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Donald C. "Donny" Olson (born June 18, 1953) is an American physician, attorney, commercial pilot, reindeer herder, and politician, currently serving as a member of the Alaska Senate since 2001. Olson represents rural communities in Western Alaska and Arctic Alaska including Nome, Kotzebue, and Utqiagvik.




Early life


Olson was born in the Inupiaq village of Golovin, Alaska, where he resides to date. He graduated from Covenant High School in Unalakleet, attended Seattle Pacific College; then the University of Minnesota, Duluth, where he received a B.A. in Chemistry; attended the University of Alaska, Fairbanks; the Oral Roberts University School of Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he received his M.D., the University of Colorado School of Law for his Juris Doctor, and did postgraduate work in law at Cambridge University in England.




Career


He is the president and CEO of Olson Air Service, based in Nome, Alaska.
He was appointed to the Alaska State Medical Board by Governor Tony Knowles in 1995 and served until taking office in the Alaska Senate in 2001. He was the sole Democrat associated with the Alaska political corruption probe. He was the only Alaska legislator to reject a bribe offer to vote for an oil tax bill. It was proposed as a campaign contribution of $25,000 for his 2004 Lieutenant Governor's race. He subsequently helped the FBI make their case against those involved.
Olson caucused with the Republicans in the majority during the 28th Senate, from 2013 to 2014, but he was not invited to participate in the organization of the majority caucus for the 29th Senate. He was a member of the Democratic minority caucus from 2015 to 2023. He is currently a member of the 17-member bipartisan majority.




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External links


Media related to Donny Olson at Wikimedia Commons

Alaska State Legislature - Senator Donald Olson official AK Senate website
Project Vote Smart - Representative Donald Olson (AK) profile
Follow the Money - Donald Olson
2006 2004 2000 Senate campaign contributions
2006 Lieutenant Governor campaign contributions
Donny Olson at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

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• Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
• Pilot Station, Alaska
• Utqiagvik, Alaska
• Deadhorse, Alaska
• Nuiqsut, Alaska
• Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
• Diomede, Alaska
• Donny Olson
• Thomas Baker (Alaska politician)
• 2024 Alaska Senate election
• Alaska political corruption probe
• Bush Caucus
• Utqiagvik, Alaska
• Alaska State Senate
• Tom Begich
• 2022 Alaska Senate election
• Golovin, Alaska