Chris Kurka | |
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 Kurka at the 2022 Hazlitt Summit hosted by Young Americans for Liberty Foundation | |
| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 7th district | |
| In office January 19, 2021 – January 17, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Colleen Sullivan-Leonard |
| Succeeded by | Justin Ruffridge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Haylee |
| Children | 4 |
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, Kurka was one of only three members of the lower house to vote to continue to allow fourteen-year-olds to marry with court approval.[3]
He has proposed legislation to move the Alaska State Capitol to Willow, allow the medications Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine to be sold without a prescription and prohibit employers from requiring employees to be vaccinated.[4]
Kurka is not running for re-election for his seat in the legislature in 2022 and is a Republican candidate for the 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election.[5]