State Representative
This race uses ranked-choice voting: rank the candidates in order of preference. How it works
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Registered Republican
Brenda Wilson is a King Cove chemical dependency counselor and social worker who serves on the Aleutians East Borough Assembly and the King Cove City Council. She focuses on ending ranked choice voting, smaller government and protecting the Permanent Fund dividend.
Records: Public Infrastructure 4 for, Environment and Public Health 1 for, 1 against, Government Spending Reduction 2 against
Nonpartisan
Cade Woods is a Dillingham fuel terminal manager and vessel operator who chairs the city Planning Commission and sits on the Nushagak Electric and Telephone Cooperative board. He focuses on protecting subsistence, local business growth and renewable energy.
Registered Democrat
Evelynn Trefon is a Newhalen school secretary and owner of E&A Produce Market who has served as Newhalen vice mayor and city council member. She focuses on rural schools, Alaska Native languages and subsistence, affordable energy and opposing the Pebble Mine.
Records: Social Programs and Welfare 2 for, Public Education Quality 1 for
Nonpartisan
Mark Smith is a former mayor of Aleknagik who works in tug and barge operations and fishes commercially for Bristol Bay salmon. He focuses on the fishing economy, affordable energy, health care access and protecting the Permanent Fund dividend.
Source: elections.alaska.gov