Grier Hayden Hopkins (born August 15, 1983) is an American politician who served as a member of the

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from 2019 to 2023. A member of the

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, he represented the 4th State House district, which covered the northwestern corner of the

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, including communities north of Fairbanks.

Career

Hopkins won the election on 6 November 2018 from the platform of

. He secured fifty-two percent of the vote while his closest rival

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Jim Sackett secured forty-three percent.

Electoral history

References

1983 births 21st-century American politicians Jewish American state legislators in Alaska Living people Democratic Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives People from Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska 21st-century American Jews {{Alaska-politician-stub