Mike Navarre


Mike Navarre is an American politician who currently serves as mayor of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Borough. He formerly served in the Alaska House of Representatives.

Biography

Navarre was born in 1956 in Lansing, Michigan, but grew up in Kenai, Alaska. He dropped out of college in the 1970s and moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, moving back to Kenai in 1978. Navarre later returned to college and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Eastern Washington University in 1983.
Navarre was first elected to the state House as a Democrat in 1984, and served until 1996, representing District 5A from 1985–93 and District 9 from 1993–96. He was House Majority Leader from 1989 until 1991. In 1996, Navarre successfully ran for mayor of Kenai Peninsula Borough, before being defeated by Dale Bagley in 1999. He once again ran in 2011, and was reelected in 2014.
Navarre serves on the Kenai Chamber of Commerce, North Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, and Peninsula Petroleum Club. He is also a member of the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board.

Electoral history