Early life
Jesse Kiehl was born on April 17,1976,in Anchorage,Alaska,and graduated from Steller Secondary School in 1994. [2] Kiehl attended Whitman College in Walla Walla,Washington and received a bachelor of arts degree in 1998,with both a major in theatre and a major with honors in politics. [3]
Political career
From 2000 to 2018,Kiehl worked as staff to Juneau-area members of the Alaska State Senate. Until 2009 he worked for Kim Elton,and began working for Dennis Egan upon his appointment to replace Elton. [4] In 2011,Kiehl ran for local office,beating Bradley Fluetsch by a large margin. [5] He took office in October 2011. Kiehl was unopposed in his 2014 re-election campaign. In 2017 he won a third term in a three-candidate race against Chuck Collins and Loretto Jones,garnering more than 67% of the vote. [6] He served as a member of the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau,Alaska [1] until resigning to serve in the state senate in January 2019. [7]
Kiehl also served in a Juneau-specific seat on the board of directors of the Alaska Municipal League. [8] [9]
Kiehl won the State Senate election on November 6,2018,from the platform of Democratic Party. He secured sixty-two percent of the vote while his closest rival Independent Don Etheridge secured thirty-eight percent. [1] [10]
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