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 by | Jim Duncan |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Egan |
| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 3rd district | |
| In office January 16, 1995 – January 18, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Fran Ulmer |
| Succeeded by | Beth Kerttula |
| Member of the Juneau Assembly from District 1 | |
| In office October 1990 – October 1994 | |
| Preceded by | McKie Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Rosemary Hagevig |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 9, 1948 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Marylou |
| Alma mater | Saint Olaf College, University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Profession | Journalist |
Kim Steven Elton[1] (born April 9, 1948) is a journalist, commercial fisherman, government official and Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. Elton represented Juneau in the Alaska House of Representatives for two terms, from 1995 to 1999.[2] In 1998, he was elected to the Alaska Senate, serving until his resignation in early 2009 to accept appointment as director of Alaska Affairs at the 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.
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 Juneau Empire from 1976 to 1978. He also worked for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and was engaged in commercial fishing. Elton served in a number of staff positions in state government: he was a staff assistant to the Legislative Ethics Committee, an assistant state ombudsman, director of policy for Lieutenant Governor Terry Miller, and as executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.