Jesse Kiehl

Jesse Kiehl (born April 17, 1976) is a Democratic member of the Alaska Legislature representing the State Senate's Q district and a former member of the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska.[1]

Jesse Kiehl
Jesse Kiehl in a hallway of the Alaska State Capitol in May 2019
Member of the Alaska Senate
from the Q district
Assumed office
January 15, 2019
Preceded byDennis Egan
Assembly Member of Juneau, Alaska
In office
October 17, 2011 – January 15, 2019
Personal details
Born (1976-04-17) 17 April 1976
Anchorage, Alaska
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Karen Allen
Children2 daughters
Alma materWhitman College
Steller Secondary School

Early life

Jesse Kiehl was born on April 17, 1976 in Anchorage Alaska, and graduated from Steller Secondary School in 1994.[2] Kiehl attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington and received a bachelor of arts degree in 1998, with both a major in theatre and a major with honors in politics.[3]

Political career

From 2000 to the present, Kiehl worked as staff to Juneau-area members of the Alaska State Senate. Until 2009 he worked for Kim Elton, and began working for Dennis Egan upon his appointment to replace Elton.[4] In 2011, Kiehl ran for local office, beating Bradley Fluetsch by a large margin.[5] He took office in October 2011. Kiehl was unopposed in his 2014 re-election campaign. In 2017 he won a third term in a three-candidate race against Chuck Collins and Loretto Jones, garnering more than 67% of the vote.[6] He served as a member of the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska[1] until resigning to serve in the state senate in January of 2019.[7]

Kiehl also served in a Juneau-specific seat on the board of directors of the Alaska Municipal League.[8][9]

Kiehl won the State Senate election on November 6, 2018 from the platform of Democratic Party. He secured sixty-two percent of the vote while his closest rival Independent Don Etheridge secured thirty-eight percent.[1][10]


References
  1. CoastAlaska, Jacob Resneck (November 7, 2018). "Juneau's Jesse Kiehl wins Alaska Senate seat in District Q". KTOO. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  2. "Empire Bio". Juneau Empire. Juneau Empire. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  3. Kiehl, Jesse. "Whitman College undergraduate honors thesis". Whitman College.
  4. "Candidate statement" (PDF). Juneau.org. City & Borough of Juneau. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  5. Ward, Charles (October 5, 2011). "Jesse Kiehl claims Assembly District 1 seat". Juneau Empire. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  6. "2017 Juneau Municipal Elections". KTOO. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  7. https://www.juneauempire.com/news/seven-applied-one-won-heres-juneaus-newest-assembly-member/
  8. "Alaska Municipal League Board". Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  9. "Senator Jesse Kiehl". Alaska State Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  10. "Alaska Election Results – Election Results 2018 – The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
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