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Bauer, Paul A. Jr.

Nonpartisan · AK

Paul A. Bauer Jr. is the nonpartisan certified candidate for Alaska House District 20 in the 2026 primary. The Alaska Division of Elections candidate list gives his Anchorage campaign address and phone number, but lists no campaign website or email in the HD20 roster section.

Campaign Finance Information — State House District 20

Campaign Finance Information · State House District 20 · August 18, 2026

Data last updated July 26, 2026

Raised
$46

Top disclosed occupations of direct donors

  • Candidate$46
Direct contributions by size
  • $0.01-$99.99$46

Source: Alaska APOC · 2026 cycle · aws.state.ak.us

Track record

Environment and Public Health

· 5 records
  • Argued for creating a standalone Alaska Department of Agriculture as an investment in food security, rural economies, local production, and reduced dependence on imported food.

    August 16, 2025For

    Source: mustreadalaska.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Supported Alaska taking over federal Clean Water Act wetlands-permitting authority.

    July 28, 2022Against

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Supported stronger enforcement against foreign fishing vessels and exploring improved filtration technology to reduce mining residue affecting fisheries.

    July 28, 2022For

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Voted for repealing Anchorage's vehicle emissions inspection-and-maintenance testing program; the substitute ordinance passed 8-2.

    November 6, 2007Against

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Voted for Anchorage's smoke-free-public-places ordinance regulating secondhand-smoke exposure; it passed 8-3.

    August 15, 2006For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Anti-Corruption

· 6 records
  • Argued that people of faith should be eligible and encouraged to seek public office while active pastors should step away from ministry, avoid church resources in campaigns, and maintain financial transparency.

    November 21, 2025For

    Source: mustreadalaska.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Alaska Public Offices Commission staff documented a 2024 candidate 30-day report filed two days late, assessed $50, and recommended upholding the penalty.

    December 30, 2024Against

    Source: aws.state.ak.us · researched July 18, 2026

  • Alaska Public Offices Commission staff documented a 2022 future-campaign-account report filed one day late, assessed $25, and recommended waiving the penalty under standard mitigation criteria.

    May 20, 2024Against

    Source: aws.state.ak.us · researched July 18, 2026

  • Was officially admonished by the Anchorage Assembly for knowingly disclosing a confidential ethics notice before preliminary review, was ordered to complete ethics training, acknowledged the timing mistake, and abstained from the 9-0 vote.

    October 9, 2007Against

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored a proposed Anchorage ordinance requiring lobbyist criminal-conviction disclosures and background checks and disqualifying applicants with specified egregious felony convictions.

    June 12, 2007For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored an Anchorage ordinance barring officials from conditioning government action on a person's retention or non-retention of specified third-party services; the Assembly approved the substitute.

    June 12, 2007For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Government Efficiency

· 5 records
  • Argued for creating a standalone Alaska Department of Agriculture as an investment in food security, rural economies, local production, and reduced dependence on imported food.

    August 16, 2025For

    Source: mustreadalaska.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Supported keeping Alaska Marine Highway service timely and efficient while reducing, but not eliminating, some routes.

    July 28, 2022For

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • In a 2020 Alaska Miner candidate statement, supported the full statutory PFD, employment-skills, vocational, and civics education, veterans assistance, results-oriented management, reduced state administration, budget realignment, and agency business plans.

    November 3, 2020For

    Source: online.flippingbook.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • In a 2020 Alaska Professional Design Council questionnaire, called for agency business plans with performance measures, a sustainable business-friendly budget, economic diversification, small-business education, and greater investment in vocational training.

    November 3, 2020For

    Source: alaskaapdc.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Sponsored an Anchorage ordinance establishing public procedures for naming municipal buildings, rooms, and grounds; the Assembly approved the substitute.

    June 20, 2006For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Government Spending Reduction

· 6 records
  • Opposed establishing a pension system for newly hired Alaska public employees.

    July 28, 2022For

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • In a 2020 Alaska Miner candidate statement, supported the full statutory PFD, employment-skills, vocational, and civics education, veterans assistance, results-oriented management, reduced state administration, budget realignment, and agency business plans.

    November 3, 2020For

    Source: online.flippingbook.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • In a 2020 Alaska Professional Design Council questionnaire, called for agency business plans with performance measures, a sustainable business-friendly budget, economic diversification, small-business education, and greater investment in vocational training.

    November 3, 2020For

    Source: alaskaapdc.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Said his first fiscal-crisis response would be a detailed budget review, spending reductions, and delays to capital projects.

    March 21, 2015For

    Source: adn.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Said Anchorage property taxes were about right but school-district taxes were too high, and would consider a voter-approved sales tax only in a financial emergency for major infrastructure or revenue-producing investments.

    March 21, 2015For

    Source: adn.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Voted against placing a $65 million Clark Middle School replacement bond before voters, arguing that Chester Valley Elementary in his district had been deprioritized.

    February 13, 2007For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Public Safety and Crime Control

· 11 records
  • Called for constitutional government, even-handed law enforcement, public trust in courts and elections, state resistance to federal overreach, public safety, and responsible resource development.

    January 28, 2026For

    Source: mustreadalaska.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Proposed moving homeless camps out of neighborhoods, strengthening enforcement tools and neighborhood watch, and seeking Alaska Native corporation responsibility for affected shareholders.

    July 28, 2022For

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Supported maintaining Second Amendment protections and emphasized parenting, drug prevention, and youth awareness as responses to gun violence.

    July 28, 2022For

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • In the 2015 Anchorage mayoral campaign, supported hiring more police, community policing, specialty units, officer body cameras, nonlethal tools, and cross-training.

    March 21, 2015For

    Source: adn.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Proposed a displaced-persons coordinator, coordinated nonprofit mental-health and detoxification services, stronger anti-panhandling enforcement, state help, and participation by Alaska Native corporations to address homelessness.

    March 21, 2015For

    Source: adn.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Voted against an Anchorage ordinance allowing limited consumer-fireworks use around New Year's Eve; the measure failed 5-6.

    December 11, 2007For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Sponsored an Anchorage ordinance requiring municipal cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, status checks in specified circumstances, and limits on sanctuary policies; the Assembly postponed it indefinitely.

    November 27, 2007For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored an ordinance restoring vehicle-insurance provisions that had been inadvertently deleted from Anchorage code; the Assembly approved it.

    November 14, 2006For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Sponsored an Anchorage ordinance requiring impoundment for specified serious vehicle offenses and setting a $1,000 penalty for driving without required insurance; the Assembly approved the substitute.

    June 6, 2006For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored a proposed Anchorage bicycle-registration ordinance; the Assembly postponed the measure indefinitely.

    September 27, 2005For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored an Anchorage ordinance authorizing parking enforcement by peace officers while prohibiting photo-radar traffic enforcement; the Assembly approved it.

    July 12, 2005For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Housing Affordability

· 1 record
  • Proposed three-to-five-year tax-free zones for Fairview and downtown Anchorage, low-income-housing tax credits, and permitting reforms to encourage neighborhood business and affordable rentals.

    March 21, 2015For

    Source: adn.com · researched July 18, 2026

Social Programs and Welfare

· 5 records
  • Supported calculating the Permanent Fund dividend under the statutory formula and paying it before funding government.

    July 28, 2022For

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • In a 2020 Alaska Miner candidate statement, supported the full statutory PFD, employment-skills, vocational, and civics education, veterans assistance, results-oriented management, reduced state administration, budget realignment, and agency business plans.

    November 3, 2020For

    Source: online.flippingbook.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Proposed a displaced-persons coordinator, coordinated nonprofit mental-health and detoxification services, stronger anti-panhandling enforcement, state help, and participation by Alaska Native corporations to address homelessness.

    March 21, 2015For

    Source: adn.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored an Anchorage ordinance permitting late filing for a property-tax exemption when a disability determination arrived after the ordinary deadline; the Assembly approved it.

    February 12, 2008For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored an Anchorage resolution urging the University of Alaska Board of Regents to continue its tuition waiver for Alaska residents age 60 and older; the Assembly approved it.

    August 9, 2005For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Public Education Quality

· 5 records
  • Supported federal investment in Alaska archival care and digitization, competitive funding for historical records, a commission and matching funds for the U.S. 250th anniversary, conditional public-private funding for History Day, and a three-year social-studies graduation requirement.

    October 21, 2022For

    Source: alaskahistoricalsociety.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Proposed improving teacher retention through recognition, rewards, work-life balance, teamwork, supportive school climates, and regular retention monitoring.

    July 28, 2022For

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • In a 2020 Alaska Miner candidate statement, supported the full statutory PFD, employment-skills, vocational, and civics education, veterans assistance, results-oriented management, reduced state administration, budget realignment, and agency business plans.

    November 3, 2020For

    Source: online.flippingbook.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • In a 2020 Alaska Professional Design Council questionnaire, called for agency business plans with performance measures, a sustainable business-friendly budget, economic diversification, small-business education, and greater investment in vocational training.

    November 3, 2020For

    Source: alaskaapdc.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored an Anchorage resolution urging the University of Alaska Board of Regents to continue its tuition waiver for Alaska residents age 60 and older; the Assembly approved it.

    August 9, 2005For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Gun Control

· 1 record
  • Supported maintaining Second Amendment protections and emphasized parenting, drug prevention, and youth awareness as responses to gun violence.

    July 28, 2022Against

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

Women's Reproductive Rights

· 1 record
  • Supported ending Alaska state funding for Planned Parenthood and following the U.S. Supreme Court's abortion ruling.

    July 28, 2022Against

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

Election Integrity

· 3 records
  • Called for constitutional government, even-handed law enforcement, public trust in courts and elections, state resistance to federal overreach, public safety, and responsible resource development.

    January 28, 2026For

    Source: mustreadalaska.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Proposed ending mail voting and ballot drop boxes in favor of paper ballots cast in person.

    July 28, 2022For

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Sponsored an Anchorage resolution supporting proof of legal residency for Alaska driver's licenses and identification cards; the Assembly approved it.

    February 12, 2008For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Civil Rights

· 4 records
  • Argued that people of faith should be eligible and encouraged to seek public office while active pastors should step away from ministry, avoid church resources in campaigns, and maintain financial transparency.

    November 21, 2025For

    Source: mustreadalaska.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Opposed making Juneteenth a paid Alaska state holiday.

    July 28, 2022Against

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Sponsored an Anchorage ordinance requiring municipal cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, status checks in specified circumstances, and limits on sanctuary policies; the Assembly postponed it indefinitely.

    November 27, 2007Against

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored an Anchorage ordinance limiting municipal use of eminent domain for economic development; the Assembly approved the substitute measure.

    January 10, 2006For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Corporate Accountability

· 1 record
  • Proposed three-to-five-year tax-free zones for Fairview and downtown Anchorage, low-income-housing tax credits, and permitting reforms to encourage neighborhood business and affordable rentals.

    March 21, 2015For

    Source: adn.com · researched July 18, 2026

Public Infrastructure

· 6 records
  • Called for constitutional government, even-handed law enforcement, public trust in courts and elections, state resistance to federal overreach, public safety, and responsible resource development.

    January 28, 2026For

    Source: mustreadalaska.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Supported federal investment in Alaska archival care and digitization, competitive funding for historical records, a commission and matching funds for the U.S. 250th anniversary, conditional public-private funding for History Day, and a three-year social-studies graduation requirement.

    October 21, 2022For

    Source: alaskahistoricalsociety.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Supported keeping Alaska Marine Highway service timely and efficient while reducing, but not eliminating, some routes.

    July 28, 2022For

    Source: alaskabeacon.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Said Anchorage property taxes were about right but school-district taxes were too high, and would consider a voter-approved sales tax only in a financial emergency for major infrastructure or revenue-producing investments.

    March 21, 2015For

    Source: adn.com · researched July 18, 2026

  • Voted for Anchorage's amended Knik Arm Bridge and regional transportation resolution; it passed 8-2.

    March 13, 2007For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

  • Co-sponsored an Anchorage resolution urging state and federal action to secure an adequate, affordable Cook Inlet natural-gas supply for Southcentral Alaska; the Assembly approved it.

    May 17, 2005For

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

General

· 1 record
  • Co-sponsored an Anchorage resolution supporting a municipal property-tax credit; the Assembly approved it.

    May 1, 2007

    Source: muni.org · researched July 18, 2026

Elections

Profile last researched July 6, 2026.