Christopher Kurka is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 7th district. Elected in November 2018,he assumed office on January 19,2021. [1]
Kurka was the director of Alaska Right to Life before being elected to the legislature. [2] In March 2022,he was one of only three members of the lower house who voted to continue to allow fourteen-year-olds to marry with court approval. [3]
He proposed legislation to move the Alaska state capitol to Willow northwest of Wasilla,to allow the medications Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine to be sold without a prescription,and to prohibit employers from requiring employees to be vaccinated. [4] He did not run for re-election in 2022 and was a Republican candidate for the 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election. [5]
In the United States,a governor serves as the chief executive and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories,functioning as head of state and head of government therein. While like all officials in the United States,checks and balances are placed on the office of the governor,significant powers may include ceremonial head of state,executive,legislative,judicial,and military. As such,governors are responsible for implementing state laws and overseeing the operation of the state executive branch. As state leaders,governors advance and pursue new and revised policies and programs using a variety of tools,among them executive orders,executive budgets,and legislative proposals and vetoes. Governors carry out their management and leadership responsibilities and objectives with the support and assistance of department and agency heads,many of whom they are empowered to appoint. A majority of governors have the authority to appoint state court judges as well,in most cases from a list of names submitted by a nominations committee.
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The 2020 Alaska Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Voters in Alaska elected state senators in 11 of the state's 20 senate districts –the usual ten plus one special election. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate,with half seats up for election every two years. Primary elections on August 18,2020,determined which candidates appeared on the general election ballot on November 3,2020.
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