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Issue record

Energy and resource development

In short

Bronson's campaign backs oil, gas, mining, timber and small nuclear reactors; Kreiss-Tomkins's backs all energy sources and pausing new data centers until regulated. Taylor's campaign would expand oil, gas, mining and timber; Wilson's names projects including the AKLNG gas line, ANWR and Willow. As attorney general, Taylor had Alaska join other parties defending Willow. The 2022 state budget gave Anchorage's port $100 million when Bronson was mayor; lawmakers and the governor make such grants.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Dave Bronson

Would push oil, gas, mining and timber development, small nuclear reactors and spur lines off a gas pipeline, without raising taxes.

Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins

Supports all energy sources and a gas pipeline, would make Railbelt utilities cooperate, and wants new data centers paused until the Legislature regulates them.

Treg Taylor

Would expand oil, gas, mining and timber development and reform permitting.

Bernadette M. Wilson

Names projects she would push: the AKLNG gas line, NPR-A, ANWR, Willow, the Ambler Road, West Susitna and King Cove.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

    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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    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. 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.

  2. campaign position

    Dave Bronson: record does not settle this

    The 2022 budget, signed while he was mayor, gave Anchorage $100 million for its port plus up to $100 million to match federal funds. Largest-ever funding is not established.

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    His campaign says his record includes delivering the largest state appropriation in history for the Port of Alaska. The state budget signed on June 28, 2022, while he was mayor, gave Anchorage a $100 million grant for the Port of Alaska: $25 million for the year starting July 2022 and $75 million the next. It set aside up to $100 million more, paid only to match federal port money dollar for dollar. Why there is no verdict: Whether it was the largest ever turns on every earlier state grant. The 2011 Legislature gave the port expansion $30 million for fiscal 2012, and the city's funding history for the port program, which starts that year, lists no state grant over $50 million. We did not find a full list of state grants to the port before fiscal 2012. Limit: The Legislature and the governor make appropriations. The city says federal grants have fully matched the second $100 million.

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Sources15 source records

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  1. Dave Bronson for Alaska Governor, homehttps://www.davebronson.com/

    Bronson Church 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, signed 'Paid for by Bronson Church 2026'. Links his X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Dave Bronson: campaign position; Dave Bronson: record does not settle this

  2. Alaska infrastructure and energyhttps://www.davebronson.com/s/Alaska-Infrastructure-and-Energy

    Bronson Church 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign plan, a PDF linked from his policies page.

    candidate statement

    For: Dave Bronson: campaign position

  3. Issues and prioritieshttps://www.jktforak.com/platform

    JKT for Alaska · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign platform.

    candidate statement

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: campaign position

  4. 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: Treg Taylor: campaign position

  5. Bernadette for Governor, homehttps://www.bernadetteforgovernor.com/

    Bernadette for Governor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, signed 'Paid for by Bernadette for Governor'. Links her X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Bernadette M. Wilson: campaign position

  6. 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: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  7. 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: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  8. 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: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  9. 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: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  10. 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: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  11. 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: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  12. HB 281 (2022), enrolled operating and capital budget (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 35(b) grants Anchorage $100 million for the Port of Alaska modernization project; section 49(l) adds up to $100 million more to match federal port money dollar for dollar. Both from the budget reserve fund.

    official legislative record

    For: Dave Bronson: record does not settle this

  13. HB 281 and HB 282 veto summary (document)

    Alaska Office of Management and Budget · Published Jun 28, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Dated June 28, 2022, the day the governor signed the budget. Its list of vetoes includes no Port of Alaska item.

    official office record

    For: Dave Bronson: record does not settle this

  14. Don Young Port of Alaska comprehensive plan of finance (document)

    Municipality of Anchorage · Published Jan 16, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    A worksession draft from the city's chief fiscal officer, dated January 16, 2025. Its funding tables list the state grants to the port program since 2012: $30 million (FY2012), $48.5 million, $50 million in FY2012 state bonds, $20 million (FY2019) and the 2022 grants. Page 27 says the second $100 million has been 'fully matched' by $68.7 million and $50 million federal port grants and $5 million in congressional funding; one of its tables still lists $26.3 million of that grant as pending. It does not itemize state money for the older port expansion before 2012.

    official office record

    For: Dave Bronson: record does not settle this

  15. 2011 Legislature capital budget, project detail by House district (document)

    Alaska Legislative Finance Division · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Lists 'Anchorage - Port of Anchorage Expansion' at $37.5 million appropriated, less a $7.5 million veto, leaving $30 million in the fiscal 2012 budget. It covers only the 2011 session.

    official legislative record

    For: Dave Bronson: record does not settle this