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Treg Taylor

Former Alaska attorney general (2021 to August 2025). Campaign affiliation: Registered Republican.

Voter guide

Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

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Treg Taylor

Background

  • Alaska attorney general from 2021 until August 2025.
  • Deputy attorney general over the Department of Law's civil division from 2018.
  • Lawyer with degrees from Brigham Young University. Earlier, counsel at ASRC Energy Services and McKinley Capital Management.
  • Running mate: Candi English, founder of Northern Solutions, an Anchorage oilfield tools company, after 20 years with ARCO.

What they say they want to do

  • Protect girls' sports and stop what he calls woke indoctrination in schools.
  • Cut waste, balance the budget and protect the dividend.
  • Stop trawling he says damages the environment.
  • Work with President Trump to grow the economy.
  • Keep cracking down on crime.

What the official record shows

  • Named attorney general by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
  • Announced Alaska's $1.5 million share of a 40-state settlement with Google over location tracking.
  • Was attorney general when the governor signed HB 66, which made some fatal drug deals second-degree murder.
  • Announced he would leave office on August 29, 2025.
  • Finished fifth of 17 tickets in the top-four primary, with 11,928 votes (7.26%), and moved into the top four when Tom Begich withdrew.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Governor candidates file with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. We have not added those filings yet.

Source: Alaska Public Offices Commission

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he changed the law so fentanyl dealers whose drugs kill someone face second-degree murder charges.

What the record shows ·

HB 66, proposed by the governor and signed in 2024 while he was attorney general, makes it second-degree murder to deliver certain drugs that cause a death.

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What they say

His campaign says he changed the law so fentanyl dealers whose drugs kill someone face second-degree murder charges.

“Changed the law so fentanyl dealers who kill face second-degree murder charges.”

What the record shows ·

In February 2023, while he was attorney general, the governor proposed this change in HB 66, and his department presented the bill to the House Judiciary Committee. The House passed its version 35 to 5 on May 11, 2023. In April 2024 the head of his department's criminal division spoke for it to the Senate Judiciary Committee. HB 66, signed July 11, 2024, makes it second-degree murder to knowingly make or deliver certain drugs when someone dies from taking them. Taylor praised the law at the signing.

Limit: The governor proposed it and the Legislature passed it. His department presented and spoke for it; the records do not show his own part in writing it. The law covers more drugs than fentanyl.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he sued Google over deceptive data tracking, forcing privacy changes and a $1.5 million payment to Alaska.

What the record shows ·

Alaska and 39 other attorneys general settled with Google in 2022; Alaska got $1.5 million and Google had to change its controls. A separate Alaska lawsuit is not established.

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What they say

His campaign says he sued Google over deceptive data tracking, forcing privacy changes and a $1.5 million payment to Alaska.

“Sued Google for deceptive data tracking and forced the company to change its privacy practices with $1.5 million paid to Alaska.”

What the record shows ·

On November 15, 2022, his office announced that Alaska and 39 other attorneys general had settled with Google for $391.5 million over location tracking. Alaska's share was $1.5 million. Google had to show users more about its location settings and make its controls easier to use.

Limit: Oregon and Nebraska led the talks. His office describes a settlement after an investigation; whether Alaska filed its own lawsuit is not established.

No assessment

What they say

His campaign says that as attorney general he put in place policies that drove crime to a 40-year low and helped cut sexual assaults by 25%.

What the record shows

The overall crime rate fell 7% in 2024; burglaries were the fewest since at least 1974 and reported rapes 24% below 2018. A 40-year low or link to his policies is not established.

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What they say

His campaign says that as attorney general he put in place policies that drove crime to a 40-year low and helped cut sexual assaults by 25%.

“As Attorney General, Treg implemented policies that drove crime to a 40-year low and helped cut sexual assaults by 25%.”

What the record shows

The state's 2024 report says the overall crime rate fell 7% that year and burglaries were the fewest since at least 1974. Reported rapes fell 26% from 2018 to 2023, and in 2024 were 24% below 2018.

Why there is no assessment here

Whether crime hit a 40-year low is not established: we found no FBI table of Alaska's yearly crime rate back to 1985. No record we found ties the drop to his policies.

Limit: Crime counts are offenses reported to police. Many things besides prosecutors affect them.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 8 debate he said that as attorney general he defended the Willow project, which he said brought good-paying jobs to Alaskans.

What the record shows ·

As attorney general he had Alaska join the Willow suits on the federal side; permits were voided in 2021, and the 2023 approval was upheld, then partly reversed on appeal but left standing.

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What they say

In the October 8 debate he said that as attorney general he defended the Willow project, which he said brought good-paying jobs to Alaskans.

What the record shows ·

In April 2021 the state asked to join a lawsuit against Willow on the federal government's side; that August a federal judge threw out the project's permits. In March 2023 the state did the same in the suits against the project's new approval. The district court upheld that approval in November 2023, and in June 2025 the appeals court partly reversed that ruling and sent the case back without canceling the approval.

Limit: The state was one of several parties defending the project, with the federal government and ConocoPhillips. The jobs were not checked.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 8 debate he said that as attorney general he defended parents' ability to choose their child's education.

What the record shows ·

His department appealed a 2024 ruling that struck down the allotment laws, and the Alaska Supreme Court reversed it, keeping the program as it was.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 8 debate he said that as attorney general he defended parents' ability to choose their child's education.

What the record shows ·

In April 2024 a state judge struck down the laws behind the correspondence school allotment program. His department appealed on May 3, 2024 and asked for a quick ruling. On June 28, 2024 the Alaska Supreme Court reversed the judge, and the program went on as before.

Limit: The court ruled only that the laws are not unconstitutional as a whole. In March 2025 it sent a challenge to particular uses of the money back to the trial court.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October 8 debate he said he beat back President Biden's COVID vaccine mandates on behalf of Alaskans.

What the record shows ·

Alaska joined suits against federal vaccine rules: courts blocked the ones for large employers and Head Start workers, but the Supreme Court let the health care worker rule go ahead.

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What they say

In the October 8 debate he said he beat back President Biden's COVID vaccine mandates on behalf of Alaskans.

What the record shows ·

In November 2021 Alaska joined other states in suing over two federal rules: one for workers at large private employers and one for health care workers. On January 13, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the employer rule but, 5 to 4, let the health care worker rule go ahead. In December 2021 Alaska and 23 other states sued over the rule for Head Start workers, and in September 2022 a federal judge in Louisiana permanently blocked it in those states. A judge in Georgia blocked the rule for federal contractors in a separate case; Alaska backed that ruling with a brief and had its own suit pending.

Limit: The Supreme Court let the health care worker mandate go ahead while that case went on. Each suit was brought by a group of states.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 8 debate he said Democratic and Republican attorneys general unanimously elected him to chair the Attorney General Alliance.

What the record shows ·

His department announced in January 2025 that he had taken over as chair of the bipartisan group; we found no record of whether the vote was unanimous.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 8 debate he said Democratic and Republican attorneys general unanimously elected him to chair the Attorney General Alliance.

What the record shows ·

On January 14, 2025 his department said he had taken over as chair of the Attorney General Alliance, a bipartisan group whose members include 51 states and territories.

Limit: We found no record of the vote, so whether it was unanimous is not checked.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October 8 debate he said he worked with Democrats to hold drug companies responsible for the opioid epidemic and received over $100 million for addiction recovery in Alaska.

What the record shows ·

His department said in 2025 that Alaska's opioid settlements commit nearly $102 million, paid over many years, so not all of it has been received.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 8 debate he said he worked with Democrats to hold drug companies responsible for the opioid epidemic and received over $100 million for addiction recovery in Alaska.

What the record shows ·

In July 2025, while he was attorney general, his department said Alaska's settlements with companies that helped fuel the opioid epidemic commit nearly $102 million. The latest was a national deal negotiated by nine other states. A March 2024 release put the total then at about $99 million, paid over 10 to 15 years.

Limit: The total is money promised and paid over many years, not money already received.

Issues in this record

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Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    Final candidate list

    Four tickets for governor: Bronson/Church, Kreiss-Tomkins/Johnson, Taylor/English and Wilson/Shower, plus write-in Parkin/Greer.

  2. race event

    Taylor's nomination certified

    The lieutenant governor reverses course after a Department of Law review.

  3. race event

    Taylor's nomination held

    The lieutenant governor says she will not certify Taylor after the Public Offices Commission finds his financial disclosure fell short.

  4. race event

    Begich steps aside

    Democrat Tom Begich suspends his campaign, which moves Treg Taylor into the top four.

  5. race event

    Top-four primary

    Kreiss-Tomkins finishes first, Tom Begich second, Wilson third, Bronson fourth and Taylor fifth, of 17 tickets.

  6. race event

    Taylor announces he will step down

    He leaves the attorney general's office on August 29, 2025.

  7. race event

    HB 66 signed

    Some fatal drug deals become second-degree murder. Treg Taylor is attorney general.

  8. race event

    Google settlement

    Treg Taylor's office announces Alaska's $1.5 million share of a 40-state settlement.

  9. race event

    Taylor named attorney general

    Gov. Mike Dunleavy appoints Treg Taylor.

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Sources44 source records

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  1. Attorney General Treg Taylor announces resignation, highlights record of defending Alaskahttps://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2025/082125-Taylor-Resignation.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Aug 21, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Dated August 21, 2025. He leaves office August 29. Written by his own department; its claims about his record are the department's.

    official office record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money; Taylor announces he will step down

  2. Governor Dunleavy names Treg Taylor attorney generalhttps://gov.alaska.gov/governor-dunleavy-names-treg-taylor-attorney-general/

    Office of the Governor · Published Jan 29, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Dated January 29, 2021. Says he joined the Department of Law in 2018 as deputy attorney general over the civil division.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Taylor named attorney general

  3. Official election pamphlet statement: Treg Taylor (document)

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Candidate-written and candidate-paid statement published by the Division of Elections, which says the views are the candidate's own.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  4. Official election pamphlet statement: Candi English, lieutenant governor (document)

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Candidate-written and candidate-paid statement published by the Division of Elections, which says the views are the candidate's own. Used only to name the running mate.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  5. Treg Taylor for Alaska Governorhttps://tregforak.com/

    Treg for Governor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, signed 'Paid for by Treg for Governor'. One long page with his record list and plans. Links his X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Murder charges for fatal drug deals; Google location tracking settlement; Crime and sexual assaults

  6. Alaska joins 40 attorneys general in announcing historic Google settlement over location tracking practiceshttps://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2022/111522-Google.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Nov 15, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Dated November 15, 2022. $391.5 million multistate settlement; Alaska's share $1.5 million. Oregon and Nebraska led.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Google location tracking settlement; Google settlement

  7. Governor Mike Dunleavy signs landmark omnibus bill to combat crime and protect crime victimshttps://gov.alaska.gov/governor-mike-dunleavy-signs-landmark-omnibus-bill-to-combat-crime-and-protect-crime-victims/

    Office of the Governor · Published Jul 11, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Published July 11, 2024. Says the governor signed HB 66 that day and quotes Attorney General Treg Taylor.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Murder charges for fatal drug deals; HB 66 signed

  8. HB 66 (2024), enrolled (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The omnibus crime bill as passed, headed 'Laws of Alaska 2024'. Section 3 adds AS 11.41.110(a)(6): second-degree murder when a person knowingly makes or delivers certain controlled substances and another person dies from taking them.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Murder charges for fatal drug deals

  9. 2026 primary election summary report, official results (document)

    Alaska Division of Elections · Published Aug 31, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Official results of the August 18, 2026 top-four primary, report dated August 31, 2026. Governor: Kreiss-Tomkins/Johnson 37,006 (22.52%), Begich/Hnilicka 34,172 (20.80%), Wilson/Shower 16,468 (10.02%), Bronson/Church 13,364 (8.13%), Taylor/English 11,928 (7.26%), and twelve other tickets.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Top-four primary

  10. Democrat Tom Begich steps aside, setting off a scramble in Alaska governor's racehttps://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/elections/2026-08-31/democrat-tom-begich-steps-aside-setting-off-a-scramble-in-alaska-governors-race

    Alaska Public Media · Published Aug 31, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    By Rhonda McBride, August 31, 2026. Reports that Begich and his running mate suspended their campaign in a video posted August 28, which moved Treg Taylor into the top four.

    original reporting

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Begich steps aside

  11. APOC online reports: campaign disclosurehttps://aws.state.ak.us/ApocReports/CampaignDisclosure/CDCandidates.aspx

    Alaska Public Offices Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Where governor candidates' campaign contribution and spending reports are filed. This desk did not read them.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  12. Governor Dunleavy targets sex traffickers, drug dealers with new crime legislationhttps://gov.alaska.gov/governor-dunleavy-targets-sex-traffickers-drug-dealers-with-new-crime-legislation/

    Office of the Governor · Published Feb 8, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Published February 8, 2023. The governor introduces SB 64 (HB 66), which would allow second-degree murder charges for a drug that causes an overdose death.

    official office record

    For: Murder charges for fatal drug deals

  13. HB 66 (2023), as introduced (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Feb 8, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced February 8, 2023 'by the House Rules Committee by request of the governor'. Section 1 adds the drug-death murder charge to AS 11.41.110(a).

    official legislative record

    For: Murder charges for fatal drug deals

  14. House Judiciary Committee minutes, February 27, 2023 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Feb 27, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore introduced HB 66 for the governor, and Assistant Attorney General Kaci Schroeder presented its sectional analysis: section 1 moves a drug-death homicide from manslaughter to second-degree murder.

    official legislative record

    For: Murder charges for fatal drug deals

  15. House Journal, May 11, 2023 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published May 11, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Records the House passing CSHB 66(FIN) am, 35 to 5.

    official legislative record

    For: Murder charges for fatal drug deals

  16. Senate Judiciary Committee minutes, April 29, 2024 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Apr 29, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Angie Kemp, director of the Department of Law's criminal division, said HB 66 responds to a public health crisis from fentanyl and methamphetamine and is meant to deter those offenses.

    official legislative record

    For: Murder charges for fatal drug deals

  17. Alaska Senate rolls out crime bill tackling fentanyl, child abuse and grand jury ruleshttps://alaskapublic.org/2024/04/30/alaska-senate-rolls-out-crime-bill-tackling-fentanyl-child-abuse-and-grand-jury-rules/

    Alaska Public Media · Published Apr 30, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    By Eric Stone, April 30, 2024. Angie Kemp, director of the Department of Law's criminal division, told the Senate Judiciary Committee the drug penalties in HB 66 respond to the overdose crisis. The committee's own minutes are listed separately.

    original reporting

    For: Murder charges for fatal drug deals

  18. Crime in Alaska 2024 (document)

    Alaska Department of Public Safety · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The state's annual crime report, published October 2025, covering 2020 to 2024. Says the overall reported crime rate fell 7.0% in 2024, the property crime rate is the lowest in well over a decade, the violent crime rate is the lowest since 2015, and burglaries the fewest since at least 1974. Its counts differ slightly from the FBI's.

    official office record

    For: Crime and sexual assaults

  19. Crime Data Explorer: Alaska rape, 2018 to 2024https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/summarized/state/AK/rape?from=01-2018&to=12-2024

    Federal Bureau of Investigation · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Rapes reported by Alaska police agencies: 1,208 in 2018, 896 in 2023 (26% fewer) and 923 in 2024 (24% fewer). The FBI counts rape, which is narrower than all sexual assault.

    official office record

    For: Crime and sexual assaults

  20. Crime Data Explorer: Alaska violent crime, by month, 1985 to 2024https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/summarized/state/AK/violent-crime?from=01-1985&to=12-2024

    Federal Bureau of Investigation · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The FBI's monthly counts and rates of violent crime reported by Alaska police agencies, 1985 (the earliest year it serves) to 2024. Adding monthly rates does not give a yearly rate, and we found no FBI table of Alaska's yearly rates for those years.

    official office record

    For: Crime and sexual assaults

  21. Crime Data Explorer: Alaska property crime, by month, 1985 to 2024https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/summarized/state/AK/property-crime?from=01-1985&to=12-2024

    Federal Bureau of Investigation · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The FBI's monthly counts and rates of property crime (burglary, theft and vehicle theft) reported by Alaska police agencies, 1985 to 2024.

    official office record

    For: Crime and sexual assaults

  22. Debate for the State, Alaska governor, October 8, 2026 (at 53:44)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhiyir9eoI&t=3224s

    Alaska Public Media · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The hosts' video of the live governor debate (Alaska Public Media, Alaska's News Source and KTOO). Taylor says he defended the Willow project. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

    candidate statement

    For: Defending the Willow oil project in court

  23. State of Alaska intervenes in Willow Project lawsuithttps://gov.alaska.gov/state-of-alaska-intervenes-in-willow-project-lawsuit/

    Office of the Governor · Published Apr 15, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated April 15, 2021. The state asks the federal court in Anchorage to let it join a lawsuit to defend the Bureau of Land Management's approval of Willow.

    official office record

    For: Defending the Willow oil project in court

  24. Governor issues statement on federal court's block of Alaska North Slope Willow Projecthttps://gov.alaska.gov/governor-issues-statement-on-federal-courts-block-of-alaska-north-slope-willow-project/

    Office of the Governor · Published Aug 18, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated August 18, 2021. Says Judge Sharon Gleason invalidated the Willow permits; the state had joined the case to defend them.

    official office record

    For: Defending the Willow oil project in court

  25. The State intervenes in federal lawsuits that challenge Willow Project and opposes effort to stop constructionhttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2023/032423-Willow.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Mar 24, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated March 24, 2023. The state files to join the suits against the 2023 approval, alongside ConocoPhillips and North Slope groups. Quotes Attorney General Taylor on defending the project.

    official office record

    For: Defending the Willow oil project in court

  26. Governor Dunleavy welcomes district court decision dismissing challenges to the Willow Projecthttps://gov.alaska.gov/governor-dunleavy-welcomes-district-court-decision-dismissing-challenges-to-the-willow-project/

    Office of the Governor · Published Nov 9, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated November 9, 2023. The federal court in Alaska dismissed two lawsuits against the approval; the state had intervened to defend it.

    official office record

    For: Defending the Willow oil project in court

  27. Center for Biological Diversity v. Bureau of Land Management, No. 23-3624 (9th Cir. June 13, 2025) (document)

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Published Jun 13, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Decides both appeals over the 2023 approval. Affirms the lower court in part and reverses in part, and sends the case back to the agency without canceling the approval. Lists Taylor as attorney general on the state's brief.

    official office record

    For: Defending the Willow oil project in court

  28. Debate for the State, Alaska governor, October 8, 2026 (at 53:41)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhiyir9eoI&t=3221s

    Alaska Public Media · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The hosts' video of the live governor debate (Alaska Public Media, Alaska's News Source and KTOO). Taylor says he defended parents' ability to choose their child's education. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

    candidate statement

    For: Defending correspondence school allotments

  29. State appeals correspondence study ruling to Alaska Supreme Court, AG says it's vitalhttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2024/050324-CorrespondenceStudy.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published May 3, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated May 3, 2024. A superior court judge had struck down the allotment laws two weeks earlier; the state files its appeal and asks for a quick ruling.

    official office record

    For: Defending correspondence school allotments

  30. Alaska Supreme Court reverses ruling on correspondence study programhttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2024/062824-CorrespondenceStudy.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Jun 28, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated June 28, 2024. The court reversed the ruling and the program continues as before. The state had argued that specific uses of the money must be challenged one by one.

    official office record

    For: Defending correspondence school allotments

  31. State, Department of Education & Early Development v. Alexander, Opinion No. 7759 (Alaska Supreme Court, March 28, 2025) (document)

    Alaska Supreme Court (via Justia) · Published Mar 28, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The full opinion behind the June 2024 order. Holds that the allotment laws are not unconstitutional as a whole and reverses the ruling. Sends the challenge to particular uses of the money back to the trial court, where a school district that approved that spending must be joined. Lists Taylor as attorney general on the state's side.

    official office record

    For: Defending correspondence school allotments

  32. Debate for the State, Alaska governor, October 8, 2026 (at 53:49)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhiyir9eoI&t=3229s

    Alaska Public Media · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The hosts' video of the live governor debate (Alaska Public Media, Alaska's News Source and KTOO). Taylor says he beat back President Biden's COVID vaccine mandates on behalf of Alaskans. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

    candidate statement

    For: Suing over federal COVID vaccine mandates

  33. Supreme Court blocks OSHA vaccine requirement, lets CMS mandate proceedhttps://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2022/011322-VaccineRequirement.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Jan 13, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated January 13, 2022. Alaska sued over the employer rule with 10 states and over the health care worker rule with nine. The Supreme Court blocked the first and, 5 to 4, let the second go ahead.

    official office record

    For: Suing over federal COVID vaccine mandates

  34. Alaska files court challenge to halt Head Start mandatehttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2021/122121-HeadStart.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Dec 21, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated December 21, 2021. Alaska joins 23 other states in a Louisiana federal court suit against the vaccine rule for Head Start workers and volunteers; Taylor filed it for the state.

    official office record

    For: Suing over federal COVID vaccine mandates

  35. Vaccine mandate for Head Start overturnedhttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2022/092122-VaccineMandate.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Sep 21, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated September 21, 2022. A federal judge in Louisiana orders a permanent injunction against the Head Start vaccine and mask rule in Alaska and 23 other states.

    official office record

    For: Suing over federal COVID vaccine mandates

  36. Alaska continues effort to block contractor vaccine mandatehttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2022/021622-Mandate.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Feb 16, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated February 16, 2022. A federal judge in Georgia had blocked the contractor rule nationwide; Alaska joins 17 states on a brief backing that ruling, and its own suit with nine states is pending in Missouri.

    official office record

    For: Suing over federal COVID vaccine mandates

  37. Debate for the State, Alaska governor, October 8, 2026 (at 53:56)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhiyir9eoI&t=3236s

    Alaska Public Media · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The hosts' video of the live governor debate (Alaska Public Media, Alaska's News Source and KTOO). Taylor says Democratic and Republican attorneys general unanimously elected him to chair the Attorney General Alliance. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

    candidate statement

    For: Chairing the Attorney General Alliance

  38. AG Taylor new chair of Attorney General Alliancehttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2025/011425-Alliance.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Jan 14, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated January 14, 2025, by his own department. Says he has assumed the chair of the bipartisan alliance, whose members include 51 states and territories. Does not describe the vote.

    official office record

    For: Chairing the Attorney General Alliance

  39. Debate for the State, Alaska governor, October 8, 2026 (at 54:08)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhiyir9eoI&t=3248s

    Alaska Public Media · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The hosts' video of the live governor debate (Alaska Public Media, Alaska's News Source and KTOO). Taylor says he worked with Democrats to hold drug companies responsible for the opioid epidemic and received over $100 million for addiction recovery in Alaska. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

    candidate statement

    For: Opioid settlement money

  40. Alaska to receive approximately $1.8 million from opioid settlementhttps://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2025/071025-Opioid.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Jul 10, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated July 10, 2025. Says that with this deal Alaska's opioid settlements commit nearly $102 million from companies that helped fuel the epidemic. Nine other states negotiated it.

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    For: Opioid settlement money

  41. CVS Pharmacy to settle for $10 million for Alaska opioid crisishttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2024/030824-Opioid.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Mar 8, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated March 8, 2024. Lists the settlements so far and says they come to about $99 million paid to the state over the next 10 to 15 years.

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    For: Opioid settlement money

  42. 2026 general election candidate listhttps://www.elections.alaska.gov/candidates/?election=26genr

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Page last updated September 25, 2026 at 8:16 am by its own stamp; reread October 1, 2026. Lists four certified governor tickets: Bronson/Church, Kreiss-Tomkins/Johnson, Taylor/English and Wilson/Shower, and one certified write-in ticket, Parkin/Greer.

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    For: Final candidate list

  43. Lieutenant Governor Dahlstrom will certify nominations of Treg Taylor and Jose Taglehttps://www.elections.alaska.gov/lieutenant-governor-dahlstrom-will-certify-nominations-of-treg-taylor-and-jose-tagle/

    Alaska Division of Elections · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Dated September 4, 2026. Reverses the August 31 decision after a Department of Law review found possible discrepancies in many candidates' disclosure statements.

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    For: Taylor's nomination certified

  44. Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom will not certify Treg Taylor's nomination for governorhttps://www.elections.alaska.gov/lieutenant-governor-nancy-dahlstrom-will-not-certify-treg-taylors-nomination-for-governor/

    Alaska Division of Elections · Published Aug 31, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Dated August 31, 2026. The Alaska Public Offices Commission voted 4-1 that his 2026 financial disclosure did not substantially comply with state law in time, and recommended against certifying his nomination.

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    For: Taylor's nomination held