Grant EchoHawk
AK
Grant EchoHawk grew up in a fishing family in Metlakatla, lives in Ketchikan, and is a former Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly member. He lists school funding, salmon, and ferry service among his priorities.
Where Grant EchoHawk stands, based on their records
Supports
Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Government Efficiency (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 oppose
EchoHawk voted against amending the Ketchikan Gateway Borough short-term rental permitting plan to drop its annual renewal requirement; the assembly split 3-3 and Borough Mayor Rodney Dial broke the tie in favor of the change.
April 17, 2023Opposes Government Efficiency
Source: krbd.org
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
EchoHawk publicly pushed back on Borough Mayor Rodney Dial's veto of borough funding for a PATH winter warming shelter in Ketchikan, disputing the implied causality between a shelter and drug use and describing the shelter as a stabilizing resource for unhoused residents.
October 11, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: krbd.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
As one of two elected officials seated on the Ketchikan Public Library advisory board, EchoHawk voted to keep the sex-education title 'Let's Talk About It' in the library's teen section, saying that taken as a whole the book provided instruction and knowledge; the board recommended retention 6-1.
April 12, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: krbd.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
EchoHawk voted to introduce the Ketchikan Gateway Borough ordinance doubling the single-item sales tax cap from $2,000 to $4,000, telling the assembly the added revenue answered needs including recreation center expansion, fire department staffing and water main repairs; the assembly advanced it 5-2.
March 20, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: krbd.org
Also on this bill
- November 20, 2023 · At the November 20, 2023 assembly meeting EchoHawk argued publicly against Ketchikan Gateway Borough Ordinance 2029, which sought to bar assembly members from voting on the outside boards the mayor appoints them to, saying the way it was brought forward had already made it political; the ordinance failed by one vote. (General)
- May 1, 2023 · EchoHawk voted against the Ketchikan Gateway Borough ordinance ending the senior tax exemption on alcohol, tobacco and marijuana, saying he changed his position after hearing from affected seniors; the ordinance failed 5-2. (General)
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates - Alaska endorsed Grant EchoHawk for Alaska House District 1 in its final round of 2026 endorsements.
July 16, 2026
Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org
Served on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly in Alaska, alongside Jeremy Bynum, before running for House District 1 in 2026.
June 5, 2026
Source: krbd.org
EchoHawk backed the Ketchikan Gateway Borough property tax exemption for agriculture businesses that the assembly adopted at its October 7, 2024 meeting, citing pandemic-era shipping disruptions and local food independence, and he proposed the ten-year limit the assembly wrote into the exemption.
October 7, 2024
Source: krbd.org
At the November 20, 2023 assembly meeting EchoHawk argued publicly against Ketchikan Gateway Borough Ordinance 2029, which sought to bar assembly members from voting on the outside boards the mayor appoints them to, saying the way it was brought forward had already made it political; the ordinance failed by one vote.
November 20, 2023
Source: krbd.org
Also on this bill
- May 1, 2023 · EchoHawk voted against the Ketchikan Gateway Borough ordinance ending the senior tax exemption on alcohol, tobacco and marijuana, saying he changed his position after hearing from affected seniors; the ordinance failed 5-2. (General)
- March 20, 2023 · EchoHawk voted to introduce the Ketchikan Gateway Borough ordinance doubling the single-item sales tax cap from $2,000 to $4,000, telling the assembly the added revenue answered needs including recreation center expansion, fire department staffing and water main repairs; the assembly advanced it 5-2. (Supports Public Infrastructure)
EchoHawk voted against the Ketchikan Gateway Borough ordinance ending the senior tax exemption on alcohol, tobacco and marijuana, saying he changed his position after hearing from affected seniors; the ordinance failed 5-2.
May 1, 2023
Source: krbd.org
Also on this bill
- November 20, 2023 · At the November 20, 2023 assembly meeting EchoHawk argued publicly against Ketchikan Gateway Borough Ordinance 2029, which sought to bar assembly members from voting on the outside boards the mayor appoints them to, saying the way it was brought forward had already made it political; the ordinance failed by one vote. (General)
- March 20, 2023 · EchoHawk voted to introduce the Ketchikan Gateway Borough ordinance doubling the single-item sales tax cap from $2,000 to $4,000, telling the assembly the added revenue answered needs including recreation center expansion, fire department staffing and water main repairs; the assembly advanced it 5-2. (Supports Public Infrastructure)
EchoHawk traveled to Washington, D.C. with Borough Mayor Rodney Dial and other Southeast Alaska officials to press federal lawmakers on sea otter population management for the region's fishermen, telling KRBD the delegation sought balance and current population data.
February 21, 2023
Source: krbd.org
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted unanimously on April 4, 2022 to postpone an ordinance raising elected officials' pay for the first time since 1999; in the debate EchoHawk spoke in support of a larger stipend, citing his mother working two and three jobs as the kind of resident priced out of public service.
April 4, 2022
Source: krbd.org
At the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly's January 3, 2022 meeting EchoHawk voted for a motion to postpone a downtown rezone ordinance so a three-story height restriction could be added; the motion failed 5-2 with EchoHawk and Austin Otos in favor, and the rezone request then died for lack of a motion.
January 3, 2022
Source: krbd.org
Past races Grant EchoHawk ran in:
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District 1; Alaska
- State House District 1 · August 18, 2026 · State House District 1; Alaska