[2] In April 2016, he was elected to the Anchorage Assembly, replacing Ernie Hall, who decided not to run for reelection.
His parents, Toni (née Williamson) and Chancy Croft, moved to Alaska in 1962, having previously resided within West Texas.
Eric Croft was first elected to the Alaska House in 1996, four years after graduating law school, and was reelected four times, facing generally nominal opposition in his Democratic Anchorage district.
He is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association of America and received both the 2003 NRA Defender of Freedom and Gun Rights Legislator of the Year awards.
He joined with future governor Sarah Palin to lodge an ethics complaint against [5] Attorney General Gregg Renkes, who later resigned from his office.