John Aġnaqłuk Lincoln (born December 17, 1981) is an American politician who served as 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 2018 to 2021 from the 40th district. He was appointed by the governor before winning a full term in the 2018 election.

Early life and education

John Aġnaqłuk Lincoln was born on December 17, 1981, in

Kotzebue Kotzebue ( ) or Qikiqtaġruk ( , ) is a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the County seat, borough's seat, by far its largest community and the economic and transportation hub of the subregion of Alaska en ...

, Alaska. He is a member of the

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group of Alaska Natives. He was a

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of his Kotzebue High School class, graduating in 1999. He went on to get a bachelor's degree from

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Early career

Lincoln spent 15 years working with information technology infrastructure in Northwestern Alaska before moving to corporate governance and politics. He served as Vice President of Business Development for

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Alaska House of Representatives

Lincoln was chosen by Governor

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to replace Dean Westlake, who resigned following

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allegations. Upon his decision, Walker said: Most of Lincoln's policies are

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. In 2019, he became an

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and continued to caucus with the Democrats.

2018 election

Lincoln was elected to serve a full term in the 2018 Alaska House of Representatives elections with 59.8 percent of the vote.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lincoln, John 1981 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century Native American politicians Alaska Democrats Alaska Independents Inuit politicians Inupiat people Living people Members of the Alaska House of Representatives People from Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Stanford University alumni