Alaska gubernatorial candidates vow support for the seafood industry while revealing some splits

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: September 11, 2026

Words: 1,736

Last Updated: 6 days, 16 hours ago

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At a fisheries forum held Wednesday night in Kodiak, all four candidates remaining in Alaska’s gubernatorial race found plenty of common ground.

Former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a Democrat, and the three Republicans, former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, former state Attorney General Treg Taylor and business owner and talk-show host Bernadette Wilson, described the seafood industry as a pillar of the state’s economy and fish as part of the state’s identity.

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