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Senate District D

Kenai: Kenai/Soldotna;Kenai: Northern Kenai Peninsula. Encompasses House Districts 7 & 8.

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    Jesse J. Bjorkman
    (Rep)

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    Ben Carpenter
    (Rep)

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    Tina Wegener
    (Dem)

Biographical Information

How do you plan to address the challenges of funding, teacher recruitment and retention, and ensuring educational equity across remote, rural and urban communities in Alaska in order to improve overall educational outcomes?

According to the U.S. Energy Administration in 2023, Alaska generated about 25% of its total electricity from renewable energy sources. What other alternatives do you think would help with our energy issues?

What options would you suggest where Alaska can increase our state revenue?

What could the Alaska legislature do to help restore voters’ trust in the integrity of our elections system?

Do you support or oppose continuation of our current open primary/ ranked choice voting election system.  Why?

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If Alaskans truly want better results, then the state and local municipalities must equip our schools with the staff and resources they need to promote better outcomes. We must prioritize investment and parental involvement if we expect improvement.
The most affordable and reliable renewable energy comes from hydropower. Alaska must get more energy from hydroelectric sources if we want to have affordable, reliable power that will support other intermittent sources. Also, we must have reliable and affordable natural gas in south central Alaska. Thermal generation from natural gas can serve as a backup for other sources as well. I am excited by the prospects of more wind, solar and tidal electricity generation in Alaska. However, because these sources are especially intermittent here, we must have hydro and thermal generation to support more diversification opportunities.
The state of Alaska must reduce spending on entitlements that make it comfortable for people to be unemployed when they could be working. I don’t agree with those who have introduced sales taxes and support taxing the incomes of hardworking Alaskan families. We don’t need new taxes. Alaska needs to live within our means and promote policies that encourage the Alaskan values of personal responsibility and self-reliance. Revenues will rise when the government gets out of the way of companies who will develop our resources and put more oil into the pipeline.
As I go door to door I hear little concern from constituents about election integrity. However, we must be vigilant that our elections are secure and transparent. We must do better to clean the voter rolls when people move. We must keep paper ballots and assure voters that their votes are counted and can be verified on paper.
A large majority of folks on the Kenai Peninsula voted against ranked choice voting. Voters are troubled by its results. I am too. We need to have an election system that is easy to use and that voters prefer.
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