residence predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
anchorage , alaska '' redistricted '' bob buch '' redistricted '' anchorage , alaska republican member of the alaska house of representatives from the 27th district of the alaska senate from district k member 11 january 1968 january 20 , 2015 january 18 , 2011 andrew billings mia costello
 january 20 , 2015 mia costello teacher , communications professional harvard university , university of alaska southeast
mia costello

mia c. costello -lrb- born january 11 , 1968 -rrb- is a republican member of the alaska senate from district k .
she previously served from 2011 to 2015 in the alaska house of representatives , representing the 20th district .
in november 2010 , costello defeated democratic incumbent bob buch to win her house seat .
costello received 3,696 votes to buch 's 2,873 .
costello served on the house finance committee and as chair of the natural resources finance subcommittee .
she ran for the senate seat vacated by democrat hollis french in 2014 , picking up the seat to add to the republican senate majority .
prior to being elected to the state house , costello worked as a teacher , legislative aide , and as deputy communications director for governor frank murkowski .
