David Cuddy

David Warren Cuddy (born September 16, 1952) is a businessman and Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of Alaska.

Dave Cuddy was born in Anchorage, Alaska, where he has spent most of his life. He was named after his uncle, who died in World War II in 1944. He graduated from West Anchorage High School in 1970, and received a B.A. in economics from Duke University in 1974.

Cuddy joined the business operated by his family, First National Bank of Anchorage (now called First National Bank Alaska) in 1972, working his way up from teller to loan officer, and eventually vice-president at the time he left the bank.

Cuddy was elected to a single term in the Alaska House of Representatives in 1980. A combination of redistricting and pressure from Dick Randolph to defect to the Libertarian Party played heavily in his decision not to run for re-election.

In 1996^[1] and 2008, Cuddy unsuccessfully challenged Ted Stevens in the Alaska Republican U.S. Senate primary.

Cuddy currently lists his occupation as an independent film producer. In 2001, he worked for a California-based entertainment firm as a business consultant to independent filmmakers, and left them in 2003. While acting as executive producer on the film Light in the Forest, he met Austin-based screenwriter Bonnie Orr, and in 2007 he began construction of a film studio in Austin, Texas.^[2]

See also

• United States Senate election in Alaska, 1996
• United States Senate election in Alaska, 2008

Notes

1. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe1996/senate.htm#ALASKA
2. ^ Miguel Liscano (February 25, 2007). "Picture this: a film studio in Hays County". American-Statesman. Austin 360. http://www.austin360.com/movies/content/movies/stories/2006/02/10moviestudio.html. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 

External links

• Dave Cuddy for U.S. Senate, official campaign website^{[dead link]}
• Cuddy proposes Stevens rematch Sean Cockerham, Anchorage Daily News, December 22, 2007
• Stevens Draws GOP Challenger for His Senate Seat Rachel Kapochunas, CQ Politics, December 26, 2007

Honorary titles
Preceded by Randy Phillips	Youngest member of the Alaska House of Representatives 1981 - 1983	Succeeded by Rick Uehling

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Name	Cuddy, David
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Short description	politician, businessman
Date of birth	September 16, 1952
Place of birth	Anchorage, Alaska
Date of death
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