By PAULETTE SIMPSON, JUDY ELEDGE AND RHONDA BOYLES
Alaska is home to 140,804 voters who have chosen to register with the Alaska Republican Party. Our Republican coalition of like-minded voters is nearly double that of Alaska Democrats.
These 140,804 Republican voters present both a blessing and a challenge for Party leadership as it strives to give voice to our voters and convince independent voters to support our candidates.
As active, committed Party stalwarts, we have served with and under nine different Republican Party chairs and held leadership positions both within the Party and with Alaska’s Republican women groups.
Over decades we have devoted countless hours to the cause of conservative governance at the local, state, and national levels and have striven to remain faithful to our Party’s statement of enduring principles.
For a state party to function, our leaders must not only share our values, but be competent and professional in their management of our coalition, our finances, and our communications.
We also know that leaders cannot succeed if they are not deeply respectful, inclusive, and transparent – and that is why we are in full support of Carmela Warfield for state Party chair.
For several years, Carmela has been president of the Hillside Community Council, serves on the board of directors of HALO, and is a delegate to the Federation of Community Councils, the largest group of community councils in Anchorage. These are not easy groups to lead.
Carmela has earned the respect of numerous party affiliated volunteers, and never wavers from her commitment to the values we as Republicans share.
Carmela has served as both a district and regional chair, and most recently led one of the largest regional Presidential Preference Polls in the state and went on to successfully help guide her region’s district conventions.
Carmela Warfield is the competent professional our Party needs now. Please join us in supporting Carmela’s bid for Party Chair.
Paulette Simpson, Rhonda Boyles, and Judy Eledge are longtime members, officers, and activists of the Alaska Republican Party whose work on behalf of Alaska Republicans in the Interior, Southcentral, and Southeast spans over 75 years.
