Tongass Democrats have nominated Jesse Kiehl, Sam Kito III, and Catherine Reardon to fill the House District 32 seat vacated last month by Juneau Representative Beth Kerttula.
![Sam Kito III, Catherine Reardon & Jesse Kiehl take questions from reporters Monday morning in capitol entry way.](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Nominees-300x173.jpg)
The three were chosen after public interviews over the weekend. Nine Juneau Democrats applied to fill the seat.
All three nominees say they will seek a full term if appointed.
Juneau Sen. Dennis Egan took the nominees’ names to Gov. Sean Parnell this morning. The governor has 30 days to fill a vacancy in the legislature within 30 days of that vacancy.
Kerttula resigned Jan. 24 after accepting a position at Stanford University.
Rosemarie Alexander is a reporter at KTOO in Juneau.