Candidate for Alaska Governor in 2026 Alaska Primary Election.
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Get StartedDefend Alaska women’s right to choose. Learn more
Ensure access to contraception. Learn more
Support our first responders by funding and equipping our police, fire, and emergency medical personnel. Learn more
Adequately fund the Village Public Safety Officer program to provide law enforcement in rural Alaska. Learn more
Create a defined benefit retirement system that ensures we don’t lose our best teachers to the Lower 48. Learn more
Pass a constitutional amendment to “forward fund” education and put an end to the awful annual budget guessing game. School districts and families shouldn’t have to wonder how many teachers are going to be laid off (only to be rehired a month later) on an annual basis. Learn more
Ensure enough funding for Alaska schools to offer sports, electives (shop, music, art, etc.), and extracurriculars that enrich students’ lives. Learn more
Get cell phones out of classrooms. Learn more
Fully fund our schools and reverse the decline of public education in Alaska. Learn more
Pay teachers fairly. Alaska should attract and retain the best educators in the country. Learn more
Support development of all energy sources — renewables, hydro, and natural gas — to lower utility bills for Alaskans. Learn more
Partner with industry and support the development of an economically-viable Alaskan natural gas pipeline. Learn more
Require the four Railbelt utilities to cooperate with each other in order to provide cheaper electricity for Alaskans. Learn more
Prevent permits from leaving Alaska for the Lower 48. Alaska’s commercial fishing permits should be fished by Alaskans. Learn more
Protect ratepayers from paying for a second unnecessary and costly LNG import terminal in Cook Inlet. Learn more
Prioritize restoring the crashed Chinook runs in the Yukon, Kuskokwim, and Southcentral Alaska rivers. Learn more
Fully empower the Division of Investments (Commercial Fishing Revolving Loan Fund) and CFAB to finance the entry of new and young fishermen into the fleet. Learn more
Rein in bottom trawl bycatch and conserve Alaska’s fisheries resources. Learn more
Appoint only qualified Alaskans to state boards and commissions — not political allies with no qualifications for the positions. Learn more
No foreign junkets. Building on laws I helped pass as a legislator, state officials should not accept lavish vacations from foreign governments or deep-pocketed individuals when there is little to no benefit to the State of Alaska. Learn more
Get corporate money out of politics: remove political spending power from the list of powers the State of Alaska grants its corporations. Learn more
Expand access to in-home care for seniors and people with disabilities so that Alaskans can live with dignity in their own communities. Learn more
Reduce healthcare costs by promoting telehealth. Learn more
Partner with tribal health organizations to secure maximum federal funding for Alaskans’ healthcare. Learn more
Support our patients, healthcare workers, and caregivers by working to strengthen safety standards in healthcare facilities. Learn more
Support appropriate scopes of practice for healthcare practitioners such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, optometrists, and dental health aides. Learn more
Support Medicaid expansion. Learn more
Create mechanisms to tax “dark homes” — second homes and vacation homes owned by nonresidents — as a means to create a housing market more friendly for Alaskans who live here. Learn more
Unlock state land parcels within and adjacent to Alaska cities and towns for housing development to create more housing supply. Learn more
Deploy state corporations (AHFC and also AIDEA) as financing partners for new housing development. Learn more
Stop leaving federal housing dollars on the table. Funding from HUD, USDA Rural Development, and tribal housing programs can supercharge homebuilding. Learn more
Eliminate regulatory barriers to low-cost manufactured and modular housing (trailers, tiny homes, etc.) to provide safe and affordable homes across the state. Learn more
Bring down the cost of housing by cutting red tape so we can build affordable homes where Alaskans need them most. Learn more
Build and maintain roads, airports and airstrips, bridges, power plants, and ports. Infrastructure supports small businesses and lowers costs. Learn more
Prevent tax dollars from going to glitzy megaprojects that don’t serve our critical needs and rarely materialize. Learn more
Rebuild the ferry system. Support adequate funding. Build a new generation of mainline vessels, financed by GO bonds. Get politics out of the Alaska Marine Highway System by creating an independent, non-political governing board, similar to the Alaska Railroad and the University of Alaska. Learn more
Ensure that Alaskans get a fair share from our state’s oil wealth. All Alaska oil and gas producers should contribute to the Alaska budget by paying corporate income tax. Hilcorp should pay its fair share just the way ConocoPhillips does. Learn more
Make the Permanent Fund permanent: ensure that the entirety of the Permanent Fund is constitutionally protected from overspending so that the fund will grow and benefit future generations of Alaskans. Learn more
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