Albert Matthew Kookesh, Jr. (November 24, 1948 – May 28, 2021) was an American politician who served as a member of the
Alaska Senate. He represented District C as a
Democrat
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from 2005 through 2013. Previously he was a member of the
Alaska House of Representatives
The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per ...
from 1997 through 2005.
Kookesh received his
Juris Doctor degree from the University of Washington in 1976 and was a commercial fisherman, who owned and operated a lodge and market. He was on the board of directors of the Sealaska Corporation and was a co-chair of the
Alaska Federation of Natives.
[ His earlier professional positions included Business Manager, Executive VP, and Acting President/CEO for Kootznoowoo Inc.
He is of the Tlingit Nation, Eagle Tribe, ''Teikweidí'' (Brown Bear) Clan, child of ''L'eeneidí'' (Dog Salmon) Clan.
He died on May 28, 2021, in Angoon, Alaska at age 72.]
Electoral career
In 2010 a legislative review found Kookesh to be in violation of state ethics policies following allegations that he used political influence to keep a city council from opposing a lands bill pushed by the Native corporation by which he was employed.[ He lost the 2012 election to fellow incumbent ]Bert Stedman
Bert Stedman (born March 6, 1956) is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate. A fourth generation Alaskan, he was born in Anchorage and spent his childhood between Petersburg and Sitka
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district.
References
External links
Alaska State Legislature – Senator Albert Kookesh
official government website
Project Vote Smart – Senator Albert M. Kookesh (AK)
profile
* ''Follow the Money'' – Albert M Kookesh
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Senate campaign contributions
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House campaign contributions
Albert Kookesh
at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature''
1948 births
2021 deaths
20th-century American politicians
21st-century American politicians
20th-century Native Americans
21st-century Native Americans
Alaska Native people
Democratic Party Alaska state senators
Democratic Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives
Native American state legislators in Alaska
Politicians from Juneau, Alaska
Tlingit people
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