Kim Elton

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Kim S. Elton
Member of the Alaska Senate
from the B district
In office
January 19, 1999 – March 2, 2009
Preceded byJim Duncan
Succeeded byDennis Egan
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
from the 3rd district
In office
January 16, 1995 – January 18, 1999
Preceded byFran Ulmer
Succeeded byBeth Kerttula
Member of the Juneau Assembly from District 1
In office
October 1990 – October 1994
Preceded byMcKie Campbell
Succeeded byRosemary Hagevig
Personal details
Born (1948-04-09) April 9, 1948 (age 76)
Saint Olaf College, University of Alaska Fairbanks
ProfessionJournalist

Kim Steven Elton

U.S. Department of the Interior by President Barack Obama.[3] Prior to holding elected office, Elton was executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute[2] and a salmon troller engaged in commercial fishing
.

Early life

Kim Steven Elton was born in Havre, Montana on April 9, 1948. He moved to Alaska with his family in 1961 and graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 1966. He attended St. Olaf College from 1966 to 1968. After serving in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971 in the Vietnam War and receiving an honorable discharge,[citation needed] Elton returned to college at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1972 to 1974.

Professional life

Elton began his career as a journalist. He was the editor of the

Lieutenant Governor Terry Miller
, and as executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.

Political career

Elton entered electoral politics when he ran for and won a seat on the

term limits for Assembly members. He left the Assembly in 1994 to run for an open seat in the Alaska House of Representatives, which incumbent Fran Ulmer
had given up to successfully run for lieutenant governor.

From 1995 to 1999, Elton represented the 3rd District, which encompasses the portion of Juneau on the mainland from

U.S. House, Don Young. Elton instead filed to replace Duncan in the Senate.[2]

In 1998, he was elected to the Senate, defeating Don Abel, Jr., the owner of a Juneau hardware business established by his father, who served for fourteen years as a regent of the

University of Alaska.[2] In 2002, Elton won reelection against Cathy Muñoz. Muñoz, whose family came to Juneau from Wrangell in 1928, became the fourth generation in her family to hold elected office in Southeast Alaska when she was appointed to replace Dennis Egan (who was appointed Juneau's mayor) on the Juneau Assembly in 1995. Muñoz would herself later move from downtown Juneau to out on the Glacier Highway
, and was elected to the House from the 4th District in 2008. In 2006, Elton again won reelection against Herman "Mac" Meiners, Jr. by an approximately two-to-one margin, similar to what he had won his two House elections by.

Electoral history

1994 Alaska House of Representatives election (District 3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Elton 5,186 65.4
Republican Jack Cadigan 2,711 34.2
1996 Alaska House of Representatives election (District 3)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Elton 4,732 64.0
Republican Ann House 2,634 35.7
1998 Alaska Senate election (District B)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Elton 7,710 54.70
Republican Don Abel 6,341 44.99
2002 Alaska Senate election (District B)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Elton 7,987 51.26
Republican Cathy Muñoz 7,570 48.58
2006 Alaska Senate election (District B)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kim Elton 8,679 64.51
Republican Herman Meiners 4,742 35.25

References

  1. Alaska Court System. Archived from the original
    on April 2, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  2. ^
    Juneau: Morris Communications. October 21, 1998. Archived from the original
    on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2008.
  3. ^ CNN.com: Palin foe gets administration job
  4. ^ Alaska's 1994 General Election Results Summary Archived 2008-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/results/summary.txt [dead link]
  6. ^ Gems Election Results
  7. ^ Gems Election Results Archived 2008-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Gems Election Results Archived 2007-03-20 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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