Rep. Chuck Kopp (R-South Anchorage): majority leader in the AK state house & former Kenai Police Chief

Send us Fan MailThe Majority Leader in the Alaska State House is Representative Chuck Kopp of South Anchorage. After a childhood in Iliamna and Kenai, he began a 23-year career in law enforcement, the last six as Chief of the Kenai Police Department. In 2010 he moved to Anchorage and began work as a legislative staffer, first to Senator Fred Dyson of Eagle River and later to Senator Peter Micciche of Kenai. In 2016 he successfully ran for the state house where he served for four years before losing the 2020 election to Rep. Tom McKay. Kopp did not run in 2022, but in 2024 he returned to the House with the primary goal of re-establishing a defined benefit retirement system for Alaska's public sector employees.