Speaker Rep. Bryce Edgmon has appointed one of the legal counsels for the Alaska Federation of Natives to the Alaska Redistricting Board.
The appointment of Nicole Borromeo, who signed the recall petition against Gov. Mike Dunleavy, shocked Republicans, who were reminded by Must Read Alaska last week that Edgmon had signed a pledge to have the majority of the Committee on Committees approve his pick.
That committee majority that apparently approved the pick would have to include two of its Republicans — Rep. Chuck Kopp of District 24, Rep. Jennifer Johnston of District 28, Rep. Louise Stutes of District 32, and Rep. Steve Thompson of Fairbanks District 2.
The redistricting seat should have been picked by a Republican Speaker of the House, based on the overwhelming majority of Republicans elected, but seven Republicans bolted from the caucus in 2019 and installed Democrat Bryce Edgmon as Speaker. They won powerful seats in the process, including seats on the Committee on Committees. Kopp is Rules chair and Johnston is co-chair of Finance. Thompson is Majority leader and Stutes is whip.
The Alaska Redistricting Board is the group that redraws the political boundaries of the state following every U.S. Census. It is an exercise that will take place in every state at the close of the Census this year.
The choice of a hardline radical may cost Kopp and Johnston their races this year in the Legislature, and could hurt Thompson as well. Stutes is probably safe in her district, which encompasses Kodiak and Cordova.
Edgmon said earlier this week he intended to appoint an Alaska Native to the Redistricting Board. As part of his agreement with the Republicans who installed him, he re-registered as a nonpartisan voter in 2019. But he’s a lifelong Democrat, and the reregistration was merely to give the seven cover for not installing a Democrat Speaker, which would have brought sanctions from the Alaska Republican Party.
“Ms. Borromeo has served as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Alaska Federation of Natives since 2014. In that capacity, she provides executive level leadership and advises the AFN President and Board on a wide array of legislative and litigation matters, including voting rights. In addition to her decade of legal and public policy experience, Ms. Borromeo spent two years working on Capitol Hill for the late Sen. Ted Stevens and the Senate Appropriations Committee,” the Speaker’s press release noted.
Borromeo lives in Anchorage. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage and a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. Ms. Borromeo was recognized as one of Alaska’s “Top 40 Under 40” in 2018.
Other members of the board are E. Budd Simpson and Bethany Marcum, appointed by the governor, and John Binkley, appointed by Sen. Cathy Giessel.
The leftists despise voting, almost as much as they despise voters.
Great…… So we’ll get the snowflake drama and melt downs, DURING the board meetings as well…… Brilliant! Nothing will happen to Edgmon and his bypass of the agreement he made with the turn coats. He’s a lib, so rules and accountability won’t apply. Thanks Kopp, Knopp, Johnston, and all the rest….. This blows.
“Ms. Borromeo has served as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Alaska Federation of Natives since 2014. In that capacity, she provides executive level leadership and advises the AFN President and Board on a wide array of legislative and litigation matters, including voting rights. In addition to her decade of legal and public policy experience, Ms. Borromeo spent two years working on Capitol Hill for the late Sen. Ted Stevens and the Senate Appropriations Committee,” the Speaker’s press release noted.
Borromeo lives in Anchorage. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage and a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. Ms. Borromeo was recognized as one of Alaska’s “Top 40 Under 40” in 2018.
She sounds very qualified, not sure what the outrage is. I didn’t know it was a requirement to be a Dunleavy supporter to be on the redistricting board.
I do not agree with or like the direction AFN is going nor do approve of speaker Edgmon and I support our Governor!
I agree with you Mike Ryan, I believe we have a very well qualified selection in Nicole Borremeo.
Great. Now Bryce can focus on sending out the rest of our pfd in October since many Alaskans didn’t have enough to eat last week. That is, if he truely cares about Alaskan natives like he claims he does.
Who among the four named Republicans approved this?
Check back for an update soon. – sd
Hillary called….she wants her glasses back.
The Republicans as opponents, the Democrats have no need for friends.
Good on him.
i imagine Nicole Borromeo appreciates you calling her young. I believe she is 10 years older than Tuckerman Babcock when he led the redistricting in 1991.
Bachelor of arts degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage……………..wonderful.
Most law schools take in Affirmative Action applicants at the exclusion of better qualified individuals who are not Affirmative Action applicants.
Much better looking than Pocohantas (Lizzy Warren).
Why is “young” in the headline? Why is her age relevant?
OMG, not everything is an insult, dear MA. Her age is relevant. Her Nativeness is relevant. Her association with rural Alaska is relevant. It’s all relevant when it comes to Census and Redistricting and the lawsuits that follow over not enough Native vote. What is the matter with you snowflakes that you see everything as an insult. Geeesh.
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