ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Senate will have a new Republican-led majority, with Fairbanks Sen. Pete Kelly serving as president.
Sen. Peter Micciche of Soldotna will be majority leader. The current Senate president, Kevin Meyer of Anchorage, will chair the Senate Rules Committee, and Sens. Anna MacKinnon of Eagle River and Lyman Hoffman of Bethel will co-chair the Senate Finance Committee.
Daniel McDonald, with the Senate majority press office, said Hoffman is the lone Democrat in the 15-member majority.
The majority, in a release Wednesday, also said incoming Sen. Natasha von Imhof will join the Senate Finance Committee.
Von Imhof was elected to the seat held by Republican Lesil McGuire, who did not seek re-election. The finance panel also will include existing members Micciche, Mike Dunleavy and Click Bishop.
A new organization in the House was expected to be announced Wednesday afternoon.
