Alaska strikes political gold

Ketchikan (Alaska) Daily News: Alaska is well positioned in Congress after November’s election and the resulting assignments.

The election resulted in Republican control of Congress, with all three members of Alaska’s delegation in the majority.

Lisa Murkowski, who has been building seniority in the Senate, is joined by Sen.-elect Dan Sullivan, while Congressman Don Young retains Alaska’s only House seat. Every one is a Republican.

Sen. Murkowski’s seniority will seat her on the Energy, Appropriations, Indian Affairs, and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committees. Sullivan in his first term will be on Armed Services, Commerce, Environment and Public Works, and Veterans Affairs.

With Young’s assignments to Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure added in, Alaska is in a better position than it has been in at least half a dozen years.

The next session will be better for Alaska.