Early Life and Career
McAdams was born in Orange, California. He moved to Petersburg, Alaska in 1977 at age 7 and grew up there. He left Alaska during his high school years, but came back to Petersburg, eventually settling in Sitka. McAdams graduated from Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka with a bachelor's degree in education.
McAdams went on leave without pay from his job as director of Sitka Community Schools, part of the Sitka School District, while he campaigned for the U.S. Senate seat. He began work for the school district in October 2009, after working as the supervisor of protection and visitors service at the Sheldon Jackson Museum.
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