Bernadette M. Wilson
Registered Republican · AK
Owner of an Anchorage commercial refuse company she started more than 10 years ago, and a former congressional campaign adviser. She would work to restore the statutory Permanent Fund dividend and to lower energy and housing costs.
Where Bernadette M. Wilson stands, based on their records
Opposes
Women's Reproductive Rights (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
Served as campaign manager and spokesperson for Alaskans for Parental Rights, leading the successful 2010 Ballot Measure 2 campaign that required parental notification before a minor could obtain an abortion; the measure passed in August 2010 and was later struck down by the Alaska Supreme Court in 2019.
August 19, 2010Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: alaskapublic.org
Track record — General
General · 7 records
With her fellow initiative sponsors, delivered the ranked-choice-voting repeal petition to the Alaska Division of Elections after the campaign collected more than 48,000 signatures, well above the 34,000-signature threshold spread across three quarters of state House districts.
November 6, 2025
Source: adn.com
Sponsor of the ballot initiative asking Alaska voters in 2026 to repeal the state's open primaries and ranked choice voting system.
May 13, 2025
Source: alaskapublic.org
Majority owner of Denali Disposal, an Anchorage garbage-collection company she has run for roughly a decade.
May 13, 2025
Source: alaskapublic.org
Served as state director of Americans for Prosperity's Alaska chapter and later as interim executive director of the Alaska Policy Forum, a conservative think tank.
May 13, 2025
Source: alaskapublic.org
As one of three named sponsors of the citizen initiative to repeal Alaska's ranked choice voting and open primaries, saw the petition application certified in proper form by Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, which opened the one-year signature-gathering window; her co-sponsors were former Rep. Ken McCarty and Judy Eledge.
February 17, 2025
Source: adn.com
Was named interim executive director of the Alaska Policy Forum, a conservative think tank affiliated with the State Policy Network, taking over the organization's lead role after leaving Americans for Prosperity-Alaska earlier that year.
November 14, 2023
Source: mustreadalaska.com
Was named state director of Americans for Prosperity-Alaska, taking charge of the group's Alaska grassroots operation with a stated focus on health-care costs and the state economy.
September 9, 2021
Source: americansforprosperity.org
Past races Bernadette M. Wilson ran in:
- Governor / Lieutenant Governor · November 3, 2026 · Alaska
- Governor / Lieutenant Governor · August 18, 2026 · Alaska