Neal Winston Foster (born May 29, 1972) is 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 ...
, representing the 39th District, which is centered on
Nome, Alaska. He has served in the House since November 15, 2009. He was appointed to the House to replace his father,
Richard Foster, who had died in office the previous month.
In the 27th Alaska State Legislature, Foster joined along with the other three Democrats from Western Alaska,
Bryce Edgmon
Bryce Edgmon (born May 3, 1961) is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 37th District since 2006. He served as speaker from 2017–2021. The district includes all or portions of the Kodiak Island Borough, Aleutians ...
,
Bob Herron and
Reggie Joule, as members in the Republican-led majority caucus in the House.
Neal Foster, as was
Cathy Muñoz
Catherine Norah "Cathy" Muñoz (née Engstrom; born June 23, 1964) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, who from 2009 to 2017 represented the 34th District. She served as Co-Chair of the ...
, is a third-generation member of the
Alaska Legislature
The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives (lower house) and the 20-member Alaska Senate (upper house). There are 40 Ho ...
. Foster's grandfather, also named Neal W. Foster (1916–1979) and nicknamed "Willie," served one term in the Territorial legislature during the 1950s and in the State Senate in the 1960s.
See also
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List of Native American politicians
This is a list of Native American politicians in the United States. These are Native Americans who served in the federal, state, or municipal governments.
Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs d ...
References
External links
Official legislative pageCaucus member pageNeal Fosterat ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature''
1972 births
21st-century American politicians
Inupiat people
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives
Native American state legislators in Alaska
People from Nome, Alaska
Stanford University alumni
University of Alaska Anchorage alumni
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