JUNEAU (AP) — Alaska House Majority Leader Chris Tuck said he will not seek reelection this year, citing a redistricting map that put him in House and Senate districts where he would have had to run against friends and fellow Democratic lawmakers.
Tuck joins Senate President Peter Micciche, a Soldotna Republican, and Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich, an Anchorage Democrat, in deciding not to seek reelection.
Tuck had filed to run for an Anchorage House seat for which Rep. Andy Josephson also filed. Tuck withdrew on June 8. If Tuck had run for state Senate, he would have been in a district with Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson.
Legislative direct maps are redrawn every 10 years after the U.S. Census, to ensure each district has about .the same number of residents.
Tuck, who was first elected to the House in 2008, said he looks forward to spending more time with his children.
There will be a big turnover among the 60 state lawmakers when the Alaska Legislature convenes in January: 11 state lawmakers have said they’re not planning to seek reelection, and eight others are leaving their seats to run for other elected offices.
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