Alaska House Minority Leader Calvin Schrage was born and raised in Anchorage. He chose not to follow his father into firefighting unlike his younger brothers. At 32, he is one of the youngest members in the Alaska legislature, and the youngest by far serving in a leadership position. We discuss why he didn’t become a firefighter, how he ended up representing the district he grew up in (near Service High School), and what it was like to become a father in the middle of this past legislative session just before the budget hit the floor, which is the busiest time in the legislature.
