Rep. Dan Ortiz, the Ketchikan independent who has represented southern Southeast communities since January 2015, including Wrangell, has decided to withdraw as a candidate for reelection, citing health and family considerations.
Ortiz had filed in July as a candidate for reelection to House District 1, representing Ketchikan, Saxman, Metlakatla, Wrangell, Hyder, Coffman Cove and Whale Pass.
However, a “more definitive” health concern caused him to reconsider, he told the Ketchikan Daily News on May 28.
“It’s been within the last week that I’ve had the recommendation that I can give myself the...
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