Kelly J. Wolf (born August 3, 1961) is an American politician from the state of

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. He served in the

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from 2003 until 2005.

Biography

Wolf was born in 1961 in

Longview, Washington Longview is a city in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States. It is the principal city of the Longview, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cowlitz County. Longview's population was 37,818 at the time of the 2 ...

, moving to Alaska in 1975, graduating from

Kenai Central High School Kenai Central High School (KCHS) is a public high school serving grades 9–12 in Kenai, Alaska. The school operates under the authority of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, and is one of five high schools in the district. The School's ...

in 1979. He worked as a contractor and carpenter, and was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2002 as a

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, defeating

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. Wolf did not run for reelection in 2004, but ran in 2008 as an independent, placing third. Wolf was elected to the

Kenai Peninsula Borough Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,799, up from 55,400 in 2010. The borough seat is Soldotna, the largest city is Kenai, and the most populated community is the ce ...

Assembly in 2012, and was subject to an unsuccessful recall effort in January 2015, before being defeated in his 2015 bid for reelection. He also unsuccessfully ran for

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, and attempted a comeback to the House in 2016.

Personal life

Wolf and his wife, Elvira, have 4 children: Ryan, Joshua, Justin, and Salena.

Political positions

Wolf is opposed to

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abortion Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of pregn ...

, and

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...

. Elaborating on his pro-life views, he stated in his 2014 declaration of candidacy for Lieutenant Governor, "I cannot support abortion, because if did my oldest son who was born with Down’s Syndrome may not be here and to me and my family this would have been a tragedy."

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolf, Kelly 1961 births Living people Members of the Alaska House of Representatives Borough assembly members in Alaska Alaska Independents Alaska Republicans People from Longview, Washington People from Soldotna, Alaska 21st-century American politicians