Kim Steven Elton was born on April 9,1948 and is a journalist, commercial fisherman, government official and Democratic politician in the US state of Alaska.
13 Facts About Kim Elton
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Kim Steven Elton was born in Havre, Montana on April 9,1948.
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Kim Elton moved to Alaska with his family in 1961 and graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 1966.
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Kim Elton attended St Olaf College from 1966 to 1968.
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Kim Elton was the editor of the Juneau Empire from 1976 to 1978.
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Kim Elton worked for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and was engaged in commercial fishing.
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Kim 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.
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Kim Elton entered electoral politics when he ran for and won a seat on the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska in 1990.
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Kim Elton championed a charter amendment approved by voters in 1991 establishing term limits for Assembly members.
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Kim Elton 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.
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From 1995 to 1999, Kim Elton represented the 3rd District, which encompasses the portion of Juneau on the mainland from Thane to Juneau International Airport, in addition to Douglas Island.
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Kim Elton contemplated running for the Assembly again until Jim Duncan, who served six terms in the House followed by three terms in the Senate, retired from the Legislature to challenge Alaska's at-large member of the US House, Don Young.
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In 2006, Kim Elton again won reelection against Herman "Mac" Meiners, Jr.