Duncan Jim1939

American politician, an Alaskan state and local officeholder, educator and government and union executive. Duncan served on the Juneau-Douglas Borough Assembly, in the Alaska House of Representatives 1975-1986 (Speaker, 1981–1982), and Alaska Senate 1987–1998, including a term as Minority Leader. He was Alaskas 1998 Democratic congressional candidate, running against incumbent Representative Don Young, who was then in his 13th term. Jim Duncan and his wife Carol Jean Acevada, who was a Tlingit tribal member, business owner and educator from Kake, Alaska had seven children, and, by his second wife Charlotte, he had a stepdaughter. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less