# Cathy Giessel

Cathy Giessel is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate for district E.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska Senate, district E
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4ac9a4bf-e2d9-4257-a360-9e91dc234deb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4ac9a4bf-e2d9-4257-a360-9e91dc234deb (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Giessel sits at −0.20 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.20 (standard error 0.04), from 723 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.1% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 47. 16.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska Senate 28.4%; rank 12 of 15).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 226: An Act relating to the sale of homemade food. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB226/
- SB 201: An Act relating to a report regarding involuntary commitment orders. (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB201/
- SB 205: An Act relating to occupational disability benefits for peace officers and firefighters; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB205/
- SB 220: An Act establishing a community health worker certification; relating to medical assistance coverage for certified community health worker services; and… (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB220/
- SB 199: An Act repealing the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Limited Entry Commission and transferring its duties to the Department of Fish and Game and the office of… (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB199/
- SB 191: An Act approving the transfer of land owned by the Alaska Railroad Corporation to the City of Whittier; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB191/
- SB 147: An Act relating to the prescription and administration of drugs and devices by pharmacists; relating to reciprocity for pharmacists; and providing for an… (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB147/
- SB 141: An Act relating to automated external defibrillators in buildings open to the public; relating to opioid overdose response kits in buildings open to the… (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB141/
- SB 142: An Act relating to municipal and state group health insurance plans and policies, including self-insured plans and policies, and the administration and… (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB142/
- SB 134: An Act relating to pharmacy benefits managers; relating to third-party administrators; and providing for an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-17) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB134/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $149.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/31?code=GIE
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorcathygiessel/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-giessel-b00722a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4ac9a4bf-e2d9-4257-a360-9e91dc234deb