Fairbanks North Star Borough Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Maxine Dibert represents Alaska House District 31, covering Fairbanks, per the Alaska Legislature. She taught for more than 21 years in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District before her 2022 election and holds degrees in education from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Lesley University, per her official legislative biography.

Aimée Moore is a 61-year-old Republican who works as a bus driver and has lived in Alaska 25 years, per her Alaska Division of Elections candidate filing. She is challenging incumbent Rep. Maxine Dibert in the Fairbanks area, per the Anchorage Daily News.

Stapp enlisted as an Airborne Infantry soldier at Ft. Wainwright in 2006 and served two combat tours in Iraq, where he was wounded and received the Purple Heart, per the campaign site. He worked as an insurance agent in employee benefits for about 10 years before being elected as the State Representative for House District 32, per the campaign site.

Haney holds a Ph.D. in economics and public finance from the University of Notre Dame and has more than 20 years of legislative staff experience in Illinois and Alaska, per the campaign site. She previously taught at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and served on the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly, where she worked to preserve the borough's tax cap and chaired the Regional Emergency Services Committee, per the campaign site.

McFarland is a teacher who has lived in Alaska for more than 22 years, including 16 years in North Pole, per the campaign site. She describes herself as an undeclared, independent voter throughout her voting life, per the campaign site.

Glenn M. "Mike" Prax has represented Alaska House District 33 in North Pole since 2019, per his Alaska State Legislature member page. He graduated from A.E. Lathrop High School in 1974, and his career has included owning Prospector Outfitters and working as an operations technician for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.

Cottle was born in Nome and raised in a farming community in Delta Junction, and earned a Bachelor of Science in biology along with associate degrees in municipal fire science and emergency medical services from UAF, per the campaign site. In 2003 Cottle became the first female firefighter hired at the Fairbanks Fire Department, advancing to battalion chief, and now teaches student firefighters at the University Fire Department, per the campaign site.

Tomaszewski is a more than 40-year Fairbanks resident who has spent 25 years as a business entrepreneur, per the campaign site. She has served as an alternate member of the FNSB Board of Equalization and as chair of the GVEA Member Advisory Committee and Community Solar Task Force, per the campaign site.

Carrick is a fourth-generation Alaskan and University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate who holds a master's degree in public health from UAA, per the campaign site. She has worked as a substitute teacher, a program coordinator for the American Lung Association in Alaska, executive director of the Tanana Valley Watershed Association, and chief of staff to an Interior Alaska state representative before being elected to the House herself, per the campaign site.

Jeffrey L. "Jeff" Rentzel, a registered Republican from Fairbanks, is a retired State of Alaska juvenile justice officer who served from 1982 to 2010 and served in the U.S. Air Force and Alaska National Guard from 1976 to 1982, per the statement filed for the Alaska Division of Elections' 2026 Official Election Pamphlet. He has served on the Alaska Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee and as president of the ThrivAlaska Board of Directors, and has been a state foster parent, per the same statement.

Crystal Jones is running for Alaska House District 36, per her campaign site. She and her family moved from Kodiak to Nelchina, an unorganized borough, after being priced out by rising property taxes, and she lives in a tiny house she is expanding by hand while heating with wood, per her campaign site. She says the experience has given her firsthand knowledge of the cost of rural living in Alaska, per her campaign site.

Rebecca Schwanke represents Alaska House District 36, per the Alaska Legislature. She holds degrees in natural resources and wildlife biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, formerly worked as a state wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and owns Talarik LLC, a wildlife and policy consulting business, per her official legislative biography.