Matt Claman

Matt Claman
Claman in 2009
Member of the Alaska Senate
Assumed office
January 17, 2023
Preceded byMia Costello
ConstituencyH
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
In office
January 20, 2015 – January 2023
Preceded byLindsey Holmes
Succeeded byJennie Armstrong (District 16)
Constituency21
Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
Acting
In office
January 3, 2009 – July 1, 2009
Preceded byMark Begich
Succeeded byDan Sullivan
Member of the Anchorage Assembly
from Seat D
In office
April 2007 – April 2010
Preceded byPamela Jennings
Succeeded byErnie Hall
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLisa Rieger
Children2
Residence(s)Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Alma materColorado College (BA)
University of Texas (JD)
ProfessionLawyer

Matthew W. Claman (born 1959) is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Alaska Senate since 2023, representing West Anchorage. Claman previously served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2015 until 2023; the acting mayor of Anchorage from in 2009 (after Mark Begich resigned from the position to serve in the United States Senate), and a member of the Anchorage Assembly from 2007 until 2010.