Pat Carney, who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1979-1982 and again from 1991-1994, has passed. Alaska State flags will fly at half-staff on Friday in his memory.
Carney was a Democrat who represented what was then District: 26.
Born in 1928, he was a retired dairy farmer who ran Pat Carney Dairy Farm, and was Vice President of Wasilla Refuse Inc. He had been president of the Wasilla PTA.
He was defeated by Vic Kohring in 1994.
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