Candidate, Alaska State House of Representatives, District 24, 2018

No caucus information on file.

Karen Hansen, Professional Assistant to Registered Independent Investment Advisor, present

Former Probation/Parole Officer, State of Alaska, present

Former Special Assistant to the Executive Director/Legislative Liaison, Alaska Energy Authority

Former Economic Development Coordinator, Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority

Former Pre-Sentence Investigator, State of Alaska

No organizational membership information on file.

Priority Issues:

1. The oil industry needs to pay its fair share.

2. Alaska needs a long term fiscal plan so we do not lurch from year to year trying to balance the budget.

3. Legislators have to reach across the aisle and pass the best possible legislation.

4. Alaska needs to develop a comprehensive approach to education which includes both funding and quality program development.

5. Alaska needs to accept federal Medicaid funding.

6. Alaska needs to develop a statewide, workable health care approach that is fiscally reasonable and affordable.

7. Alaska needs a mechanism to tax out-of-state individuals and industries who make money here.

8. Alaska needs a unified, statewide approach to mental health issues.

9. Alaska needs to take a realistic approach to drug addiction and treatment.

10. Alaska needs to stop spending money suing the Federal government for purely political purposes.