Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Alaska At-Large Congressional District in 2026 Alaska General Election.
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Get StartedHe supports a strong national defense — including protecting Alaska’s borders, airspace, and Arctic strategic position. He does not support open-ended military commitments made without Congressional authorization. The War Powers Resolution exists for a reason. He supports diplomatic engagement and opposes the assumption that military action is the default first option. On recent U.S. strikes in the Middle East: these commitments require a clear-eyed accounting of cost, consequence, and constitutional authority. Learn more
Jim supports regulating substances the way alcohol is regulated: age verification, quality standards, and legal accountability for harm caused to others. He does not support using federal law enforcement resources to override the choices of adults making decisions about their own bodies. This is consistent with both the Libertarian principle of personal sovereignty and with the practical evidence from decades of drug prohibition. Learn more
He believes the federal regulatory burden on small businesses is disproportionate to any public benefit it delivers. Large corporations can absorb compliance costs. Small businesses cannot. The result is a regulatory environment that systematically advantages incumbents over new entrants — the opposite of competition. Jim supports simplifying the tax code, reducing unnecessary federal reporting requirements, and opposing any new mandates that increase the overhead cost of running a small Alaskan business. Learn more
Washington D.C. has a groupthink problem Jim calls “incestual thinking.” Career politicians surrounded by other career politicians, lobbyists, and strategists stop thinking clearly about what ordinary Americans need. Term limits are the cure. Jim practices what he preaches: he has publicly stated he would not seek a third term. He is running for a second time in 2026. If elected and re-elected, he would step aside. Not because the rules require it. Because it’s right. The current occupant of Alaska’s House seat has now served multiple terms. If you asked him in his first campaign whether Congress needed new voices, he would have said yes. That is what term limits are for. Learn more
Alaska has workforce shortages in healthcare, construction, commercial fishing, and skilled trades. A functioning work visa system would help fill those gaps with people who want to be here, work hard, and contribute. Jim supports work visa liberalization — expanding the number of visas available, reducing backlogs, and making the process more predictable for Alaska employers. He also supports proper vetting. Those two positions are compatible. A faster, more transparent process is not the same as an open border. He opposes treating immigration as primarily a law enforcement issue when the underlying cause is an immigration system that does not function. Learn more
Every dollar of interest payment is a dollar that can’t go to infrastructure, to veterans, or to simply leaving money in the pockets of Americans who earned it. Jim believes in zero-based budgeting at the federal level — every program justifies its existence annually rather than having its baseline automatically rolled forward. He supports balanced budget requirements and opposes continuing resolutions used to avoid hard budget choices. Learn more
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