Carl E. Moses

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Carl Eugene Moses (July 16, 1929 – April 30, 2014) was an American businessman from

coin toss
after the election results wound up in court and were later certified by the state of Alaska as ending in a tie vote.

Early life

Carl Eugene Moses was born on July 16, 1929, in

Edison Tech from 1954 to 1957, and the University of Washington. He spent two years in the United States Army, and in 1960 moved to King Cove, Alaska
. In 1966 he moved to Unalaska, and started a business called Carl's Commercial Co., eventually including a store, hotel and bar, of which he was owner and operator; in 1977, this was to become Carl's Inc., of which he remained president.

Political career

Moses served on the King Cove

Nixon administration, he had switched to the Democratic Party, and was re-elected without opposition.[6] In 1972, after a redistricting, he was replaced by fellow Democratic incumbent Edward F. Naughton.[7] In 1973, he was appointed to a seat on the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Board.

Return to the House

In 1992, Moses was elected to the 40th House district on the Alaskan Independence Party ticket, defeating Democrat Dennis Robinson 1829 votes to 1600.[8] He switched his party affiliation back to the Democratic Party on May 24, 1994[9] (at around the same time that incumbent Governor Wally Hickel, also elected on the AIP ticket, returned to the Republicans), and continued to serve in the House, winning races as a Democrat with 87% of the vote or more[10] until the 2004 election, which he won with 2652 votes to 1527 for his Republican opponent.[11]

In August 2006, an ill Moses returned to Juneau to cast a critical vote that insured passage of a bill giving tax breaks to the oil industry, shortly after receiving campaign contributions from

Bill Allen and five other VECO executives, the only Democrat to receive any from that source.[12]

Coin toss loss

In the 2006 Democratic

coin toss to determine the winner, and Moses lost.[13] Moses ran a write-in campaign against Edgmon and Republican nominee Ron Bowers. Edgmon won, with 2020 votes to 950 for Moses and 812 for Bowers.[14] In 2019, Edgmon was elected by a bipartisan majority coalition as House Speaker and was the first Alaska Native to hold the position.[15]

The Aleut Corporation

Moses served from 1974 to 1978 as President of The Aleut Corporation.[16] In December 1978, a court ruled that Moses had orchestrated "inaccurate, false and misleading statements" during the April 1977 election for corporate directors, and ordered a new election.[17] Moses eventually resigned his position as president, and was later sued by the Corporation for an alleged conspiracy involving unwise real estate purchases in a subdivision.[18] In 2008 Moses began a new term on the Corporation's board of directors.

Death

Carl Moses died April 30, 2014, in Sand Point, Alaska, at age 84.[19][20]

References

  1. Juneau: Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency. 2010. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on April 6, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Lewis, Mike. "For some, Alaska oil spill will be season's big haul: Cleanup lights economic fire, brightening a dark December" Seattle Post-Intelligencer December 20, 2004
  3. ^ "AK State House 12" (1964) campaigns.com
  4. ^ "AK State House 12" (1966) campaigns.com
  5. ^ "AK State House 12" (1968) campaigns.com
  6. ^ "AK State House 12" (1970) campaigns.com
  7. ^ "AK State House 12" (1972) campaigns.com
  8. ^ "AK State House 40" (1992) campaigns.com
  9. ^ "AK State House 40 – Party Switch" ourcampaigns.com
  10. ^ "Moses, Carl E." ourcampaigns.com
  11. ^ "AK State House 37" (2004) campaigns.com
  12. ^ Moses given cash before casting vote Archived October 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Juneau Empire, Matt Volz (AP), September 12, 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  13. ^ "AK State House 37 – D Primary" (2006) ourcampaigns.com
  14. ^ AK State House 37 (2006) ourcampaigns.com
  15. Alaska State Legislature
    . Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  16. ^ "Past TAC Directors" The Aleut Corporation website
  17. ^ Wilson, Bill. "New Aleut voter ordered; Judge cites inaccuracies." Anchorage Daily News December 19, 1978; p. 1, col. 3
  18. ^ Hunter, Don. "Aleut Corp levies land conspiracy charges" Anchorage Daily News September 18, 1979; pp. A-1, A-8
  19. KTOO-TV
    . Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  20. KTUU. Archived from the original
    on May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

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Alaska House of Representatives
Preceded by
Arthur J. Harris
 Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
from the 12th district
1965–1973 		Succeeded by
Edward F. Naughton
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 Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
from the 40th district
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