Is coalition government finished in alaska

[jimrtex]

Apparently not:

https://twitter.com/Midnight_Sun_ak/status/1329566787910811648

The Midnight Sun appears to be a bit snarky in their editorial slant.

Anyhow it appears that the alignment is:

20 Republicans
16 Democrats
3 Independents
1 Independent Republican

In the previous session, the majority coalition included 7 Republicans who crossed over and were given committee chairs and one was majority leader. A Democrat switched to independent and became Speaker. With 7 of 23 Republicans joining the coalition it could be considered bipartisan.

4 of the 7 cross-overs were beaten in the Republican primary, so it seems pretty iffy that the Democrats can offer much inducement (We'll let you be speaker, majority leader, chair of the Appropriations Committee, and two draft choices to be named later seems out of the question).

[jimrtex]

So in 2019, it took the House around 38 days or so to form a majority coalition. I wonder how long it'll take them to form a majority this time.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the Democrats managed to defeat the Republican minority leader this time around, just like they defeated the Republican majority leader in the senate back in 2018.

In 2019 they had to form a real coalition, since there were only 15 Democrats and 23 Republicans.

In 2021 will they try to pull two over for a slim 21-19 majority?

Under Alaska statute, vacancies are filled by appointment by the governor, with the confirmation by members of the same party. This could result in replacement of a coalition member by someone of the same party that doesn't join the coalition.

What happens if Biden tries to close ANWR (aka Naval Petroleum Reserve)?