Anchorage Municipality Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Boyle worked as a law clerk to judges in Fairbanks and as borough attorney and chief of staff for the North Slope Borough mayor in Barrow before spending nearly a decade in oil and gas management roles at BP, Oil Search and Santos, per the campaign site. Boyle served as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources from 2022 to 2024 and is currently chief strategy officer for STAK energy, developing a natural gas power plant on the North Slope, per the campaign site.

Ky Holland represents Alaska House District 9, covering the south Anchorage hillside to Girdwood and the City of Whittier, per the Alaska Legislature. He has four decades of experience as an engineer, business manager, university educator and consultant, including work in mining, construction, and oil and gas, per his official legislative biography.

Kopp is a lifelong Alaskan who has worked as a small business owner, commercial fisherman, police officer, police chief and city manager over a 40-year career, per the campaign site. He served in the Alaska House from 2016 to 2020 and was a governor's appointee to the Alaska Education Challenge from 2018 to 2020, per the campaign site.

Julie Coulombe represents Alaska House District 11, per the Alaska Legislature. She holds a B.A. in journalism and public communications from the University of Alaska Anchorage, spent 15 years in retail and sales management, and has served on the Huffman/O'Malley Community Council and the Anchorage Housing, Homelessness and Neighborhood Development Commission, per her official legislative biography.

Hall has worked in the airline industry leading teams on the ground and as a flight attendant, in real estate helping families find homes, as a river guide, and as a small-business owner, and currently works within the school district, per the campaign site. Hall moved to Alaska 13 years ago and lives in the Huffman/O'Malley area, per the campaign site.

Schrage attended Abbott Loop Elementary, Hanshew Middle School and Service High School before earning a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Alaska Anchorage, per the campaign site. Schrage worked as executive director of Frontier Tutoring and served on the boards of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and the Abbott Loop Community Council before being elected to the House in 2020, where Schrage was elected House Minority Leader in 2022 and serves as co-chair of the House Finance Committee, per the campaign site.

Keller was born and raised in Anchorage and has lived in House District 13 for more than 30 years, per the campaign site. She has worked as a coach and small business owner and previously worked for state Representatives Andy Josephson and Alyse Galvin, per the campaign site.

Alyse Galvin represents Alaska House District 14, per the Alaska Legislature. She holds a B.A. in political science from the University of California, San Diego, owns Galvin Education Consulting, and co-founded Great Alaska Schools, an education funding advocacy group, per her official legislative biography.

Costello is a mother, teacher, public relations executive and former Governor's staff member, per the Alaska House of Representatives biography. A lifelong Alaskan born in Anchorage in 1968, Costello holds a bachelor's degree in government from Harvard University and a master's degree in teaching from the University of Alaska Southeast, per the Alaska House of Representatives biography. Costello has represented District 15 since 2011, having served as a state representative, senator and Senate majority leader, per the Alaska House of Representatives biography.

Wells was raised in Fairbanks, the son of an IBEW electrician, and attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks, per the campaign site. He served two years in the Peace Corps in Thailand beginning in 1999, later worked in the oil industry, and left that career to start his own small business, per the campaign site.

Phil Isley, an undeclared candidate from Anchorage, is retired after 22 years in the Alaska Army National Guard and 21 years in the retired reserve, per the statement filed for the Alaska Division of Elections' 2026 Official Election Pamphlet. He previously worked as a union shop steward at Ketchikan Pulp Company and has held board positions with several veterans and community organizations, per the same statement.

Liz Vazquez has lived in Alaska more than 40 years, including 29 years in West Anchorage, per her campaign site. An attorney who has worked as a prosecutor and Assistant Attorney General, she represented Alaska House District 19 from 2015 to 2016 and has served as president of the Sand Lake Community Council and as a past board director and chair of Chugach Electric Association, per the same source.

Fields earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Virginia, per the Alaska House of Representatives biography. Fields has worked as an outdoors writer and as a legislative and policy staffer at the local, state and federal levels, and is affiliated with the Anchorage Youth Court, the Anchorage NAACP and Knik Canoers and Kayakers, per the Alaska House of Representatives biography.

Groh is a lifelong Alaskan who worked as a legislative aide in the Alaska Legislature, where he helped create the 1982 law establishing the Permanent Fund Dividend, per the campaign site. He later served as special assistant to the Alaska commissioner of revenue on oil tax legislation, worked as a prosecutor on child abuse and domestic violence cases, and has taught a course on Alaska's fiscal challenges at the University of Alaska Anchorage, per the campaign site.

Mina is a lifelong Alaskan and the daughter of Filipino immigrants who grew up in the family's assisted living business in Airport Heights, per the campaign site. Mina has worked as program director for Build Back Better Alaska, legislative aide for a state representative, and communications specialist for the Alaska Primary Care Association, and has served as president of Alaska Young Democrats since 2019, per the campaign site.

Paul A. Bauer Jr., a nonpartisan candidate from Anchorage, works as a business and operation security manager at Ted Stevens International Airport and is a U.S. Army veteran, per the statement filed for the Alaska Division of Elections' 2026 Official Election Pamphlet. He founded Protec Public Integrity Strategies and serves on Anchorage Assembly public safety, ethics and internal audit committees, per the same statement.

Andrew Gray represents Alaska House District 20, covering Anchorage's UMED district, per the Alaska Legislature. A physician assistant at Alaska Urgent Care and a member of the Alaska Army National Guard, he was first elected in 2022 and sponsored legislation requiring the Department of Corrections to provide released individuals with valid photo identification, per his official legislative biography.

Donna Mears represents Alaska House District 21, per the Alaska Legislature. She holds a bioenvironmental engineering degree from Rutgers University and a master's degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan, and has worked for the Anchorage Health Department and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, per her official legislative biography.

Ted Eischeid represents Alaska House District 22, covering northeast Anchorage, per the Alaska Legislature. He worked as a municipal planner for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough from 2017 to 2023 after 25 years as a middle school science teacher, and holds degrees in fisheries and wildlife biology from Iowa State University and geoscience from Mississippi State University, per his official legislative biography.

Jamie Allard represents Alaska House District 23, per the Alaska Legislature. A U.S. Army veteran, she previously served on the Anchorage Assembly and has worked for the U.S. State Department, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and currently serves as vice chair of the House Judiciary Committee, per her official legislative biography.

Jim Arlington, a Democrat, has lived in Eagle River since 1983, per Alaska Beacon. He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Colorado and a law degree from the University of Tulsa, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.

Lee E. Hammermeister, a registered Democrat from Eagle River, owns Eagle River Lawn and Snow and works as a special needs school bus attendant, per the statement filed for the Alaska Division of Elections' 2026 Official Election Pamphlet. He is president of the South Fork Community Council and has served on the South Fork Chugiak Birchwood Eagle River Rural Road Service Area board for nearly a decade, per the same statement.

Jones is director of operations at SafeLogic Alaska, leading a statewide team focused on safety, construction and workforce training, per the campaign site. She previously worked in television and film production, including as a producer for National Geographic's Life Below Zero, per the campaign site. She was born and raised in Bird Creek and now lives in Eagle River, per the campaign site.

McCarty owns Discovery Cove Counseling and is a licensed marital and family therapist, per the campaign site. He previously served as an Alaska state representative for District 13 and as a trustee of the Alaska Mental Health Trust, per the campaign site.

Wall is a high school counselor and licensed professional counselor who previously worked as a domestic violence legal advocate and a substance abuse counselor, per the campaign site. She was born in Fairbanks and has lived in the Eagle River and Chugiak area for 24 years, per the campaign site.