Eric Chancy Croft was born on November 6,1964 and is an American attorney and politician who represented Anchorage's West district on the Anchorage Assembly from 2016 to 2019.
16 Facts About Eric Croft
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From 1997 to 2006, Croft served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives for District 15, representing Spenard, Anchorage.
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Eric Croft was a candidate in the 2006 Alaska gubernatorial election.
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Eric Croft served as Anchorage's school board president from 2013 to 2016.
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Eric Chancy Croft was born in Anchorage, Alaska on November 6,1964.
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Eric Croft's father served in the Alaska Legislature and was the Democratic candidate in the 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election.
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Eric Croft's maternal grandfather, John Conwell Williamson, was a wildcatter in West Texas, who contributed to uncovering oil in both Texas and New Mexico.
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Eric Croft grew up in the South Addition neighborhood adjacent to downtown Anchorage, graduating from West Anchorage High School in 1982.
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Eric Croft went on to Stanford University, earning an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering.
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Eric Croft then received a JD degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.
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Eric Croft was first elected to the Alaska House in 1996, four years after graduating law school, and was reelected four times, facing generally nominal opposition in his Democratic Anchorage district.
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Eric Croft is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association of America and received both the 2003 NRA Defender of Freedom and Gun Rights Legislator of the Year awards.
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Eric Croft is a strong supporter in Alaska's initiative process as well as a strong proponent of the prospective Alaska natural gas pipeline.
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Eric Croft announced his candidacy for governor in 2006 focusing on natural resource issues and that Alaskans get their "fair share" of the state's resource wealth.
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Eric Croft joined with future governor Sarah Palin to lodge an ethics complaint against Attorney General Gregg Renkes, who later resigned from his office.
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Eric Croft and his wife, Joanna Burke Croft, own Alaska Professional Testing, Inc Joanna Croft, an architect by training, is an alumnus of Stanford University.