Q&A with Elias Rojas, who’s vying to become Alaska’s first openly gay state legislator

Q&A with Elias Rojas, who’s vying to become Alaska’s first openly gay state legislator

The somewhat surprising retirement of longtime District 20 House Representative Les Gara opened the door for a number of highly qualified candidates to take aim at Juneau in a heavily Democratic district.

Among them is Elias Rojas, who, if he wins the primary election on Aug. 21 — and thereby almost assuredly the general election in November — would become the first openly gay member in Alaska State Legislature history.

I caught up with Rojas recently for a little Q&A at the SteamDot Coffee downtown.

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