Background
Eric Chancy Croft was born in Anchorage, Alaska on November 6, 1964 to Toni (née Williamson) and Leland Chancy Croft.
Eric Chancy Croft was born in Anchorage, Alaska on November 6, 1964 to Toni (née Williamson) and Leland Chancy Croft.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1987. Juris Doctor, Hastings College, 1992.
Croft is a former Democratic state representative from Anchorage, Alaska. He was also a candidate in the August 2006 Democratic gubernatorial primary election in Alaska, following five terms representing Spenard in the state house. Croft currently serves on Anchorage"s school board.
His father served in the Alaska House and Alaska Senate, and was the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Alaska governor in 1978.
Croft grew up in the South Addition neighborhood adjacent to downtown Anchorage, graduating from West Anchorage High School in 1982. He then received a law degree from the University of California"s Hastings College of Law.
Croft is an attorney in Alaska. Eric Croft was first elected to the Alaska House in 1996, four years after graduating law school, and was reelected four times, facing generally nominal opposition in his Democratic Anchorage district.
He is a strong supporter in Alaska"s initiative process as well as a strong proponent of the prospective Alaska natural gas pipeline.
A strong supporter of gender parity, he is "pro-choice," supporting a woman"s right to privacy regarding her procreative rights but subject to the right to life of a viable fetus. He announced his candidacy for Governor in 2006 focusing on natural resource issues and that Alaskans get their "fair share" of the state"s resource wealth. He joined with future Governor Sarah Palin to lodge an ethics complaint against Attorney General Gregg Renkes, who later resigned from his office.
Electoral history
2006 race for Governor, primary
Tony Knowles (Doctorate), 68.6%
Eric Croft (Doctorate), 23.1%.
Member Northstar Community Council. Board directors Standing Together Against Rape. Member of Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Alaska Bar Association.
Married Joanna Burke Croft. Children: Shannon, Burke.