Attorney General Treg Taylor announced today he will resign at the end of the month, with his last day set for Aug. 29. The timing allows him to preside over the Attorney Generals Alliance annual meeting in Anchorage, Aug. 26–28, an event he helped secure for Alaska.
Taylor, who has served as Alaska’s attorney general since 2021, is widely expected to run for governor. The web domain TaylorforAlaska.com has already been reserved, and he has been raising his profile in recent weeks while reportedly seeking funding commitments from potential donors at numerous events around the state. Political observers anticipate a campaign announcement soon after Labor Day.
His tenure has not been without controversy. Critics, including Must Read Alaska senior contributor David Ignell, have taken aim at his handling of the forced resignation of Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Walls, who was ousted after intervening in a bar incident involving his wife. Attorney General Taylor called Ignell a “progressive activist.”
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Before becoming attorney general, Taylor served as deputy attorney general in charge of the civil division at the Alaska Department of Law, starting in 2018. Prior to public service, he worked as senior counsel for ASRC Energy Services, LLC, and as counsel for McKinley Capital Management. He began his legal career in Anchorage in commercial litigation.
Taylor holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a law degree from Brigham Young University. He and his wife, Jodi, live in Anchorage and are the parents of six children.
“Attorney General Treg Taylor’s sound legal judgment and dedication to public service have made a meaningful difference for Alaska,” said Governor Dunleavy. “From defending our right to develop Alaska’s natural resources to fighting crime, his legal leadership has helped preserve and advance opportunities for everyday Alaskans.”
“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as the Alaska Attorney General. I am incredibly proud of what the Department has accomplished together fighting federal overreach, making our communities safer, and defending the Alaska way of life. None of these victories would have been possible without the extraordinary attorneys and staff at the Department of Law and the support of the Governor. Their dedication and professionalism inspire me, and I will always be thankful for the opportunity to have served alongside them,” said Taylor.
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The Republican Party needs to address RCV as a threat with a number of GOP Candidates.
Your unpopular policies and white nationalist fascist curious nonsense makes you undetectable.
Just another Dunleavy mealy-mouthed liars on the run!! When he resigns, make it permanent from all state work.
Agree! Treg Taylor would be the worst possible governor. We need to identify his obvious deficiencies and other problems as often as possible.
Is he leaving to run for governor? Or leaving because he knows the truth will catch up with him sooner or later?
All my encounters and experience would indicate he’d be wise to leave for the later reasons; at the same time, my encounters and experience with him also show his broad dishonesty and unwillingness to support those who needed the help of the AG’s office. Farewell, the resignation wasn’t soon enough.
Not him. Nope. No way.
My view regarding why Treg Taylor & Adam Crum won’t be on my list of primary voting. Let me give a major point for each –
Adam Crum: (1) He was over and signed off on the COVID-19 Lockdowns and was over Ann Zink. If that doesn’t explain enough why I won’t support him for Governor in this primary; I don’t know what more would.
AG Treg Taylor: (1) Who had been advising Governor Dunleavy for a while to not release the Kelly Tshibaka report – I was politely told by the Governor himself in a private friendly conversation, that he would need to talk with his “Attorney” again regarding allowing Nancy Dahlstrom to release the Tshibaka Report, who else would be the Governor’s Attorney than Treg Taylor.
I am not here to say either are horrible men, or that I wouldn’t vote for them over a democrat (absolutely I would in a general), but do I trust either Crum or Treg Taylor to lead our state in a consistently conservative manner with their records on those single issues I highlighted for them both – No I do not. Do I believe we need a strong a candidate for Governor – Yes.
Do I believe the Lt. Governor had the authority to release the Tshibaka Report in her position – yes, I do, but when the Attorney General is advising the Governor to indicate to his Lt. Governor that she [does not have his approval] the freedom or approval to release the Tshibaka report that is a major issue and one I strongly disagree with the Attorney General and the Governor.
I would say, for the 2026 election for Alaska Governor I would absolutely take Bernadette Wilson, Shelley Hughes, or Nancy Dahlstrom over any of the guys running for Governor currently or in Treg Taylor’s case – still preparing to run for Governor.
I am friends with Bernadette Wilson, Shelley Hughes, and Nancy Dahlstrom- all those three I will personally rank and intend to leave the other names blank, but I will rank in the manner of between those ladies, who I believe is the strongest candidate 1st to 3rd for Governor.
Then, in the General, I will only vote for our single Republican candidate down the ballot.
While, I’m going after Crum and Taylor, I will directly say that I have zero intention or interest in voting for Click Bishop. I only can think of one “republican” thing he did specifically was support John Coghill for Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor instead of liberal Grier Hopkins (who Sen. Cathy Geisel supported being that she is essentially a democrat more so than just a RINO).
Click hasn’t done anything to deserve my vote and I won’t be supporting him in 2026 and frankly don’t believe he’ll make it past the primary.
Thank you for your detailed post about these primary candidates.
So tell us……who is Dunleavy going to support amongst the Republicans running for governor?
What is the Kelly Tshibaka Report?
Run over by some woman in a trash truck.
Keep an eye on LDS.
They can be the sneakiest liberals.
True. And kinky like liberals too. Lots of three, four, five and sixems.
Any religious group that condones the concept of “soaking” to get around the Church’s premarital purity rules is clearly a group that worms their way around their own edicts and will worm their way around yours, too. In business most I’ve met have been a bag of thieving snakes that will soak you as soon as they get the chance.
Never heard of it? Type “Mormon Soaking” into your search bar and enjoy your own personal edification.
As a conservative voter, I wouldn’t vote for him as assistant dog catcher.
Attorney General Treg Taylor appears to have already placed himself in violation of Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) rules. Reserving and paying for TaylorforAlaska.com prior to filing a formal letter of intent is not permitted under state law. In addition, at the Kenai Classic dinner, Mr. Taylor was publicly introduced by Eldon Mulder as a candidate for Governor with Governor Dunleavy present.
These actions raise serious concerns regarding compliance with APOC regulations and the use of taxpayer resources for political purposes. The Attorney General, of all people, should be held to the highest standard of adherence to the law.
I will not be supporting slimy lawyer Taylor for Gov. I respect his lawyering skill, but not his leadership or his personal issues.
As for the other Republican candidates: Get it together folks – RCV will kill us if we don’t rally around the best. Wilson – good creds, but I don’t know her well enough to know if she is the best Governor material. Hughes – great creds, good consensus builder while remaining true to her principles. Dahlstrom – go home, nothing you have done succeeded. Bishop – likewise, go home, a leader you are not. Crum – largely unknown, will just take votes away from better candidates. At this point, I will be ranking Shelly Hughes first, Bernadette Wilson second.
Treg Taylor resigning is step in the right direction for Alaska. Now we just have to keep him away from EVER getting back into any position in government.
One thing is for sure; Bernadette Wilson now has all the information she needs to strategize for the win.
It’s concerning to see reports that Taylor may already be skirting APOC rules, reserving domains, being introduced as a candidate, take a close look at ‘who’ has pushed him out front or held events for him while not yet being declared. There is now even talk of a PAC with pre-promised commitments. If true, that’s a serious violation. The Attorney General should be held to the highest standard of compliance, not the lowest. At minimum, this deserves a real investigation. Or at minimum an APOC complaint filed.
The ego of some of these people is just unbelievable. Go ahead and waste your time and money, unfortunately many others will support you financially. Can’t fix stupid.
Finally, someone worth supporting
Accurate commentary on Taylor, a lot of issues that will come to light as people start looking at him. Regarding the Tschibaka report and election integrity, why after all these years is he suddenly interested? Answer – he’s now in campaign mode and knows republicans and conservatives care about those issues. He should have been doing something on them all this time not just once he’s running for office.
Let’s fix the 9 republicans running for office sentence. There’s 8.
Click Bishop is NOT a republican. He’s consistently over his decades of state employment voted left of center. He voted to take the PFD (every time), he’s voted for every tax proposed and always talks about more taxation, he wants defined benefits for all state employees, he’s never opposed increasing the budget but has always opposed and voted against reductions to government spending, he’s stopped important legislation like election reform when he was finance co-chair, in other words he’s really a moderate democrat. He’s a big government, big tax, big spending, long time government employee/politician. Let’s also not forget Click is a complete and utter union shill. If the unions want it? With Bishop they’ll get it. If we get another rainbow coalition of “republicans” (so called) joining democrats in both the house and senate next November and bishop is governor? The damage will be incalculable and the californification of Alaska will be both catastrophic and complete.
If Treg Taylor couldn’t even defend Alaska’s jurisdiction in the Legacy Wells case where the Department of Law lost outright after the federal judge asked, “Where is Alaska’s standing?” then why should Alaskans promote him to Governor? That was the perfect opportunity to fire back with the real question: “Where is the US federal government’s constitutional standing?” It does not exist. The #1 duty of the Attorney General is to defend state sovereignty. When that fails, the entire State loses.
Governor Dunleavy spent over $10 million on the so-called “Alaska State Defense Force,” yet Taylor never addressed the core problem: the Alaska Statehood Act itself is unconstitutional. Everyone knows it. Alaska cannot defend its resources or its people if our top lawyer won’t even take the fight to where it matters. Alaska needs leaders promoted on merit and proven results, not political convenience. Taylor had his chance to prove he could defend Alaska’s jurisdiction. He failed.
Outside of the Dunleavy Administrative circles,
NO ONE has even heard of this guy. It’s going to be Bernadette as our next governor.
Would someone be willing to explain why he would go after the Ketch police chief, especially after the narco busts that everyone should have been praising. Is there a connection?
Taylor is owned by the Tribes that Bribe
Sleazy and unethical
I would say Taylor, Crum and Dahlstrom did not distinguish themselves while in office under Dunleavy, mostly for refusing to do their jobs. As such, they do not deserve our support for Governor in 2026. Nicely narrows the field on our side, though. Cheers –
Taylor? Last time we had lawyer for governor (Walker) he figured out how to steal our PFD and had another lawyer, un-elected judge codifi the theft (because he just needed the money so what was he suppose to do? Said the judge).
With un-elected judiciary sabotaging Grand Jurries investigations anytime they investigate government officials, governor Taylor would be the end of Alaska as we know it.
You should have kept your job, Taylor. You’re about to get pounded by the trash lady.