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The Permanent Fund and the dividend

In short

Bronson's campaign backs the full dividend set by law and a constitutional cap on Permanent Fund spending; Kreiss-Tomkins's would protect the whole Fund from overspending in the constitution. Taylor's campaign would pay the largest affordable dividend and put it and a spending cap in the constitution; Wilson's would restore the dividend set by law. Kreiss-Tomkins's 2021 amendment to cap each year's draw at 5% of the whole fund never passed the House.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Dave Bronson

Supports a full statutory dividend. Would run the Permanent Fund as one endowment managed by credentialed professionals. Backs changing the constitution to cap spending from the Permanent Fund, the Alaska Beacon reports: “You’ve got to protect the Permanent Fund.”

Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins

Would protect the whole Permanent Fund from overspending in the constitution. His platform names no dividend amount. Calls protecting the Permanent Fund in the constitution “the single most important reform I want to pass as governor,” the Alaska Beacon reports.

Treg Taylor

Would pay the largest dividend the state can afford and put the dividend in the constitution. Backs changing the constitution to cap spending from the Permanent Fund, the Alaska Beacon reports: “I think we have to lock up the Permanent Fund.”

Bernadette M. Wilson

Would restore the dividend set by the statutory formula. Says the law must be followed. Told Alaska Public Media in August, as the Alaska Beacon reports: “I’m going to fight like hell for that Permanent Fund dividend.”

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

    He was prime sponsor of a 2021 amendment to cap each year's draw at 5% of the whole fund and move the earnings reserve into principal; it stopped in House Finance.

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    His platform says the whole Permanent Fund should be protected from overspending in the constitution. He was the prime sponsor of House Joint Resolution 1, prefiled January 8, 2021 with Representative Hopkins; four more House members joined as sponsors by May 2021. It would have changed the constitution to cap each year's draw at 5% of the whole fund's average value and to move the earnings reserve into the fund's principal. Two House committees advanced it in April 2021; it stopped in House Finance. His House Bill 165 that year would have moved $4.35 billion from the earnings reserve into the principal. Limit: Neither measure passed the House. State law already set a 5% yearly draw; the resolution would have put a limit in the constitution.

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Sources13 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

  2. Reforming the Permanent Fund through a modern endowment model (document)

    Bronson Church 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign plan, a PDF linked from his policies page.

    candidate statement

    For: Dave Bronson: campaign position

  3. Three Alaska gubernatorial candidates endorse plan to restrict Permanent Fund spendinghttps://alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/21/three-alaska-gubernatorial-candidates-endorse-plan-to-restrict-permanent-fund-spending/

    Alaska Beacon · Published Sep 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    By James Brooks, September 21, 2026. Read in the owner's browser because the site blocks scripts.

    original reporting

    For: Dave Bronson: campaign position; Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: campaign position; Treg Taylor: campaign position; Bernadette M. Wilson: campaign position

  4. 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; Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  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: Treg Taylor: campaign position

  6. 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: Treg Taylor: campaign position

  7. On the issueshttps://bernadetteforgovernor.com/on-the-issues/

    Bernadette for Governor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issues page: education and the Permanent Fund Dividend.

    candidate statement

    For: Bernadette M. Wilson: campaign position

  8. Official election pamphlet statement: Bernadette M. Wilson (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: Bernadette M. Wilson: campaign position

  9. HJR 1 (32nd Legislature), bill historyhttps://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HJR%201

    Alaska Legislature · Published May 1, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Prefiled January 8, 2021. Spohnholz, Schrage, Fields and Story were added as sponsors from March to May 2021. Ways and Means moved it April 20, 2021 and Judiciary April 30, 2021. It stayed in House Finance and never reached a floor vote.

    official legislative record

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  10. HJR 1 (2021), prefiled version (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Jan 8, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Prefiled January 8, 2021 by Representatives Kreiss-Tomkins and Hopkins.

    official legislative record

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  11. SSHJR 1 (2021), sponsor substitute (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Feb 18, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    By Representatives Kreiss-Tomkins, Hopkins, Spohnholz, Schrage, Fields and Story. Would cap yearly appropriations from the Permanent Fund at 5% of its average market value and deposit the earnings reserve into the fund's principal.

    official legislative record

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  12. HB 165 (2021), as introduced (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Apr 7, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    By Representatives Kreiss-Tomkins, Spohnholz, Fields and Story. Appropriates $4,350,000,000 from the earnings reserve account to the Permanent Fund's principal.

    official legislative record

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction

  13. HB 165 (32nd Legislature), bill historyhttps://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB%20165

    Alaska Legislature · Published Apr 21, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Ways and Means moved it April 20, 2021. It stayed in House Finance.

    official legislative record

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: Matches stated direction