Matanuska Susitna Borough Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Bowles serves as the Mat-Su Borough District 1 Assemblyman and previously worked as an industrial hygienist for the State of Alaska and as an investigator for the Alaska Board of Pharmacy, per the campaign site. He is a U.S. Army veteran who left active duty in 2013 and co-founded a food truck business in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, per the campaign site.

Johnson is the owner of Ethos LLC, a property management firm, and a two-term former mayor of Palmer who served as president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors, per the campaign site. She was executive director of the Palmer Museum and Visitor Center from 2008 to 2010, is a University of Alaska graduate, and has represented the district in the State House since voters first sent her to Juneau in 2016, per the campaign site.

Merritt is a self-employed graphic designer, writer and editor with 25 years of experience who has volunteered on several Mat-Su area nonprofit boards, per the campaign site. He raised three sons in the Mat-Su Valley and is running as an independent for Alaska House District 25, per the campaign site.

St. Clair is a disabled veteran and former U.S. Army Military Police officer who deployed during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, per the campaign site. He worked as a legislative aide to Senator Cathy Tilton and chief of staff to Representative Thomas Baker before Governor Dunleavy appointed him to the House District 26 seat in December 2025, per the campaign site.

Jeanne Troshynski, a registered Democrat, worked as a teacher for 36 years and in school administration for 21 of those years, and serves on the Mat-Su Borough Library Board, per the statement filed for the Alaska Division of Elections' 2026 Official Election Pamphlet. She volunteers with My House, a program supporting homeless teens, per the same statement.

Eastman is a sitting state representative, West Point graduate and former U.S. Army captain who has served as a certified firefighter and EMT with Mat-Su area fire departments, per the campaign site. He was named Alaska Volunteer of the Year in 2010 and is a fellow of the Claremont Institute, per the campaign site.

Underwood is a lifelong Mat-Su Valley resident born in Wasilla who has served three years on the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Board, including a year as its president, per the campaign site. She is raising her family in the Valley and says her goal is contributing to the economic health and prosperity of the area, per the campaign site.

Kennedy worked as a pharmacy technician for the Veterans Administration and private hospitals and was named Pharmacy Technician of the Year in 1997 by the California Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, per the campaign site. Kennedy later worked in military hospital software testing and systems administration, including four years at Aviano Air Force Base in Italy, before relocating to Alaska permanently in 2012 and settling in Palmer, per the campaign site.

Moore is a lifelong Alaskan who grew up in the Mat-Su Valley and has worked as a real estate agent for nearly a decade, per the campaign site. She is a mother of six; her husband has 17 years of experience in Alaska's oil and gas industry, per the campaign site.

Wright is a retired U.S. Air Force veteran and former budget analyst who returned to Alaska in 2009, per the campaign site.

Jessica Kusner-Kalarchik is a nonpartisan candidate for Alaska House District 29. She served 31 years in the U.S. Army, including deployments as a paratrooper, before recently retiring, and has a decade of experience as a registered nurse specializing in medical-surgical and operating-room care, according to her campaign site. She lives on rural property east of Palmer along the Glenn Highway.

Menard is a U.S. Marine veteran from a family with a history of service in the Alaska Legislature, per the campaign site.

Kimberly Slone is a Democratic candidate for Alaska House District 29 and a registered nurse with 16 years of healthcare experience in Alaska, according to her campaign site. She is an affiliate member of the Alaska Nurses Association and trained as a Climate Reality Leader under former Vice President Al Gore in 2018. She lives in Wasilla.

Loomis lives in Talkeetna, Alaska, and is running for Alaska House District 30, per the campaign site.

Massie spent about 25 years with the Alaska Department of Public Safety, including as an Alaska Wildlife Trooper, and was appointed Director of the Alaska Wildlife Troopers in 2018 before retiring in 2022, per the campaign site. He was born and raised in Alaska and lives in Wasilla with his wife and two children, per the campaign site.

McCabe is a retired U.S. Coast Guard member and a retired Atlas Air pilot who flew Boeing 747s worldwide, holds a bachelor of science degree and an MBA, and has lived in Alaska for most of the past 44 years, per the campaign site. He lives in the Big Lake community with his wife and currently represents District 30 in the State House, per the campaign site.