Richard "Rick" Robb
AK
Rick Robb is a Bethel licensed professional counselor who served on the Bethel City Council from 2009 to 2018, including four years as mayor. He focuses on ending trawling to protect salmon, steady school funding, energy help including Power Cost Equalization, and gun rights.
Where Richard "Rick" Robb stands, based on their records
Supports
Anti-Corruption (1 record), Government Efficiency (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
As Mayor of Bethel introduced Ordinance 16-10 on March 22, 2016, repealing Bethel Municipal Code Chapter 2.40 on access to public records in its entirety and re-enacting a rewritten public-records chapter covering inspection, copying, exemptions, personnel records and appeals of denied requests; the City Council passed it 6-0 on April 12, 2016.
April 12, 2016Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: bethel.municipal.codes
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
As Bethel's mayor, introduced an ordinance refunding real-estate sales tax that people overpaid because of a city code error. The council passed it 6-0 (Ordinance 16-09).
April 12, 2016Supports Government Efficiency
Source: bethel.municipal.codes
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
As mayor of Bethel, introduced an ordinance raising the monthly city utility benefit for non-union employees from $75 to $115, matching union workers. The City Council passed it 6-0 (Ordinance 16-16).
June 14, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: bethel.municipal.codes
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Held the presidency of the Alaska Conference of Mayors and a seat on the Alaska Municipal League board of directors for District Eight, to which he was elected in 2015, while serving as Mayor of Bethel and as the City Council's representative on Bethel's Energy Committee, as documented by KYUK on September 27, 2017. In his day job he worked as a licensed professional counselor and as Director of Residential Services for Behavioral Health at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation.
September 27, 2017
Source: kyuk.org
As Mayor of Bethel introduced Ordinance 15-06 on April 14, 2015, putting five advisory questions about the issuance of liquor licenses in Bethel to the city's voters; the City Council passed it 7-0 at the April 28, 2015 public hearing.
April 28, 2015
Source: bethel.municipal.codes
Past races Richard "Rick" Robb ran in:
- State Senator, District S · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District S; Alaska
- State Senator, Senate District S · August 18, 2026 · State Senate District S; Alaska