Thomas E. Bergey
AK · Mat-Su Borough School Board Member, District 1
Thomas E. Bergey has represented District 1 on the Mat-Su Borough School Board since 2018. He emphasizes infrastructure, stable taxes, property rights, and public participation in borough decisions.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 21 records
Moved to initiate foreclosure on two delinquent agricultural loans and to decline a ranch loan application; the board approved all three motions.
March 17, 2026
Source: aws.state.ak.us
Joined the borough Agriculture Advisory Board's unanimous votes on a response to proposed board term limits and revised farm-survey questions.
May 21, 2025
Source: matsugov.us
Called for a point system ranking state agriculture loans by their benefit to food security.
January 21, 2025
Source: dnr.alaska.gov
Voted to renew American Charter Academy's charter.
December 4, 2024
Source: education.alaska.gov
Voted to renew Academy Charter School's charter.
December 4, 2024
Source: education.alaska.gov
Voted to renew Midnight Sun Family Learning Center's charter.
December 4, 2024
Source: education.alaska.gov
Received the District 25 Republican committee endorsement for another school-board term.
August 9, 2024
Source: mustreadalaska.com
Voted to let borrowers qualify for good-borrower credit after three consecutive years in good standing, and argued for agricultural-production safeguards on loan-funded land.
June 18, 2024
Source: dnr.alaska.gov
Joined the Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation's vote to make its four-percent short-term loan rate effective February 1, 2024.
January 23, 2024
Source: dnr.alaska.gov
Selected John C. Deal for the district's new library citizens advisory committee and voted for changes to the district's library policy.
August 2, 2023
Source: frontiersman.com
Voted for policies requiring written parental permission for student name or pronoun changes and opt-in permission for sex education.
June 7, 2023
Source: alaskapublic.org
Began a term as an at-large member of the Mat-Su Borough Agriculture Advisory Board.
February 7, 2023
Source: matsugov.us
Voted to suspend district guidance allowing transgender students to use communal bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity.
September 7, 2022
Source: frontiersman.com
Voted for the school district policy excluding transgender girls from girls sports teams.
June 15, 2022
Source: alaskapublic.org
Endorsed Nick Begich for Congress as a sitting Mat-Su School Board member.
April 6, 2022
Source: mustreadalaska.com
Moved to approve Academy Charter School's amendment adding high-school grades; the school board passed it 6-1.
April 6, 2022
Source: education.alaska.gov
Was reappointed to the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission for a term beginning July 1, 2021.
July 7, 2021
Source: gov.alaska.gov
Moved to delay implementation of the district's parental-engagement policy by 90 days; the amendment passed.
March 3, 2021
Source: frontiersman.com
Led and joined a 6-1 vote to rescind the removal of five novels from English elective courses, citing defects in the district's review process.
May 20, 2020
Source: alaskapublic.org
Voted to remove five novels and a New York Times teaching resource from the district's high-school English electives list.
April 22, 2020
Source: frontiersman.com
Began serving as the elected District 1 member of the Mat-Su Borough School Board.
October 17, 2018
Source: matsu.gov
Past race Thomas E. Bergey ran in:
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly Member District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska