Neal Foster, a Democrat, will serve District 39, an area that stretches from Hooper Bay to Nome.
The 37-year-old Foster is the owner of Foster Properties in Nome and is a current member of the Nome City Council.
He must be confirmed by a simple majority of House Democrats.
The Alaska Democratic Party sent three names to Parnell as possible replacements for Richard Foster. The other two were Ralph "Weaver" Ivanoff of Unalakleet, a commercial fisherman and tribal administrator, and Sam Towarak of Unalakleet, an educator in Northwest Alaska.
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