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Alaska’s Judiciary: Part III of the Ultimate Conservative Voter Guide
The judiciary often fades into the background amid all the political ads, mailers, signs, and door knocking for candidates seeking election. However, the judiciary derives its power from the people like any other branch of American government.
For most Alaskans, the courts remain a distant, somewhat abstract concept until a high-profile case comes into focus, and even then, attention often quickly shifts back to the Governor and the Legislature. But court decisions have real-world impacts on everyday Alaskans. Court rulings affect the things that matter most to Alaskan families: public safety, education, and economics.
In Part I and Part II, we looked at each individual candidate, combining information from various conservative sources, and making our recommendations. For Part III, we are approaching the judicial branch as a whole with this question in mind: Is the judicial system serving Alaskans and upholding our Constitution?
Our answer: No. The Alaska judicial system has gone astray from constitutional intent and co-opted power for itself not given to it by the people. This is not just an MRAK opinion. Alaskans like Rep. Ben Carpenter, Sen. Mike Shower, David Haeg, Robert Wall, Ed Martin, Bob Bird, Greg Sarber, David Ignell and others have put extraordinary time and effort into bringing constitutional issues within the judicial system to the public’s attention. Awareness of judicial corruption is spreading wide, grabbing the attention of the state’s leaders.
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The No-Contact Trend That Treats Estrangement as Healing
By Dr. Cindy
Therapy is supposed to restore a person to truth, freedom, and right relationship. Some of it now does the opposite: it baptizes rupture as growth, treats the family of origin as a crime scene, and recasts inherited faith as trauma to be escaped. That is not healing. It is a pastoral and professional failure with real bodies on the floor.
Not every counselor is a villain, and some parents do deserve distance. Violence, sexual abuse, and ongoing predation are real; a counselor who keeps a client in a dangerous household is negligent. The scandal lies elsewhere: in converting ordinary conflict, political disagreement, and religious difference into a diagnosis—and then into a sentence of exile.
What the Record Shows
Sociologist Karl Pillemer’s 2020 national survey found that 27 percent of American adults were estranged from a family member— roughly 67 million people— with 10 percent cut off from a parent or child. Culture did its work first, but therapists now sit at the choke point where pain is named and a plan is chosen.
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Print, save, share! PDF version for UCVG Part III: Alaska’s Judiciary
Dear readers,
Just like with Parts I and II, we have created a PDF version of our Ultimate Conservative Voter Guide Part III so you can print it out, attach it to emails, and save it on your desktop! Remember, the most important thing is to show up! Voters are more likely to get to the polls or fill out a mail-in ballot when they have a clear plan and feel confident. So, spread the word, and please share the Ultimate Conservative Voter Guide Part III with your family, friends, neighbors, and on your social medias!
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Opinion: Former Lt. Governor speaks on why ranked choice voting is bad for Alaska
By Loren Leman
During my four-year term as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, as well as 14 years before that as a legislator, I championed election processes that are simple, transparent, impartial and honest. I continue to advance those goals in Alaska’s elections. I also advocate for improvements to election processes that increase voter participation and acceptance of votes for Anchorage, where I serve as a member of its Election Commission. Although Anchorage has not subjected itself to the allure of ranked choice voting (RCV), our local elections have other shortcomings that should be addressed.
In 2020, I warned about the dangers of RCV and the impending onslaught of outside, dark money sure to impact Alaska’s elections. I was right. However, I underestimated the investment these groups with their wealthy billionaire donors would make. In 2024, I was a prime sponsor of the ballot measure to repeal RCV. We thought we could be outspent up to 10 to 1, which we figured we could handle, but were actually outspent 100 to 1. That’s right, the proponents for keeping the failed RCV system raised and spent $15 million, nearly all of it from dark money sources outside Alaska. We scratched and clawed to raise $150,000, almost all of it within Alaska, and came within 743 votes of succeeding. The lies and distortions of our opponents were shameful then, and for the 2026 election, opponents are continuing to deceive and mislead voters. I encourage you to read the statement I signed with Mead Treadwell and Craig Campbell, two other former Lieutenant Governors, in the State’s official Election Pamphlet.
So what else is wrong with the measure that passed (barely) in 2020?
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Opinion: Citizens’ access to lawmakers— is it a pay to play scheme?
By Ed Martin, Jr.
Public money carries a public obligation. Every dollar entrusted to an official demands faithful stewardship and enforceable protection. An organization’s reputation cannot replace either. The same standard applies when outside organizations pay for access to those officials.
The National Conference of State Legislatures and the Alaska Municipal League Investment Pool deserve scrutiny for reasons extending well beyond conferences and sponsored travel.
NCSL Travel Benefits for Lawmakers and Staff
Alaskans should demand accountability of those who pay for access to Alaska’s lawmakers and officials. When Alaskans pay for a trip, we know whose pocket the money comes from. When someone pays for a legislator’s travel, citizens deserve to know whose interests accompany the invitation.
The supplied 2025 disclosure records identify 13 Alaska legislators reporting travel gifts naming the National Conference of State Legislatures, or NCSL. Their 28 listed entries total $63,945.52.
Recipients include Representative Donna Mears ($12,458.89), Senator Scott Kawasaki ($11,700), Representative Bryce Edgmon ($7,425.75), Senator Elvi Gray-Jackson ($7,800), Senator Gary Stevens ($6,297.79), Representative Dan Saddler ($5,324.25), and others.
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The makers of our laws have power; the interpreters of those laws also have immense power over every day Alaskans. It's time to pay attention to the Judiciary. Read UCVG Part III now!
And then go vote!!! God bless Alaska
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Alaska Legislative Races: Part II of the 2026 Ultimate Conservative Voter Guide
The Legislature makes the laws and decides how to spend state money. Yes, the Governor can veto, but the Legislature can override any veto with a 2/3rd majority vote. While the Governor has control over the Executive branch, a conservative Governor who wants to effectively influence Alaska’s lawmaking relies on the effectiveness of Alaska’s conservative legislators.
Voters will see on their ballots how legislative candidates are registered whether Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or some variety of independent. However, that does not reliably inform voters which candidates will fight for conservative policies, or which incumbents have true conservative voting records. That’s where this guide comes in. This guide helps voters understand where independent candidates fall on the political spectrum, which registered Republicans support liberal policies, and which Democrats tend to be more moderate vs far left.
We have combined information from 6 key conservative sources to give voters a comprehensive view of the state legislative candidates and a launching point for further research. Additionally, we give the official MRAK endorsements for each state legislative race. Please refer to the Methodology section for more details on how our endorsements were decided.
At the end of the day, the most important thing is to show up! Freedom and democracy are rare— a fact we often forget— with about three-quarters of people worldwide living under autocratic rule. Let’s exercise our unique responsibility as citizens of a free country.
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Brenda Josephson: Haines projected to lose over a third of its population by 2055
By Brenda Josephson
What kind of future is Haines building? During the first two years of outgoing Mayor Tom Morphet’s tenure, Haines Borough’s estimated population declined by 3.4% from 2023 to 2025. With just 2,447 residents in 2025, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development projects a further loss of 834 people by 2055, bringing the total projected population loss to 36.3% from 2023 to 2055.1
Haines cannot keep doing the same things and expect different results. The community needs to chart a new course.
For years, Morphet has spoken out against major public infrastructure projects, and his positions are documented on his personal website. In “What’s the Big, Ugly Parking Lot For?” he called the Small Boat Harbor expansion an “unnecessary monstrosity,” criticizing its design and cost. In “Time for Haines to Divorce Large Cruise Ships,” he advocated turning away cruise ship dockings, despite acknowledging the loss of sales tax revenue. In “The Absurdity of Owning Lutak Dock,” he advocated transferring the Borough’s freight dock to private companies, arguing that it was not a municipal asset.
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Fake pollsters admit to fabricating polls for 2026 midterms
In a press release released on October 20, 2026, Wedgewood Polls admitted to spreading fraudulent election polling data to national news networks. Wedgewood Polls fabricated statistics about the midterm elections in and fed them to the media. National news outlets, including The New York Times, VoteHub, FiftyPlusOne, and MS NOW, cited the made-up statistics as facts. The data has since been pulled.
FiftyPlusOne investigated Wedgewood Polls, suspecting the data to have been fabricated. In response to FiftyPlusOne’s questioning, Wedgewood Polls released a statement on X and sent the statement to FiftyPlusOne with the message: “F— you.”
Wedgewood claims they were conducting a “social experiment” designed to “demonstrate the vulnerabilities, lack of oversight, and overall low barrier to entry in the modern political polling industry.” The fake data pertained to races in Michigan, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Kansas, Ohio, Maine, Iowa, and Nevada. After some of their fake polls were included in major polling aggregators, the group attempted to raise money through GoFundMe for a poll on the Nebraska Senate and Governor’s races. Wedgewood raised $500 from 14 donors. ElectionIndex, which promoted the GoFundMe, promised to pay back anyone who donated to Wedgewood, stating, “ElectIndex did not conduct the Wedgewood Nebraska poll. We promoted its GoFundMe, and we now have reason to believe the poll was not real. We’re refunding every donor in full ourselves.”
New York Times issued an Editor’s Note on October 21, 2026, on its Poll Tracker page after removing the fraudulent data. The note explained, “In all, The Times’s poll tracker included 15 polls released by Wedgewood between June and October, some of which included multiple races. All of the group’s releases covered state- or congressional district-level races; the group’s polls were never included in the tracker or average of President Trump’s approval rating or of the national polls tracking overall preference for control of Congress.”
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AG Mills presses Alaska Judicial Council to comply with Public Records Request regarding DEI information
On October 20, 2026, Acting Alaska Attorney General Cori Mills filed an amicus brief in the case American First Legal Foundation v Alaska Judicial Council, in which American First Legal (AFL) sued the Alaska Judicial Council after the Council failed to provide information following a public records request. The request sought records regarding the application of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the judicial selection process.
The Alaska Judicial Council commands what AG Mills describes as “extraordinary gatekeeping authority over Alaska’s judiciary.” The Council decides which applicants the Governor may consider for appointment. If the Council excludes an applicant, the Governor cannot appoint that person regardless of the applicant’s qualifications or the Governor’s judgment. All judicial appointments are first screened by the Council, effectively giving AJC the first say in who is making the decisions in Alaska’s courts.
The Council’s bylaws state a commitment to making “every effort to promote diversity, including gender and ethnic diversity.” AFL wanted to know what those efforts are and how they influence the selection of judges— a reasonable request submitted under the Alaska Public Records Act (APRA). The Council confirmed the request was received but did not provide any information beyond the receipt confirmation. After 89 days without a substantive response, production, extension notice, or estimated completion date, AFL sued the Council on September 2, 2026.
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Print, save, share! PDF version for UCVG Part II: Alaska Legislative Races
Just like with Part I, we have created a PDF version of our Ultimate Conservative Voter Guide Part II so you can print it out, attach it to emails, and save it on your desktop! Remember, the most important thing is to show up! Voters are more likely to get to the polls or fill out a mail-in ballot when they have a clear plan and feel confident. So, spread the word, and please share the Ultimate Conservative Voter Guide Parts I and II with your family, friends, neighbors, and on your social medias!
We are working on Part III, which will cover the judiciary. So, stay tuned and stay engaged!
All three parts of the Ultimate Conservative Voter Guide are FREE resources to help voters in their decision-making. The web version requires users to register a free account to access the content, which signs you up for our Must Read Weekly newsletter (you can unsubscribe from emails anytime and retain web access to free content).
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$495 million for 32-miles of rail: Port MacKenzie Rail Extension now fully funded
On October 19, 2026, the Alaska Delegation and the Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, announced a federal award of up to $249 million to complete the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension. The project will connect Port MacKenzie’s deepwater port facilities to the Alaska Railroad’s 500-mile main line with 32 miles of new rail.
The Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) received the award through the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Fiscal Year 2025–2026 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program. The project is expected to cost $311 million to complete on top of $184 million already spent. In addition to the $249 million federal grant, $62 million will come through a non-federal cost share of in-kind contributions from the Mat-Su Borough and cash contributions from AIDEA and the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC). This puts the total cost of the project at up to $495 million.
In 2025, Rep. Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) argued that ARRC’s estimate— at the time $274 million to complete the rail spur in addition to $184 million already spent on embankment and bridges— was overinflated. He stated a more reasonable cost would be $100-$150 million for the new rail. ARRC’s estimate is now over double Rep. McCabe’s estimate at $311 million. According to Rep. McCabe, this overinflated cost “suggests more than just inefficiency—it smells of political maneuvering.”
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