DeWitt, Meda
AK
DeWitt, Meda is a Nonpartisan certified candidate for Governor of Alaska in the 2026 primary.
Where DeWitt, Meda stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Anti-Corruption (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
As Alaska senior manager for The Wilderness Society, Meda DeWitt publicly criticized the federal administration's finalized plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, saying it placed corporate interests above the people whose survival depends on the Porcupine caribou herd.
October 24, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: houstonpublicmedia.org · researched July 31, 2026
As Alaska senior manager for The Wilderness Society, Meda DeWitt issued a public statement opposing the federal oil and gas leasing program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain after the second mandated lease sale drew no bids, citing climate change and public opposition to drilling.
January 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: alaskapublic.org · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
As chair of the Recall Dunleavy campaign, Meda DeWitt formally announced the end of the two-year effort to recall Governor Mike Dunleavy after the campaign gathered 62,373 signatures, short of the 71,252 required to force a recall election.
August 25, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: alaskasnewssource.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
As The Wilderness Society's senior specialist for Alaska, Meda DeWitt issued a public statement supporting federal legislation to recognize and compensate five Southeast Alaska Native communities left out of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, calling the effort a matter of rectifying a historical wrong and securing those communities' cultural survival.
November 29, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: alaskapublic.org · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Santa Claus of North Pole published a letter in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner endorsing Meda DeWitt for governor and Chris Steere for lieutenant governor in the 2026 Alaska election.
July 2, 2026
Source: newsminer.com · researched July 31, 2026
Northern Journal reported that Meda DeWitt led the board of directors of Yak-Tat Kwaan, the Yakutat village corporation, after dissident shareholders replaced the previous pro-logging board whose subsidiary Yak Timber had clear-cut corporation land.
November 12, 2023
Source: northernjournal.com · researched July 31, 2026
Past race DeWitt, Meda ran in:
- Governor / Lieutenant Governor · August 18, 2026 · Alaska
Profile last researched July 2, 2026.