Baker also serves as treasurer for the newly formed ballot group, Alaskans for Citizen Voting. He worked for former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, and was at the center of multiple allegations against Bronson’s office in 2023. Baker did not respond to an interview request.

A document submitted by the Alaska Division of Elections to the U.S. Department of Justice in response to a nationwide data request names 70 possible

The first special session expired at the end of Sunday, with the question of whether to form a state Department of Agriculture unresolved.

If elected, Shower, a conservative who has focused some of his legislative effort on election security, would administer state election laws and appoint the head of the Division of Elections.

Republican candidate for governor Bernadette Wilson has chosen lieutenant governor candidate Mike Shower, a Republican state senator from Wasilla, as her running mate.

Candidates running in the Oct. 7 Fairbanks municipal election have already racked up tens of thousands in donations and expenses, according to filings with the Alaska Public Offices Commission.

As states across the country have been stuck between conforming to the president’s wishes to redistrict and adding more Republican seats to Congress, versus fighting back to give what Democrats feel could be a better shot for a majority,