Kim Steven Elton[1] (born April 9, 1948) is a journalist, commercial fisherman, government official and Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Alaska.
[3] Prior to holding elected office, Elton was executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute[2] and a salmon troller engaged in commercial fishing.
After serving in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971 in the Vietnam War and receiving an honorable discharge,[citation needed] Elton returned to college at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1972 to 1974.
During his second term in the House, Elton moved from downtown Juneau to Point Louisa, at mile 15 of the Glacier Highway, located in the Mendenhall Valley-centered 4th District represented by Republican Bill Hudson.
[2] In 1998, he was elected to the Senate, defeating Don Abel, Jr., the owner of a Juneau hardware business established by his father, who served for fourteen years as a regent of the University of Alaska.