Jim Duncan (Alaska politician)

Jim Duncan (born May 4, 1942 in Muscatine, Iowa) is an Alaskan state and local officeholder, educator and government and union executive.

Early life and education

Jim Duncan was born to Paul and Hazel Duncan in Muscatine, Iowa on the Mississippi River.[1][2] He graduated from Rockridge High School in Taylor Ridge, Illinois in 1960 and earned a Associates of Arts degree from Sheldon Jackson College, in Sitka, Alaska in 1962, He went to Seattle University and graduated with a B.A. degree from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois in 1965. He received a master's degree in business administration from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon in 1970.[3][1]

Career

Duncan was an accountant and taught at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka Community College, and the Juneau-Douglas Community College.

He was the controller for the tribal Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority.[3] He was a supervisor in Alaska's Department of Revenue, the Commissioner of the Department of Administration during Tony Knowles' governorship, and was the business manager of the Alaska State Employees Association (ASEA), an AFSCME affiliate which is the state's largest union.[4][3]

From 1972 to 1974, Duncan was appointed and elected as a member of the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska.[1] He was a Democratic party candidate for Alaska U.S. Representative in the general election of 1998, running against incumbent Representative Don Young, who at the time was in his 13th term in office.[2] Duncan was the executive director of ASEA[5] from February 2003 through December 2017.[1][2]

Tenure

Duncan served on the Juneau-Douglas borough assembly, in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1975-1986 (as speaker from 1981–1982),[6] and as a state senator from 1987–1998. He had a term as minority leader in the House.

Personal

Jim and his wife Carol Jean Acevada, who was a Tlingit tribal member, business owner, and educator from Kake, Alaska have seven children: Jim Jr., Desiree, Michelle, Derek, Jon, Marc, Caron, and, by his second wife Charlotte, stepdaughter Kathy.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Alaska State Legislature". www.akleg.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  2. ^ a b c "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  3. ^ a b c Jim Duncan, Alaska Legislature. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  4. ^ Jim Duncan, Vote Smart. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  5. ^ Herz, Nathaniel (May 18, 2017). "Gov. Walker orders special session after Legislature fails to reach budget deal". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  6. ^ Key legislator in 1981 House gridlock offers advice for current reps Different reasons for this disorganization than one 37 years ago, Juneau Empire, Alex McCarthy, February 11, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Charlotte Duncan, Legacy.com, November 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
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