Bryce Edgmon

Edgmon was born and raised in Dillingham, Alaska, where he fished commercially for salmon and herring for more than twenty years and where he was a longtime chairman of the board of Choggiung Ltd., the Alaska Native village corporation for the communities of Dillingham, Ekuk, and Portage Creek. Edgmon's birth certificate identified him as three-sixteenths Aleut, and Edgmon was raised in a household that spoke Yup'ik.{{cite news |last1=Herz |first1=Nathaniel |title=For first Alaska Native House speaker, a budget fix is personal |url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2016/12/03/for-bryce-edgmon-alaskas-first-alaska-native-speaker-of-the-house-a-budget-fix-is-personal-in-the-bush/ |access-date=8 September 2022 |work=Anchorage Daily News |date=2 December 2016 |language=en}} Edgmon is married to Melody Nibeck, and they have three children: Evan, Emma, and Magy. He currently lives in Dillingham. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Alaska, Anchorage.{{cite web|url=http://house.legis.state.ak.us/rep.php?id=edg |title=The Alaska State Legislature |publisher=House.legis.state.ak.us |date=May 3, 1961 |access-date=September 21, 2011}}

Bryce Edgmon challenged incumbent Carl Moses in the 2006 Democratic primary. The election deadlocked in a tie with each candidate receiving 767 votes. Eventually, the tie was settled by a coin toss.{{cite news|last=Patton|first=Zach|title= C'mon, Best Two Out of Three?|newspaper=Governing|date=September 26, 2006|access-date=August 6, 2020|url=https://www.governing.com/blogs/view/Cmon-Best-Two-Out.html}}

After his party won 17 seats in 2016, two independents and three moderate Republicans decided to caucus with the Democrats, elevating him to Speaker. He is the first Alaskan Native in the history of the state to hold the position.{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Tyler |title=House Speaker Bryce Edgmon stresses Alaska Native leadership in AFN 2020 keynote speech |url=https://www.kdlg.org/news/2020-10-15/house-speaker-bryce-edgmon-stresses-alaska-native-leadership-in-afn-2020-keynote-speech |access-date=8 September 2022 |work=KDLG |date=16 October 2020 |language=en}}

In addition to his duties as Speaker, Edgmon serves as vice-chair of the Health & Social Services Committee and chair of the Committee on Committees. He is also a member of the Commerce, Community & Economic Development; Legislative Council; and Arctic Policy and Economic Development & Tourism Committees for the 30th Legislature.{{cite web|url=http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/30?code=edg#tab7_2 |title=House Bryce Edgmon |location =Anchorage, Alaska |publisher= Alaska State Legislature |access-date=January 23, 2017}}

Prior to the 30th Alaska Legislature, Edgmon was seated on the House Finance Committee, with chairmanships of the Department of Public Safety and Department of Corrections Budget Subcommittees. During the 26th Legislature (2009–2010), Edgmon was co-chair of the House Energy Committee and chairman of the House Special Committee on Fisheries. Additionally, he has served on the Resources and Education Standing Committees and the ADF&G, Revenue, Commerce, and Transportation Budget Subcommittees.

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• [http://housemajority.org/edgmon/index.php Alaska State House Majority Site]
• [http://house.legis.state.ak.us/rep.php?id=edg Alaska State Legislature Biography]
• [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68319 Project Vote Smart profile]
• Follow the Money – Bryce Edgmon
• [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=89723 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=20321 1994] campaign contributions
• [http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=696 Bryce Edgmon] at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

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