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 · Incumbent
Jamie Allard is an Army veteran from Eagle River who has served in the Alaska House since 2023 and on the Anchorage Assembly from 2020 to 2023. She focuses on public safety, resource development, cutting state spending, and giving parents a stronger voice in schools.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 8 for, 5 against, Public Education Quality 6 for, 7 against, Civil Rights 4 against,
Registered Democrat
Jim Arlington is an Eagle River energy executive with a law degree who heads the Alaska Natural Gas Corporation and served on the Anchorage School Board in 1992. He wants Alaska to get its fair share of oil and gas value to fund schools, create jobs, and lower energy prices.
Registered Democrat
Lee Hammermeister owns an Eagle River lawn and snow business and serves on the area's rural road service board. He wants full school funding, steady road upkeep, the full statutory Permanent Fund Dividend, and more health clinics close to home.
Records: Public Infrastructure 4 for, Government Efficiency 1 for, Government Spending Reduction 1 against
Registered Republican
Ruby Jones is operations director at SafeLogic Alaska, which helps contractors run construction projects safely, and a lifelong Alaskan raising her family in Eagle River. She wants stable school funding, affordable energy, stronger public safety, and a growing private economy.
Source: elections.alaska.gov