Chris Kurka | |
State House: | Alaska |
District: | 7th |
Term Start: | January 19, 2021 |
Term End: | January 17, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Colleen Sullivan-Leonard |
Successor: | Justin Ruffridge |
Birth Place: | Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Haylee |
Children: | 4 |
Christopher Kurka is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 7th district. Elected in November 2018, he assumed office on January 19, 2021.[1]
Kurka was the director of Alaska Right to Life before being elected to the legislature.[2] In March 2022, he was one of only three members of the lower house who voted to continue to allow fourteen-year-olds to marry with court approval.[3]
He proposed legislation to move the Alaska state capitol to Willow northwest of Wasilla, to allow the medications Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine to be sold without a prescription, and to prohibit employers from requiring employees to be vaccinated.[4] He did not run for re-election in 2022 and was a Republican candidate for the 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election.[5]