[1] Jesse Kiehl was born on April 17, 1976, in Anchorage, Alaska, and graduated from Steller Secondary School in 1994.

[4] In 2011, Kiehl ran for local office, beating Bradley Fluetsch by a large margin.

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.

[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.