Harold V. Smalley (born November 22, 1946) is an American politician who served one term in the

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Biography

Smalley was born in 1946 in

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. He graduated from Astoria High School in 1965, and attended

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from 1965 until 1967. He later transferred to the

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(now known as Western Oregon University), graduating in 1969. In 1970, Smalley moved to

Napakiak, Alaska Napakiak () is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 354, up one resident from 353 since 2000. Geography Napakiak is located at (60.693282, -161.973491), on the north bank of the Kuskokwi ...

, a small community of mostly

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Alaska Natives, where he taught at the Napakiak Bureau of Indian Affairs Day School. In 1972, Smalley moved to nearby Kwigillingok, again teaching with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He moved to

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in 1974, serving as Director of Student Affairs of the Kenai Native Association, and later teaching with the Kenai Peninsula School District. Smalley was President of the Kenai Peninsula Education Association from 1983 until 1997, and also worked as a commercial fisherman. He serves on the Kenai and

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Chamber of Commerce. Smalley served on the Kenai City Council from 1988 until 1999, and ran for the House from the 9th district in 1998, defeating one-term incumbent Republican Mark Hodgins by 231 votes. In 2000, he ran for reelection and was defeated by

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. Smalley unsuccessfully ran again from the 33rd district in 2002, losing to Kelly Wolf, and again in 2004, losing to

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. Following his service in the House, Smalley served on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly from 2008 until 2014 and the Kenai City Council from 2007 until 2010. He unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Kenai in 2016 and unsuccessfully applied for a vacant seat on the Borough Assembly in February 2017.

Personal life

Smalley and his wife, Arleen Susan Smalley, have 2 children: Jeanine, Kristopher, and Brian.

Electoral history

References

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