Edgar Blatchford (born November 24, 1950) is an American politician, academic, and attorney who served as the mayor of Seward, Alaska.
ANI was chartered to serve sparsely populated regions in Alaska to include parts of the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay, Prince William Sound, the Aleutian Islands and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
[8] On July 22, 2005, Blatchford resigned his position as commissioner of Community and Economic Development due to conflict of interest allegations between his official state duties and ties with Chugach Alaska Corp.[9] Until the 2016 Alaskan Senate race, Blatchford had been affiliated with the Republican Party, switching parties due to ideological reasons.
[10] He strongly supports reform of the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), saying that it was an experiment that did not accomplish what it was charted to do.
[11] Blatchford is an advocate of background checks for gun ownership and states that his stance is in line with the intent of the Second Amendment.