Edgar Blatchford
Edgar Blatchford (born November 24, 1950) is an American politician, academic, and attorney, and perennial candidate who served as the mayor of Seward, Alaska.
Edgar Blatchford | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Seward | |
| In office 1999–2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 24, 1950 Nome, Alaska, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (before 2016) Democratic (2016–present) |
| Education | Alaska Pacific University (BA) University of Washington (JD) Columbia University (MA) Harvard University (MPA) University of Alaska (PhD) |
Blatchford sought the 2016 Democratic Party nomination for United States Senate, losing the nomination in the Alaskan primary to Ray Metcalfe. Blatchford ran two more unsuccessful campaigns for U.S. Senate in 2020 and 2022.
Blatchford also filed to run for lieutenant governor in the 2018 Democratic primary, and dropped out of the race on June 8.
Blatchford has been a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage since 1995, teaching in the Department of Journalism and Public Communications. Blatchford also served as Commissioner of the Department of Community and Regional Affairs (1990–1994) under Wally Hickel and Commissioner of Community and Economic Development (2003–2005) under Frank Murkowski.