Justin V. Parish (born August 27, 1980) is an American politician who served for one term in 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 ...

.Juneau's representative Justin Parish won't seek re-election
'' KTOO-TV'', Jacob Resneck, April 24, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2019. His family includes Tlingit people. In 2017, "Representative Justin Parish, a first-time legislator, introduced himself in Tlingit and acknowledged his own Native heritage. His paternal grandmother is a member of the Dog Salmon clan."

Career

Parish was elected to the Alaska House in 2017, defeating Republican incumbent

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 ...

in 2016. After opting not to seek re-election, he endorsed the candidacy of his chief of staff, Juneau Borough Assemblyman Rob Edwardson, to succeed him. The 2018 general election was won by another Democrat,

Andi Story Andrea Douglas Story (born April 2, 1959) is a United States Democratic Party, Democratic member of the Alaska Legislature representing the State's 34th House district. Career Story won the election for her House seat on November 6, 2018, as the ...

. Parish represented Alaska's thirty-fourth district, which encompasses parts of Juneau, Alaska, including the

Mendenhall Valley The Mendenhall Valley (historically Mendenhall, colloquially The Valley) is the drainage area of the Mendenhall River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The valley contains a series of neighborhoods, comprising the largest populated place within the ...

Auke Bay Auke Bay is a neighborhood located in the city and borough of Juneau, Alaska, that contains Auke Bay Harbor, Auke Lake, the University of Alaska Southeast, an elementary school, a church, a post office, a bar, a coffee shop, a waffle house, a ...

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Out the road Out the road is a colloquial term for a region of the City and Borough of Juneau, capital of the U.S. state of Alaska, extending from Auke Bay north to a point roughly 45 miles (72 km) from downtown Juneau to where "The Road" dead ends at ...

'', and Airport areas."Alaska Districts & Legislative Information Office Locations." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2017.

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External links

* http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/30?code=pai * https://www.ktoo.org/2018/04/24/juneaus-rep-justin-parish-wont-seek-re-election/ * https://www.ktoo.org/2017/02/02/juneau-delegation-meets-tlingit-haida-tribes/ 1980 births 21st-century Native American politicians Living people Democratic Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives Native American state legislators in Alaska Politicians from Juneau, Alaska Tlingit people {{NativeAmerican-politician-stub