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:
Nonpartisan
Kathy Simpler is a retired public school teacher who taught in Kodiak for 30 years and is a director of NEA-Alaska, the teachers union. Her priorities include a balanced state budget plan, school funding, reliable ferry service, food security, and fisheries management.
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Registered Republican
Sheldon Prout is a Kodiak commercial fisherman from a third-generation fishing family and a private pilot. His priorities include fisheries management, reliable ferry service, school funding, and rural health care.
Source: elections.alaska.gov