Nonpartisan candidate Rebecca Himschoot had an edge over Republican Kenny Skaflestad in last month’s open primary in the Southeast Alaska district – about 54% to roughly 46%. Via AlaskaBeacon
To address these, Himschoot wrote she’ll “work to stabilize school funding, transition the Alaska Marine Highway to a public corporation model that offers consistent and dependable service, and invest in infrastructure that supports working families, organized labor, and Alaska’s small business ecosystem.”
The questionnaire highlighted several differences among the candidates: Skaflestad is interested in calling a constitutional convention, Himschoot is not; Himschoot would be willing to join a coalition majority in which the opposite political party controls a majority of seats, Skaflestad would not; Skaflestad doesn’t think Juneteenth should be a state holiday; Himschoot does. Both agree on this though: new public employees should have access to a pension.
The two candidates also show differences on reproductive rights. Skaflestad supports “no funding for elective abortions except for substantiated rape or developed risk of life,” as well as, “heartbeat or other measurable human processes/functions to define autonomous life.” Himschoot wrote that she would “support policies that allow Alaskans to exercise their constitutional rights, which includes a right to abortion.
This is Himschoot’s first time running for state office. Skaflestad has run for state House twice before. In 2018, he
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