Dave Bronson
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2026 Alaska Governor Election
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Kreiss-Tomkins supports expanding Medicaid and partnering with Alaska tribal health organizations to secure maximum federal healthcare funding.
At a September 2026 gubernatorial forum, Taylor supported the Medicaid work requirement in federal law for able-bodied adults without dependents, saying Medicaid funds require stewardship.
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Kreiss-Tomkins supports expanding Medicaid and partnering with Alaska tribal health organizations to secure maximum federal healthcare funding.
At a September 2026 gubernatorial forum, Taylor supported the Medicaid work requirement in federal law for able-bodied adults without dependents, saying Medicaid funds require stewardship.
Bronson says he would grow Alaska's economy through responsible resource development, cutting regulatory red tape, supporting key industries, and creating better-paying jobs to lower costs and curb outmigration.
Kreiss-Tomkins frames Alaska’s economic agenda around lowering costs, balancing the state budget, and supporting broad energy development.
Taylor says Alaska should grow its economy by expanding resource and energy production, attracting investment, creating jobs and making it easier to start and grow businesses.
Wilson says Alaska has a spending problem rather than a revenue problem and opposes increasing taxes on the oil industry.
Bronson supports expanding Alaska’s oil and gas development, including the AKLNG natural-gas pipeline, and opposes increasing oil-industry taxes or changing the tax structure, arguing that midstream rule changes discourage investment.
Kreiss-Tomkins supports developing a mix of renewable energy, hydropower, and natural gas to lower Alaskans’ utility costs, cooperation among Railbelt utilities, Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund support, and an economically…
Taylor supports expanding Alaska’s oil, gas, mining and other resource development, arguing that development and faster permitting can create jobs and economic opportunity.
At an Aug. 26, 2026 Alaska Oil and Gas Association forum, Wilson opposed increasing taxes on the oil industry and argued that the proposed AKLNG natural-gas pipeline was economically viable and should not have been blocked by the…
Bronson supports strengthening pregnancy resource centers, adoption and foster-care services, and other support for women facing unplanned pregnancies.
Kreiss-Tomkins's 2026 campaign platform says he would defend Alaska women's right to choose and ensure access to contraception, indicating support for abortion access and reproductive healthcare.
Treg Taylor opposes abortion and, while serving as Alaska attorney general, pursued restrictions on mifepristone and defended Alaska's limits on prescribing the medication through telehealth.
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins’s current official gubernatorial platform does not identify immigration as a policy area and does not state a position on border enforcement, asylum, or protections for Dreamers.
As Alaska attorney general, Taylor joined other state attorneys general in a 2024 effort supporting Texas's border-defense actions and opposing the Biden administration's response.
Bronson has expressed support for gun rights. In 2021, as Anchorage mayor, he issued a directive declaring Anchorage a “Second Amendment sanctuary municipality” and directing the city to protect citizens’ right to keep and bear arms; in…
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins's 2026 campaign platform does not identify a specific firearms or Second Amendment policy. During his legislative career, he voted against an Alaska House measure that sought to exempt firearms and ammunition…
Taylor says his campaign will protect Alaskans’ guns and describes his record as Attorney General as opposing restrictions on rights.
The NRA Political Victory Fund gave Bernadette Wilson an A rating, describing that rating as applying to a candidate who is “solidly pro-gun” and who has supported NRA positions on key votes or has a demonstrated record of support for…
Bronson publicly opposed adding LGBTQ+ protections to Anchorage’s anti-discrimination ordinance in 2015. As Anchorage mayor in 2022, he said city employees should uphold the law and protect everyone’s rights while defending an appointed…
Kreiss-Tomkins’s campaign platform says he would protect Alaskans—including Alaska Natives and LGBTQ Alaskans—from discrimination and prejudice, defend Alaska women’s right to choose, ensure access to contraception, protect privacy from…
Taylor’s campaign has pledged to “save girls’ sports,” and his campaign advertisements focused on transgender students’ participation in school sports.
Wilson’s campaign says Alaska should end “discrimination and income-based inequality” in education, arguing that lower-income families have fewer educational options than wealthier families.
Bronson says he would end what he describes as bloated bureaucracy and political agendas in schools, refocus public education on reading, writing, and math, reward effective teachers, and restore parents’ rights.
Kreiss-Tomkins supports fully funding Alaska’s public schools and adopting a constitutional amendment to forward-fund education for greater budget certainty.
Taylor says Alaska should prioritize improving students’ reading proficiency and expand vocational education so more students graduate ready for work.
Wilson says Alaska should replace what she describes as a one-size-fits-all education system with greater choice and accountability.
Kreiss-Tomkins supports strict regulation of artificial intelligence and data-center development in Alaska. He proposes a moratorium on new data centers until comprehensive regulation is enacted, local approval and binding…
Taylor has said Alaska should embrace data centers as a source of well-paying jobs and economic opportunity. He has argued that facilities should provide their own energy and said that, if they can sell excess power at a lower cost than…
The Bronson-Church campaign platform calls for “Alaska Election Reform: Restoring Trust and Security.” In a campaign-linked op-ed, running mate Josh Church advocated same-day in-person voting as the standard, photo ID, limiting mail voting…
Kreiss-Tomkins supports retaining Alaska’s open primary and ranked-choice general-election system; in a July 28, 2026 interview, he said protecting the integrity of Alaska’s voter rolls and resisting federal intrusion into election…
Taylor has said he supports eliminating Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system. At the same time, he has urged voters to rank candidates under the current rules, arguing that Republicans need to do so to improve their chances in the…
Wilson supports repealing Alaska's ranked-choice voting system and describes herself as a sponsor of the repeal effort. She argues that, until repeal, Republicans should unite behind the top Republican primary vote-getter so conservative…
Bronson's campaign platform emphasizes local infrastructure, housing, education, and government reform. It calls for opening access to Alaska land through roads and responsible development, expanding land ownership, securing state land for…
Kreiss-Tomkins says his administration would prioritize rural and coastal Alaska by fully funding and forward-funding public schools, protecting subsistence and fisheries, investing in ports, harbors, roads and airports, and rebuilding the…
Taylor says Alaska should expand opportunities for Alaskans to own land, accelerate infrastructure, reduce permitting delays and lower energy costs so families can stay.
Wilson says Alaska should pursue major resource and infrastructure projects—including AKLNG, NPRA, ANWR, Willow, Ambler Road, West Susitna and King Cove—and develop the state’s natural resources.
Reported approximately $318,166 in total receipts as of the July 2026 APOC filing, though $130,065 was a transfer from his prior candidate account and new contributor money was $188,101, leaving $103,006 cash on hand…
Donor detailsRaised approximately $2.17M as of the August 8, 2026 APOC filing, the largest total in the field and more than 80% from outside Alaska.
Donor detailsRaised more than $1.58 million through mid-August 2026, with a large share coming from the candidate's own money: Taylor contributed $287,000 to his campaign by February and another $300,000 in cash after the state's…
Donor detailsRaised over $300K from nearly 1,500 individual donors by early 2026, and reported $395,985 in new receipts in the July 30-day APOC filing, the most of any Republican candidate in the race.
Donor detailsHas never held legislative office. He served as Mayor of Anchorage from 2021 to 2024, where his administration prioritized public safety (police pay raises, foot patrols, body cameras), infrastructure including the Don…
Voting record sourceServed as a Democratic Alaska State Representative for District 35 from 2013 to 2022, including as chair of the House State Affairs Committee.
Voting record sourceHas not held legislative office, so there is no legislative voting record. As Alaska's attorney general (2021–2025), Taylor joined or led more than 80 lawsuits against federal actions, including challenges to federal…
Voting record sourceHas never held elective office. She is a conservative activist, former radio host, and small business owner who served as Alaska state director for Americans for Prosperity and interim executive director of the Alaska…
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