Yesterday, Oct. 7th, Nancy Dahlstrom officially announced her campaign for Governor of Alaska. There are now 13 candidates (12 Republican, 1 Democrat) running in the 2026 race.
“I’m stepping forward to lead Alaska because I believe in its future, and I want our kids and grandkids to see theirs here,” Dahlstrom stated, speaking on her motivation in joining the race.
She then reminded Alaskans of her accomplishments as Lieutenant Governor and Commissioner of Corrections: “I’ve spent years serving this state with grit, honesty, and a commitment to getting things done. As Lieutenant Governor, I’ve fought to expand our energy opportunities and safeguard the freedoms that define life in Alaska. As Commissioner of Corrections, I overturned soft-on-crime policies that weakened public safety. And in the Legislature, I stood up for Alaskans and protected the Permanent Fund Dividend.”
Here is what Dahlstrom claims to bring to the table: “Now, I’m running for Governor to bring experience, determination, and common sense to the job. My promise is simple: I’ll work every day to make Alaska a place where families can put down roots, businesses can grow, and communities can thrive.”
In the 2024 election for the Alaska seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Dahlstrom selflessly withdrew from the race so that Nick Begich could defeat Peltola. How will she react to this year’s fight? Will she prioritize a unified Republican front against Tom Begich even if it takes herself out of the race? Or is she in it to win this time? We shall see.
View full press release here: Lt. Governor Nancy Dahlstrom Announces Campaign for Governor of Alaska – Nancy Dahlstrom for Alaska
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Since she did ZERO to fix our broken elections, literally her only job as Lt. governor, she’ll probably “win”
lol. Sounds about right.
Is she the one that gave illegals the ability to vote because she automatically registered them when they got a drivers license?
Actually, she had three jobs as listed in Alaska Statute. She referenced doing absolutely NONE of them in her press release. As worthy as expanding energy opportunities and safeguarding our freedoms might be, those were NOT her duties! If she can’t brag about how she accomplished her statutory duties, she is not credible and is wasting our time. Nancy, go away!
2024 Alaska Statutes
Title 44. State Government
Chapter 19. Office of the Governor
Article 1. Powers and Duties.
Sec. 44.19.020. Duties of the lieutenant governor
AK Stat § 44.19.020 (2024)
The lieutenant governor shall
(1) administer state election laws;
(2) appoint notaries public;
(3) adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that establish for the broadcasting of notices under AS 44.62.190 and 44.62.310(e) the frequency of the broadcasts, appropriate broadcast times, and the locations for the broadcasts; the regulations must be reasonably calculated to provide the widest possible exposure of the notices.
Unbelievable the state GOP would let Dahlstrom run as a Republican.
Yes, she has reminded me of her accomplishments as Commissioner of Corrections.
During the so called Covid “pandemic” a man was charged with a crime and placed in FCC, and a judge placed bail at $10,000. This was no problem for the charged individual to post this bail, except for an unsolvable detail. He was placed in quarantine and the DOC disappeared the man for weeks. When his family and friends inquired and were willing to post the bail, the DOC pretended as though he didn’t exist.
This is Soviet style behavior and unacceptable, nothing to do with Justice, much less law and order. The other aspect of Dahlstrom’s style, is she has the same condescending attitude towards Natives as the Democrat politicians and most other, so called, Republicans do.
Seeing how liberal/left wing leaning and simply incompetent the majority of our outside migrant politicians are, it wouldn’t surprise me if she ends up governor, as standards and morals are not qualifiers that need to be met.
The state GOP doesn’t determine who can run as a Republican. If you want to get involved in the GOP, you can learn about what it can and cannot do. State law is what governs here, not the GOP. And if you want to change the laws, we must change who is in the state legislature.
Repubs are going to throw the election
What about our elections? She didn’t fight for Alaskans. I don’t believe I will vote for her.
And yet the most important job Nancy, as Lt. Gov, has right now is cleaning up the voter and election problems. She’s failed miserably.
Exactly! Remember the last election hinged on one village of 50 or so voters, for 2 weeks…?
Why? She is a terrible Lt. Governor.
Never forget how Nazi Nancy treated inmates during the COVID hysteria, and this includes inmates awaiting trial, at which they were later found to be not guilty. She deserves free room and board at a correctional center for the rest of her life
Thankyou for bringing this up. The leadership class in Alaska is predominately outside people. Essentially carpetbaggers. Frank Murkowski a classic example. Once entrenched in power, he appoints his daughter, who will maintain the power indefinitely.
This “leadership” is incompetent and corrupt and could care less about the average citizen. Dahlstrom just plays pretend to be “conservative”.
Exploiting the powerless, lumping them in with and terming them “criminals” makes her look tough on crime. Which is red meat for electioneering messaging for a large segment of ignorant, self described, “conservative” voters.
Dahlstroms’ abuse of her power and the effects on innocent victims of our justice system was for her personal benefit. A truly disgusting character trait, which makes her ineligible to hold office.
Republicans have yet to learn. As long as we have RCV you cannot flood the ballot with Rs. You will all spend your war chests on beating each other up during the jungle primary while the lone Democrat just has to make sure their name is known. Nancy we didn’t want you as our Congress person what makes you think we want you as Govenor!
Why would we vote for you for Governor, when you could not do your job as Lieutenant Governor. I am so sick and tried of you RINOs. DROP OUT NOW!
False total. Should be:
3 Democrats (figure it out)
10 people who manage to escape serious scrutiny.
She needs to remind us of her accomplishments because those of us paying attention can’t think of any.
Please show me receipts of what you accomplished. Also, please address the election rolls clean-up effort, if there was one. Thank you.
“I’m stepping forward to lead Alaska because …”
That’s all I need to read and know I’ll not vote for this person. I’ve never voted for any politician to lead me anywhere. Keep the SOA running and open for business and stop trying to lead the citizenry. We’re adults and doing fine. Just get government the hell out of our way. And check your ego lady. Please.
YET another candidate stepping in to muddy the waters. Do a debate, declare a winner and run them as the GOP candidate. Having 12 candidates on the multiple choice voting ballot is a sure win for communists er- democrats.
On the flip side, I could never vote for Dalhstrom after her nazi-like remarks during the wuhan virus scamdemic. She certainly wanted to fill the prisons with people who refused to get vaxxed. Everybody thought Bill Walker was a good republican. Look how that turned out. Bill stole our PFD money to fund the state employee union’s retirement fund and helped (with his LT gov) with implementation of Dominion voting machines. No thank you.
100% correct!!!
One word describes Nancy Dahlstrom:
L A Z Y.
No thanks.
Not a chance Nance. Did not clean up the election roles. Just glad she protected the Alaska seal.
Enough already!! There too many people running for Governor on the Republican side and most of them are not going to win the election. They need to stop clogging up the Governor’s race and get behind a candidate that can actually win – and Dahlstrom is not one of them. Please tell me one thing she has done to straighten out the Alaska election process? Nothing. Quite frankly there isn’t one thing I can think of that she has done while in office. Thanks, but no thanks Dahlstrom.
Female Bill Walker
Bill Walker duplicated
Nancy Dullstrom? NO Thanks.
(useless)
Nothing against Dahlstrom personally, but she didn’t poll well in the Congressional race against Congressman Nick Begich, and many feel she’s dropped the ball on voter registration. Now, with yet another big name jumping into the gubernatorial race, our side looks scattered and uncoordinated. Just look at Fairbanks and Palmer — that same kind of chaos already resulted in a major loss. At some point, experienced leaders should recognize when unity and timing matter more than ambition. Without coordination and focus, we risk repeating the same mistakes again.
If only Alaska voters could know how terrible Nancy Dahlstrom was as Commissioner of Corrections, they would vote to have her locked up.
This is the one candidate I’ll work my butt off to make sure she DOESN’T get elected.
Not only NO!,but HELL NO!!
ZZZZZZZZZZZ
Epic FAIL.
didn’t clean up the voter rolls, the compromised electronic voting machines.
She’s a contemptible RINO NeoCon liar.
Never, Nancy.
More GARBAGE for Mike Shower, and Bernadette Wilson will have to deal with on their way to the Governor Seat.
I hope Bernadette beats the dress off her! This lady is a do-nothing place holder… i.e. your typical politician.
Nancy doesn’t even have the common courtesy to respond to a constituent’s letter. Not just no, but HELL NO to Dahlstrom.