district residence state_senate predecessor successor birth_place party profession term_end birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name alma_mater
q a sitka , alaska alaska alaska redistricted robin l. taylor redistricted anchorage , alaska republican financial services january 15 , 2013 06 march 1956 january 15 , 2013 november 20 , 2003 lureen bert stedman
 alaska alaska bert stedman university of oregon
bert stedman

bert stedman is a republican member of the alaska senate .
he was appointed by governor frank murkowski in november 2003 to the alaska senate to represent district a .
he now represents district q following redistricting in 2012 .
politically heterodox , stedman opposed reforms to alaska 's oil tax under republican governors sarah palin and sean parnell .
following the precipitous drop in oil prices , stedman advocated a more fiscally conservative approach to the state 's budgeting in 2015 .
