Governor / Lieutenant Governor
This race uses ranked-choice voting: rank the candidates in order of preference. How it works
What does this office do?
- Signing or vetoing bills that become state law
- Proposing the state budget for schools, roads, and health care
- Picking who leads state agencies
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Registered Republican
Owner of an Anchorage commercial refuse company she started more than 10 years ago, and a former congressional campaign adviser. She would work to restore the statutory Permanent Fund dividend and to lower energy and housing costs.
Records: Women's Reproductive Rights 1 against
Registered Republican
Retired commercial airline captain and Air Force lieutenant colonel who served as mayor of Anchorage from 2021 to 2024. He would push to expand resource development and lower energy costs, and to cut government red tape and support law enforcement.
Records: Government Efficiency 3 for, 2 against, Government Spending Reduction 4 for, Anti-Corruption 3 against,
Registered Republican
James "JP4" Parkin is a Navy veteran and retired Angoon teacher and school principal who now works at a gold mine near Juneau. He wants large yearly oil-wealth payments (PFDs), more state money for schools and a return of pensions for state workers.
Registered Democrat
A business owner from Sitka who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2013 to 2023. He would work to fully fund public schools, protect Alaska's fisheries, and lower everyday costs for families.
Records: Corporate Accountability 2 for, Environment and Public Health 2 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 2 for,
Registered Republican
A lawyer and business owner who served as Alaska attorney general from 2021 to 2025 and as deputy attorney general before that. He would focus on public safety and on opening up Alaska's energy and mining resources.
Records: Corporate Accountability 6 for, Environment and Public Health 3 against, Gun Control 3 against,
Source: elections.alaska.gov