Fritz Pettyjohn (born September 20, 1945) is a Republican politician in the U.S. state of

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. He was born in

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in 1945. He received a BA in Political Science from

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in 1967 and a JD from

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in 1974. He served in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps as a Midshipman from 1962 to 1963. He was elected to the

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in 1982 and served for one term. He was elected to the

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in 1984 and was reelected in 1986 and 1988. After leaving the legislature, he wrote biweekly political columns for the Anchorage Daily News. In 2001, he moved back to

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. He has been married to his wife for 48 years and he has three sons and five grandchildren.

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