Kim Elton

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)
Havre, Montana
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMarylou
ResidenceJuneau, Alaska
Alma materSaint Olaf College, University of Alaska Fairbanks
ProfessionJournalist

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.

  1. ^ "Testator (Will) - Summary (1JU-96-00106WI In the Matter of: Elton, Kim Steven)". CourtView. Alaska Court System. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Elton hopes to benefit Juneau with his legislative experience". Juneau Empire. 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