Former Alaska State Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum has filed a letter of intent to be a candidate for governor. His final day as commissioner was Friday. Seven other GOP candidates have already filed. No Democrats have filed.
“In the weeks ahead, I’ll be sharing a vision that puts Alaska first in every decision we make. It will be a roadmap to economic independence, strong communities, respect for our cultural values and a transition into the economies of the future,” he said Monday morning.
Crum, a lifelong Alaskan, boasts an extensive career in both public service and the private sector. Born and raised in Alaska, he has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and masters of science in public health from Johns Hopkins University.
He served as Executive Vice President of Northern Industrial Training, a family-run business, prior to entering government.
Crum was appointed Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services in late 2018, where he steered the state’s response through the Covid-19 pandemic and managed support to critical industries like tourism and commercial fishing
In 2022, he transitioned to lead the Department of Revenue, where he implemented innovative fiscal strategies, such as bond tendering and forward deliver, and helped improve Alaska’s credit rating. He also played a key role as a fiduciary for over $180 billion, sitting on the boards of both the Alaska Retirement System and the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, the largest sovereign wealth fund in the United States.
He is active with the Salvation Army and MyHouse nonprofit for homeless youth. Crum is the national vice chairman of the State Financial Officers Foundation, and recently co-signed a multi-state letter to BlackRock urging the asset manager to recommit to traditional fiduciary duty and reduce political and social activism in its investment strategies.
Finally a decent candidate with experience. How did Mr. Crum handle COVID? His education is top notch and his experience seems also very high quality. After I get a chance to learn about his policy positions, he might be the best candidate we have for Governor.
Sorry totally disagree.
I’m not sold on him yet Phil.
Wow, you were not in Alaska during COVID then!
Crum definitely failed as a leader during the covid test. His flagrant lies on camera are widely available. Low trust.
Let’s pile the ballot up with Rino’s and screw Alaska with a Democrat cause none will drop out, Almost sounds like their plan
Time to run for cover! Hang on to your wallets and PFD, if you get one!
Jezzus. Half of Dunleavy’s cabinet is running for governor. Which one will Dunleavy endorse?
Probably will endorse Peltola, because she’s a wild child from Juneau and up North!!
We can imagine what his cabinet members must be thinking: “Sheesh, if I’ve learned anything in this job, it’s how to avoid the mistakes of my doofus boss…”
I’m not sure I like the way the scamdemic response was steered by anyone except maybe Florida. They seemed to not buy into any of the BS.
Yeah, agree. And he was the guy propping up that Ann Zinke character while they pushed masks and vax
Career bureaucrat that has made steering government cash into his pocket an art form. This is the worst choice.
Yes! Let us not use the corruption of the Trump administration to set the bar for us.
One day expert on pandemic next day expert to run tax department?
We have un elected judges and district attorneys and supreme court castrating Grand Juries to make sure they never accountable to anyone and only Edna De Vries is already fighting to fix it.
No need for another insider.
His tyrannical response to the China Virus is inexcusable
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Another loser from the Dunleavy administration.
Remind again …where was this masters of science in public health from Johns Hopkins University during China Flu hysteria?
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Churches closed, people can’t visit loved ones in hospital, forced experimental vaccinations, mask mandates (damn you for that, son), unresolved public-health menaces festering in streets and parks, and more, all on his watch, now he wants to be Governor?
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Some bloody chutzpah, no?
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Maybe he wants to do it again, this time with real power, from the Governor’s mansion?
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And let’s not forget the Certificate of Need this boy enforces against folks who might entertaini the outrageous idea of building a clinic that might compete with Providence Hospital.
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What’s a Certificate of Need?
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“In Alaska, if a person wants to spend $1.5 million or more to build a new health care facility, alter the number of beds at an existing facility, or add a new type of health service, they must first get authorization from the State. This permission is called a Certificate of Need (CON). The goal of the program is to prevent too many health care services from being built in one area, which can raise costs and waste resources. The CON program helps keep health care affordable.”
(‘https://health.alaska.gov/en/office-of-the-commissioner/office-of-rate-review/certificate-of-need/)
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Such BS would be funny if it didn’t suggestt Crum’s part of the mob who’d risk your well being by not allowing a hospital to be built closer to where you live.
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What stops Governor Crum from sticking a Certificate of Need requirement on anyone who wants to compete with any other well-established racket, like Anchorage School District, for example?
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Guess we shouldn’t be too hard on the boy, he’s probably just doing his part to help split the GOP vote so Bernadette doesn’t accidentally get elected.
For the love of God, all these people running for Governor need to take a step back. Most of them aren’t good candidates and will be gone after the first round of votes, not to mention we will end up with a sh#@t show of candidates and potentially get a democrat aa Governor – which we dont want. Time for some of these people to drop out.
Isn’t he the same empty suit that hired Anne Zink (you know, that Karen with the weird population control grandpa) as Chief Medical Officer and then did nothing to reign in the Covid hysteria?
I would rather vote for something that has both a pulse and a spine.
Adam Crumbles Under Pressure
Surely he doesn’t think we’ve forgotten his best friend from COVID Ann Zinke and how they just kept telling us to wear masks and get the vax? I sure haven’t forgotten. never will.