Several Republican former lawmakers have now filed to run for seats in the state House ahead of Saturday’s filing deadline.
Rep. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan, speaks to Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, on May 14, 2024 at the capitol in Juneau following a budget conference committee hearing.
Ortiz, a retired teacher and former principal, said in a Wednesday interview that he had decided not to run again in recent days due to “a chronic” health condition. But he declined to provide more details. Leaving the Legislature was the best choice for him on the advice of his doctors, he said. Ortiz said Wednesday that he felt bad about the timing of his announcement with the state filing deadline fast approaching.
Grant EchoHawk, a member of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly, planned to run for the Alaska House this year before deciding not to in March. By text message on Wednesday, EchoHawk, an independent, said he would now likely run for the seat, but he would still need to file paperwork with the Division of Elections.
Rep. Mike Cronk, a Tok Republican, said in a text message Wednesday that he planned to run for the Senate seat. As of Wednesday, no one else had filed to run for Cronk’s House seat. A former schoolteacher, Cronk was first elected to the House in 2021.
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