district state_senate predecessor successor children birth_place religion party office prior_term state_house birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
a 11th alaska kevin meyer gene therriault al vezey tammie wilson shaun joshua jayme fairbanks , alaska , u.s. christianity republican majority leader of the alaska senate f -- 2003 -rrb- -lrb- 2009 -- 2013 -rrb- 32nd -lrb- 1999 alaska 15 august 1950 january 19 , 1999 15 , 2013 october 27 , 2009 january luann senator john coghill.jpg john coghill
 october 27 , 2009 john coghill
john coghill

john bruce coghill , jr. is a republican member of the alaska senate representing north pole , alaska .
he was appointed to the alaska senate in 2009 and has been the senate majority leader since january 2013 .
cohgill was first elected to the legislature as a state representative for district 32 in 1998 .
he served for 5 years in the united states air force and reached the rank of staff sergeant .
