Hoffman says 'it's time' as he prepares to wrap up 40-year career in state politics

Hoffman says 'it's time' as he prepares to wrap up 40-year career in state politics

Alaska Sen. Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), the state’s longest-serving legislator, sits in the Legislative Information Office in Bethel on Jan. 29, 2026. (Evan Erickson/KYUK) Sitting in the Legislative Information Office in Bethel, full of hardbound volumes and photos of the state’s political history, Sen. Lyman Hoffman said he’s ready to close the book on his own four-decade career in politics. “I think it’s, it’s time … the next closest person behi…