Also: Bill Walker is weighing another run for governor, Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon is running for state Senate, and we look at some of the bills that didn't pass this session.
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Crum, Claman pick running mates as Alaska governor candidates scramble to finalize tickets →

Two gubernatorial candidates, Republican former state Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum and Democratic state Sen. Matt Claman, said that they had selected healthcare administrators as running mates.


See also: Tom Begich picks former Biden official Julia Hnilicka as running mate in Alaska governor’s race

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Former Gov. Bill Walker weighing another run →

Walker, a Republican-turned-independent, served as governor between 2014 and 2018. He ran unsuccessfully again in 2022.

More than 80% of bills failed this session. Here are some of them →

Legislation reforming marijuana taxes, allowing for a yearlong supply of birth control and funding a behavioral health system didn’t make it over the finish line.

House Speaker Bryce Edgmon to run for state Senate →

Edgmon, a Dillingham independent who leads a bipartisan 21-member majority, is currently the most senior member of the Alaska House, with two decades of tenure in the chamber.

Appeals court says Alaska has the right to make ConocoPhillips oil well data public →

At issue is a collection of wells drilled in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. ConocoPhillips argued that data confidentiality is explicitly guaranteed in federal law and that federal law supersedes state law, but the appeals justices disagreed. (via Alaska Beacon)

In other political news

Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump’s $1.776 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement fund →

Bondi refuses to answer lawmakers’ questions about Trump’s involvement in Epstein files release →

Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law putting Trump’s name on building, blocks closure →

Republicans’ recent stumbles in Congress highlight the difficult road ahead for their agenda →

Judge refuses to block Trump order to limit mail voting →

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