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:
Undeclared
Alston Evans is a manager at Wildfish Cannery in Klawock and has not held public office. He supports paying the full statutory Permanent Fund dividend, changing trawl bycatch rules, and oil, gas, and mineral development instead of new taxes.
Registered Republican
Kenny Skaflestad is a Hoonah heavy equipment operator, construction business owner, and commercial fisherman who once served as Hoonah mayor and on its city council. His priorities include a balanced budget, school funding, Permanent Fund dividends, and energy development.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Rebecca Himschoot is a retired Sitka elementary teacher who has served in the Alaska House since 2023 and earlier served on the Sitka Assembly and the state Board of Education. She lists stable school funding, fisheries, ferries, and energy among her priorities.
Records: Public Education Quality 7 for, Environment and Public Health 3 for, Government Efficiency 3 for,
Source: elections.alaska.gov