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Work across party lines as governor
Candidate positionAs governor, I’ll work across party lines to get our state back on track.
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As governor, I’ll work across party lines to get our state back on track.
Prioritize schools, fisheries and everyday costs
Candidate positionMy top priorities are supporting our schools, protecting our fisheries, and lowering everyday costs.
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My top priorities are supporting our schools, protecting our fisheries, and lowering everyday costs.
Fully fund and forward-fund public schools
Candidate positionWe need to fully fund - and forward-fund - public schools, which are the heart of all of our communities.
Fully fund our schools and reverse the decline of public education in Alaska.
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.
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We need to fully fund - and forward-fund - public schools, which are the heart of all of our communities.
Fully fund our schools and reverse the decline of public education in Alaska.
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.
Remove cell phones from classrooms
Candidate positionAlso, let’s get cell phones out of classrooms.
Get cell phones out of classrooms.
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Also, let’s get cell phones out of classrooms.
Get cell phones out of classrooms.
Reduce bycatch and stop the Pebble Mine
Candidate positionOn fisheries: Alaska needs a “fish first” governor. That means reducing bycatch, making sure Alaskans (and not Lower 48 trawl interests) are calling the shots for our fisheries, and defending salmon habitat by stopping the Pebble Mine.
Rein in bottom trawl bycatch and conserve Alaska’s fisheries resources.
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On fisheries: Alaska needs a “fish first” governor. That means reducing bycatch, making sure Alaskans (and not Lower 48 trawl interests) are calling the shots for our fisheries, and defending salmon habitat by stopping the Pebble Mine.
Rein in bottom trawl bycatch and conserve Alaska’s fisheries resources.
Protect Medicaid expansion and expand telehealth
Candidate positionOn lowering costs: let’s protect Medicaid expansion and expand telehealth so Alaskans can get high-quality care no matter where we live.
Protect Medicaid expansion.
Reduce healthcare costs by promoting telehealth.
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On lowering costs: let’s protect Medicaid expansion and expand telehealth so Alaskans can get high-quality care no matter where we live.
Protect Medicaid expansion.
Reduce healthcare costs by promoting telehealth.
Reduce regulatory barriers to building homes
Candidate positionLet’s cut red tape that gets in the way of building more homes.
Bring down the cost of housing by cutting red tape so we can build affordable homes where Alaskans need them most.
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Let’s cut red tape that gets in the way of building more homes.
Bring down the cost of housing by cutting red tape so we can build affordable homes where Alaskans need them most.
Coordinate utilities and build renewable energy to lower bills
Candidate positionLet’s lower electric bills by making utilities cooperate and building cheap and clean renewable energy.
Support development of all energy sources — renewables, hydro, natural gas — to lower utility bills for Alaskans.
Require the four Railbelt utilities to cooperate with each other in order to provide cheaper electricity for Alaskans.
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Let’s lower electric bills by making utilities cooperate and building cheap and clean renewable energy.
Support development of all energy sources — renewables, hydro, natural gas — to lower utility bills for Alaskans.
Require the four Railbelt utilities to cooperate with each other in order to provide cheaper electricity for Alaskans.
Reform rules for starting childcare businesses and nonprofits
Candidate positionAnd while we’re at it, let’s make childcare affordable for working parents by reforming burdensome regulations that make it so difficult to start new childcare businesses and nonprofits.
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And while we’re at it, let’s make childcare affordable for working parents by reforming burdensome regulations that make it so difficult to start new childcare businesses and nonprofits.
Fund school sports, electives and extracurricular activities
Candidate positionEnsure enough funding for Alaska schools to offer sports, electives (shop, music, art, etc.), and extracurriculars that enrich students’ lives.
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Ensure enough funding for Alaska schools to offer sports, electives (shop, music, art, etc.), and extracurriculars that enrich students’ lives.
Support teacher pay to attract and retain educators
Candidate positionPay teachers fairly. Alaska should attract and retain the best educators in the country.
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Pay teachers fairly. Alaska should attract and retain the best educators in the country.
Create a defined-benefit retirement system for teachers
Candidate positionCreate a defined benefit retirement system that ensures we don’t lose our best teachers to the Lower 48.
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Create a defined benefit retirement system that ensures we don’t lose our best teachers to the Lower 48.
Support an economically viable Alaska natural gas pipeline
Candidate positionPartner with industry and support the development of an economically-viable Alaskan natural gas pipeline.
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Partner with industry and support the development of an economically-viable Alaskan natural gas pipeline.
Support the Alaska Energy Authority’s Renewable Energy Fund
Candidate positionSupport the Alaska Energy Authority’s Renewable Energy Fund.
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Support the Alaska Energy Authority’s Renewable Energy Fund.
Partner with tribal health organizations on federal healthcare funding
Candidate positionPartner with tribal health organizations to secure maximum federal funding for Alaskans’ healthcare.
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Partner with tribal health organizations to secure maximum federal funding for Alaskans’ healthcare.
Support appropriate scopes of practice for healthcare practitioners
Candidate positionSupport appropriate scopes of practice for healthcare practitioners such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, optometrists, and dental health aides.
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Support appropriate scopes of practice for healthcare practitioners such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, optometrists, and dental health aides.
Expand in-home care for seniors and people with disabilities
Candidate positionExpand access to in-home care for seniors and people with disabilities so that Alaskans can live with dignity in their own communities.
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Expand access to in-home care for seniors and people with disabilities so that Alaskans can live with dignity in their own communities.
Strengthen safety standards in healthcare facilities
Candidate positionSupport our patients, healthcare workers, and caregivers by working to strengthen safety standards in healthcare facilities.
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Support our patients, healthcare workers, and caregivers by working to strengthen safety standards in healthcare facilities.
Propose drug-markup limits and hospital and drug-price transparency
Candidate positionBring down medical costs by outlawing excessive drug price markups and requiring transparency about the prices hospitals and drug companies charge behind closed doors.
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Bring down medical costs by outlawing excessive drug price markups and requiring transparency about the prices hospitals and drug companies charge behind closed doors.
Keep commercial fishing permits in Alaska
Candidate positionPrevent permits from leaving Alaska for the Lower 48. Alaska’s commercial fishing permits should be fished by Alaskans.
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Prevent permits from leaving Alaska for the Lower 48. Alaska’s commercial fishing permits should be fished by Alaskans.
Use state fishing-loan programs to help new and young fishermen
Candidate positionFully empower the Division of Investments (Commercial Fishing Revolving Loan Fund) and CFAB to finance the entry of new and young fishermen into the fleet.
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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.
Fully fund the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Candidate positionFully fund ADF&G.
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Fully fund ADF&G.
Prioritize Chinook salmon restoration in named Alaska rivers
Candidate positionPrioritize restoring the crashed Chinook runs in the Yukon, Kuskokwim, and Southcentral Alaska rivers.
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Prioritize restoring the crashed Chinook runs in the Yukon, Kuskokwim, and Southcentral Alaska rivers.
Seek balanced representation on the Board of Fish
Candidate positionSupport balance on the Board of Fish. The BOF should not be dominated by any one user group.
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Support balance on the Board of Fish. The BOF should not be dominated by any one user group.
Support the independence of CFEC
Candidate positionSupport the independence of CFEC.
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Support the independence of CFEC.
Nominate North Pacific Council members who represent Alaska fishing interests
Candidate positionNominate Alaskans to the North Pacific Council who support the interests of Alaska-based fishermen and Alaska coastal communities.
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Nominate Alaskans to the North Pacific Council who support the interests of Alaska-based fishermen and Alaska coastal communities.
Invest in port and harbor infrastructure
Candidate positionPrioritize capital investment in port and harbor infrastructure.
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Prioritize capital investment in port and harbor infrastructure.
Propose a data-center moratorium until comprehensive regulation passes
Candidate positionsupport a moratorium on all new data centers (similar to New York State) until the legislature can pass comprehensive regulation on data center development.
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support a moratorium on all new data centers (similar to New York State) until the legislature can pass comprehensive regulation on data center development.
Require local approval and binding community agreements for data centers
Candidate positionRequire local approval before data centers can be built, with binding community benefit agreements.
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Require local approval before data centers can be built, with binding community benefit agreements.
Make data centers cover electricity costs without ratepayer subsidies
Candidate positionMake data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, without any direct or indirect subsidies from existing ratepayers. Prevent financial risk from being shifted to the public.
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Make data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, without any direct or indirect subsidies from existing ratepayers. Prevent financial risk from being shifted to the public.
Propose liability for AI companies whose products cause harm
Candidate positionChampion legislation to hold AI companies liable in Alaska courts when their products cause harm.
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Champion legislation to hold AI companies liable in Alaska courts when their products cause harm.
Require human decision-makers when state agencies use AI
Candidate positionRequire human decision makers whenever a state agency uses AI in decisions affecting Alaskans.
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Require human decision makers whenever a state agency uses AI in decisions affecting Alaskans.
Require AI advertising disclosures and prohibit misleading deepfakes
Candidate positionRequire political advertisers to disclose AI-generated content in political advertising. Establish laws prohibiting deepfakes when used to mislead the public.
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Require political advertisers to disclose AI-generated content in political advertising. Establish laws prohibiting deepfakes when used to mislead the public.
Address AI-enabled crime and harmful AI content affecting children
Candidate positionDefend Alaskans from AI-enabled crime, including Internet scammers and deepfakes that target children and seniors. Support and enforce laws to protect children and families against harmful AI content.
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Defend Alaskans from AI-enabled crime, including Internet scammers and deepfakes that target children and seniors. Support and enforce laws to protect children and families against harmful AI content.
Open state land near cities and towns for housing
Candidate positionUnlock state land parcels within and adjacent to Alaska cities and towns for housing development to create more housing supply.
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Unlock state land parcels within and adjacent to Alaska cities and towns for housing development to create more housing supply.
Remove regulatory barriers to manufactured and modular housing
Candidate positionEliminate regulatory barriers to low-cost manufactured and modular housing (trailers, tiny homes, etc.) to provide safe and affordable homes across the state.
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Eliminate regulatory barriers to low-cost manufactured and modular housing (trailers, tiny homes, etc.) to provide safe and affordable homes across the state.
Use AHFC and AIDEA as housing-finance partners
Candidate positionDeploy state corporations (AHFC and also AIDEA) as financing partners for new housing development.
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Deploy state corporations (AHFC and also AIDEA) as financing partners for new housing development.
Use federal and tribal housing programs to support homebuilding
Candidate positionStop leaving federal housing dollars on the table. Funding from HUD, USDA Rural Development, and tribal housing programs can supercharge homebuilding.
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Stop leaving federal housing dollars on the table. Funding from HUD, USDA Rural Development, and tribal housing programs can supercharge homebuilding.
Propose taxes on second and vacation homes owned by nonresidents
Candidate positionCreate 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.
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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.
Create a housing task force to identify land and expedite permitting
Candidate positionCreate a governor’s housing task force (modeled after Atlanta’s) to identify developable land and create an expedited permitting system to build more housing, faster.
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Create a governor’s housing task force (modeled after Atlanta’s) to identify developable land and create an expedited permitting system to build more housing, faster.
Expand shelters and services for domestic-violence and sexual-assault victims
Candidate positionImprove access to shelters, victim services, and support for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
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Improve access to shelters, victim services, and support for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Prioritize prosecution of people who harm women and children
Candidate positionIdentify, arrest, and prosecute perpetrators who harm women and children to keep families and communities safe.
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Identify, arrest, and prosecute perpetrators who harm women and children to keep families and communities safe.
Dedicate law enforcement support to missing and murdered Indigenous people
Candidate positionProvide dedicated law enforcement support for locating missing and murdered indigenous people (MMIP) and delivering justice for victims and families.
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Provide dedicated law enforcement support for locating missing and murdered indigenous people (MMIP) and delivering justice for victims and families.
Remove political-spending authority from Alaska corporations’ granted powers
Candidate positionGet corporate money out of politics: remove political spending power from the list of powers the State of Alaska grants its corporations.
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Get corporate money out of politics: remove political spending power from the list of powers the State of Alaska grants its corporations.
Restore campaign contribution limits for state elections
Candidate positionReinstitute campaign contribution limits for state elections.
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Reinstitute campaign contribution limits for state elections.
Require qualifications for appointments to state boards and commissions
Candidate positionAppoint only qualified Alaskans to state boards and commissions — not political allies with no qualifications for the positions.
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Appoint only qualified Alaskans to state boards and commissions — not political allies with no qualifications for the positions.
Oppose officials accepting lavish sponsored vacations with little state benefit
Candidate positionNo 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.
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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.
Defend women’s right to choose
Candidate positionDefend Alaska women’s right to choose.
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Defend Alaska women’s right to choose.
Ensure access to contraception
Candidate positionEnsure access to contraception.
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Ensure access to contraception.
Propose a statewide ban on Flock cameras and similar AI surveillance
Candidate positionProtect Alaskans' privacy by issuing a statewide ban on Flock cameras and similar AI-driven mass-surveillance technology.
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Protect Alaskans' privacy by issuing a statewide ban on Flock cameras and similar AI-driven mass-surveillance technology.
Protect Alaska Natives, LGBTQ Alaskans and others from discrimination
Candidate positionProtect Alaskans’ — including Alaska Natives and LGBTQ Alaskans — right to live their lives free from discrimination and prejudice.
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Protect Alaskans’ — including Alaska Natives and LGBTQ Alaskans — right to live their lives free from discrimination and prejudice.
Protect voters’ personal information from federal intrusion
Candidate positionProtect Alaskan voters’ personal information from federal intrusion.
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Protect Alaskan voters’ personal information from federal intrusion.
Protect the rural subsistence preference under Title VIII of ANILCA
Candidate positionProtect the rural preference and put an end to litigation that undermines Title VIII of ANILCA.
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Protect the rural preference and put an end to litigation that undermines Title VIII of ANILCA.
Fund the Division of Subsistence at Fish and Game
Candidate positionAdequately fund the Division of Subsistence at ADF&G.
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Adequately fund the Division of Subsistence at ADF&G.
Oppose funding megaprojects that do not serve critical needs
Candidate positionPrevent tax dollars from going to glitzy megaprojects that don’t serve our critical needs and rarely materialize.
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Prevent tax dollars from going to glitzy megaprojects that don’t serve our critical needs and rarely materialize.
Build and maintain roads, airports, bridges, power plants and ports
Candidate positionBuild and maintain roads, airports and airstrips, bridges, power plants, and ports. Infrastructure supports small businesses and lowers costs.
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Build and maintain roads, airports and airstrips, bridges, power plants, and ports. Infrastructure supports small businesses and lowers costs.
Fund new ferry vessels with GO bonds and create an independent governing board
Candidate positionRebuild 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.
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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.
Fund and equip police, fire and emergency medical personnel
Candidate positionSupport our first responders by funding and equipping our police, fire, and emergency medical personnel.
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Support our first responders by funding and equipping our police, fire, and emergency medical personnel.
Fund the Village Public Safety Officer program
Candidate positionAdequately fund the Village Public Safety Officer program to provide law enforcement in rural Alaska.
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Adequately fund the Village Public Safety Officer program to provide law enforcement in rural Alaska.
Propose constitutional protection for the entire Permanent Fund
Candidate positionMake 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.
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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.
Require all Alaska oil and gas producers to pay corporate income tax
Candidate positionEnsure 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.
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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.
