James Kaufman (R-Anchorage): AK State Senator for Abbott Loop and the Hillside

Alaska State Senator James Kaufman represents the Abbott Loop and Hillside areas of Anchorage. Although in his teens and 20s he was a guitar player & song writer for several successful rock bands, James began earning real money as an aircraft mechanic in Houston, Texas. He quickly found himself taking on bigger and bigger management positions which ultimately led to him transitioning to the oil and gas field which eventually brought him to Alaska with BP.  He was elected to the state house in 2020 where he served in the Republican minority, and then to the Senate in 2022 where he now serves in the  bipartisan supermajority.