Theresa Obermeyer

Theresa Nangle Obermeyer (born July 25, 1945), is an American educator who is a former Anchorage, Alaska school board member, having served 2 two-year terms from 1990 to 1994. Obermeyer made an unsuccessful run against Republican Ted Stevens for the United States Senate in 1996.

Life and career Obermeyer was born Theresa Nangle in 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri. After studying at Villa Duchesne High School from 1959 until 1963,

On December 23, 1977 she married Thomas Obermeyer, an attorney in Missouri; they have four children.

In 1996, she ran for the U.S. Senate. She was the highest-placed Democratic candidate in the open primary, receiving 4,072 votes (3.37) and advancing to the general election with Republican incumbent Ted Stevens and Jed Whittaker of the Green Party. In the general election, Stevens was re-elected with 177,893 votes (76.71%). Obermeyer received 24,133 (10.51%, finishing behind Whittaker, who took 29,037 votes (12.52%).

In a capsule summary of the 1996 Alaska Senate election campaign, The New Republic wrote that Obermeyer "spent the campaign haranguing Stevens for masterminding her husband's failure to pass the bar exam -- over twenty times. She also accused Stevens of arranging to put her in jail -- she spent twenty-nine days in jail this summer after being arrested a second time on charges of disturbing the peace at Alaska's federal court building." The summary also noted that in their debate, Obermeyer asked Stevens, "Could you respond sir, or do you have Alzheimer's?" while he "implored her to 'go find some help.'"