Charles M. "Chuck" Kopp (born 1964/1965) is a retired police officer and member of the

Alaska House of Representatives The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people pe ...

from the 10th district. He previously represented the 24th district from 2017 to 2021.

Early life and education

Kopp was born in

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and raised in

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. His parents were educators and entrepreneurs. He attended high school at the Cook Inlet Academy in Kalifornsky, Alaska. Kopp earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the

University of Alaska Anchorage The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is a public university in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. UAA also administers four community campuses spread across Southcentral Alaska: Kenai Peninsula College, Kodiak College, Matanuska–Susitna C ...

. He studied toward a

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at the University of Alaska, Southeast.

Career

Kopp served as an officer in the

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and Kenai Police Department for a combined 20 years. He later became a certified polygraph examiner. For seven years, he served as Chief of Police of

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and acting city manager from 2005 to 2006. Kopp served as an advisor to Governors

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and

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. He also served as the chief of staff for two members of the

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. He was elected to the

in 2016 and assumed office in 2017. A member of the

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, Kopp was affiliated with the Republican Coalition in the Alaska House, a bipartisan group of Democratic, Republican, and Independent politicians. Kopp has written opinion columns for the ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Electoral history

2024

Primary

General

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kopp, Chuck 1960s births 21st-century members of the Alaska Legislature American municipal police chiefs Living people Law enforcement officials from Alaska People from Kenai, Alaska Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives University of Alaska Anchorage alumni