Harry Crawford, Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, visited Haines Oct. 12.

Crawford has served 10 years in the state House of Representatives, representing an Anchorage district. He’s been a member of the House finance committee six years.

Crawford, 58, is an ironworker by trade. He’s running to unseat incumbent Republican Don Young, who has held Alaska’s lone Congressional seat since 1973.

Crawford said Young has been stripped of powerful positions, including one…