About
Meet Mike Prax
Sixty-five years of Alaska living, four terms of Alaska legislating, and one phone number that still rings on his own desk.
His story
Glenn “Mike” Prax was born in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. He moved to Alaska with his parents in 1969 and currently lives in the Badger area of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Prax graduated from AE Lathrop High School in 1974. His career experience includes working for his parents at the Star of the North Bakery throughout his high school years, as an operations and maintenance technician with Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, as an owner/manager of Prospector Outfitters, and as an insurance producer at Dick Randolph State Farm Insurance agency.
Prax’s record of public service spans decades. He served as a District Chair for the Republican Party in the 1980s and represented Fairbanks on the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly from 1997 to 2001.
In 2020, Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed Prax to the Alaska State House of Representatives to fill the vacancy left by former Representative Tammie Wilson. He is now serving his fourth term in the House.
He and his wife Elaine live in the Badger area. They have two children.
I bring that same practical, hands-on approach to the Legislature every day. Mike Prax
A life of service
Bakery, pipeline, small business, statehouse
- 1969Moved to Alaska
Came north from Sleepy Eye, Minnesota with his parents and made the Interior home.
- 1974Graduated AE Lathrop High School
Worked through high school at his parents’ Star of the North Bakery in Fairbanks.
- 1980sRepublican Party District Chair
First stretch of party and community service in the Fairbanks area.
- 1997–2001Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly
Represented Fairbanks on the borough assembly — local budgets, local accountability.
- 2020Appointed to the Alaska House
Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed Prax to the North Pole seat vacated by Rep. Tammie Wilson.
- 2020–2024Returned by voters, three times
Elected and re-elected by District 33 in every election since the appointment.
- 202612th most senior of 40 House members
Seniority that means committee standing and a stronger voice for the Interior.
In Juneau
Where he serves
Seniority in the Alaska House is not a trophy — it decides which rooms you are in when budgets get written. Rep. Prax currently sits on:
- House Health & Social Services
Standing committee - House Community & Regional Affairs
Standing committee - House Legislative Council
Joint permanent committee - House Finance Subcommittee — Health & Social Services
Budget oversight - House Finance Subcommittee — Corrections
Budget oversight - House Finance Subcommittee — Public Safety
Budget oversight
Committee assignments per the Alaska House Majority and the Alaska State Legislature member record.
Three ways to help
This seat is decided by neighbors
District 33 is a small district where a few hundred votes decide the outcome. Whatever you can give — a dollar, an hour, or a conversation over the fence — it matters here.