You can meet Bauer and hear more about her life story and why she is a conservative at an event coning up at Bell’s Nursery, 13700 Specking Ave., Anchorage, on Sept. 16, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., when her campaign is hosting a fundraiser for her first run for public office.