Alaska’s four candidates for governor sparred over crime, education, abortion access and the state budget Wednesday night in the only live televised debate ahead of the November election.
Gubernatorial candidates from left, former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, former state Rep. Les Gara, former Gov. Bill Walker, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy participated in Debate for the State at Alaska Public Media on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022.
Gara blamed Dunleavy for creating what he called “the worst crisis in Alaska history” and argued in favor of providing teachers with a pension program to make the state more competitive in attracting teachers. Walker said the state should “fully fund education and make it the priority that it used to be.”
Walker and Gara had a more grim picture in mind. While crime may be lower, key crime statistics still put Alaska as the most dangerous state for women; the larger dividend and debt payoffs this year were only possible thanks to temporarily high oil prices; and the state still lacks a fiscal plan to create long-term stability for services like education, they said.Gov. Mike Dunleavy, right, listens to gubernatorial candidate former State Rep.
Walker said the formula used to calculate the dividend should be changed but didn’t commit to a particular path, instead saying he would work with the Legislature to come up with an alternate calculation and a fiscal plan for the state. Pierce called the dividend “an Alaskan right” and called for the existing statutory formula to be followed or holding a constitutional convention to retool the formula.Gubernatorial candidates from left, former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, former State Rep. Les Gara, former Gov. Bill Walker, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy participated in Debate for the State at Alaska Public Media on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022.
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