Candidate for Alaska House of Representatives - District 18 in 2026 Alaska Primary Election.
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Get StartedA lot has changed since the 1980s. Alaska’s oil production has fallen by more than 75 percent in the last 35 years. Alaska will continue underfunding critical services like education and infrastructure until we find revenues to replace oil. I support raising taxes on the oil industry by a moderate amount as part of a package to fix the structural deficit. I also support reinstating a fair broad-based tax focusing on high-income residents and non-residents working in our state who make money off our state’s resources and take those funds elsewhere. Learn more
Since the fiscal crisis began, the Alaska State Legislature has significantly cut state services, but there is more work to do to balance the budget. As a legislator, I will continue to search for efficiencies in the budget such as reducing our Corrections budget, cutting inefficient subsidies, and putting an end to costly special sessions in Juneau It is also time to consider a tightened spending cap in the Constitution. Learn more
Every year, legislators waste valuable time debating how much the Dividend will be. Alaskans rightly feel the Dividend has become a political tool rather than a sustainable guarantee. We must guarantee that the Dividend is both sustainable and rising. We should include a Percent of Market Value (POMV) system formula and set the division of earnings spent between Dividends and public services, with a goal of paying Dividends based on 50% of the Percent of Market Value (POMV) draw/payout. This would ensure that Permanent Fund earnings are spent sustainably, instead of being blown on legislator. Learn more
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