Alaskans have the right to be secure in their persons, homes, and private communications. Candice opposes any state-level expansion of surveillance powers, data retention mandates, or warrantless monitoring programs. She will vote against any legislation that allows government agencies to access private records, financial information, or communications without a warrant based on individualized probable cause. She will introduce legislation codifying a warrant requirement for any state agency seeking digital records, communication data, or location information from Alaska residents.

Your body is yours. Every Alaskan has the right to make their own decisions about health, lifestyle, and personal choices without government interference. No emergency justifies suspending that right. Candice will vote against any emergency powers expansion and supports requiring legislative approval before any public health emergency mandate can remain in effect beyond 30 days.

The right to keep and bear arms is an individual right that shall not be infringed by the state of Alaska. Candice will oppose any state gun registration requirement, any ban on firearms or magazines, and any red flag law that removes due process. For rural communities in and around District 29, where law enforcement response times can be measured in hours, the right to self-defense is not a political stance – it is a survival reality. She will introduce legislation to strengthen Alaska’s state firearms preemption statute so no municipality can impose restrictions exceeding state law.

Alaskans have the right to make their own medical decisions – including the right to refuse any treatment, procedure, or vaccine. Candice opposes any state mandate that substitutes government judgment for a patient’s own, and supports reforming occupational licensing barriers that raise the cost of healthcare and limit access for Alaskans in underserved communities. She supports expanding scope-of-practice for nurse practitioners and physician assistants, removing physician-referral bottlenecks that protect established practitioners rather than patients.

Alaska’s justice system incarcerates too many people for offenses that harmed no one but themselves. Candice supports ending mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenses and holding state officials accountable for rights violations. She will introduce legislation to repeal mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug offenses and create a civil cause of action against state officials who violate Alaskans’ constitutional rights. Alaska’s civil asset forfeiture statute must require a criminal conviction before property can be permanently forfeited.

Alaska has millions of acres of state land sitting idle near population centers. Candice supports accelerating state land disposals to increase housing supply, reforming the state permitting process for residential construction, and strengthening protections for property owners against regulatory takings – where state regulations reduce a property’s value without just compensation. Landlord-tenant law is set by the legislature, and Candice will oppose new mandates that increase housing costs or reduce the rental supply available to Alaskans. She will introduce legislation setting statutory time limits on DNR and ADEC permitting decisions for residential construction, so delays become legally actionable rather than routine.

Candice will not vote for any new state income tax, sales tax, or new category of taxation on Alaska individuals or businesses. Alaska has no state income tax and no sales tax – those are competitive advantages worth protecting. The answer to budget shortfalls is spending cuts, not new taxes on people already paying some of the highest living costs in the country.

The Permanent Fund Dividend belongs to Alaskans. Candice supports restoring and maintaining the full statutory PFD formula. The legislature has spent years diverting PFD funds to patch the operating budget rather than requiring real fiscal discipline. Candice will vote to return the PFD to its statutory amount, oppose any scheme that uses the Permanent Fund as a slush fund for government growth, and supports the full statutory PFD restoration bill each session until it passes.

Alaska’s regulatory environment makes it harder to start a business, develop resources, and build housing than it should be. Candice will introduce legislation to eliminate occupational licensing requirements that protect established businesses at consumers’ expense. Occupational licensing falls hardest on low-income Alaskans: fees, mandatory training hours, and exam costs create upfront barriers that people with financial cushion can absorb and people without it cannot. Every unnecessary license is a “no entry” sign on a career path for someone who can’t take months off work to qualify. But eliminating unnecessary licensing helps all Alaskans – when barriers come down, more providers enter the market, competition increases, and prices fall across healthcare, construction, and childcare. Alaska’s cost of living is punishing enough without government friction that exists solely to protect incumbents.

Alaska’s state budget has grown year over year while the legislature has repeatedly raided the Permanent Fund to cover the gap. Candice will vote against any budget that grows state agency spending beyond inflation and population growth, advocate for zero-based budgeting that requires agencies to justify every line item rather than automatically receiving last year’s allocation plus an increase, and supports a statutory spending cap bill to lock that discipline into law.

Alaska Native communities hold inherent sovereignty that predates statehood – and the Libertarian principle of self-determination applies to them as fully as to anyone else. At the state level, the legislature has never brought Alaska law into compliance with ANILCA’s rural subsistence priority, so the federal government manages subsistence on federal lands instead of the state. Candice supports bringing state law into compliance so Alaska regains that management authority, will oppose any legislation that encroaches on tribal governance or diminishes Alaska Native self-determination, and will push the legislature to pass resolutions putting Alaska’s position before Congress where federal action is needed. District 29 is home to multiple distinct sovereign peoples. The eight federally recognized Ahtna Athabascan tribes – Cantwell, Chistochina, Gakona, Gulkana, Kluti Kaah (Copper Center), Tazlina, Chitina, and Mentasta – have governed the Copper River watershed since time immemorial. Chickaloon Native Village anchors the upper Mat-Su portion of the district. At the southern end, the Valdez Native Tribe and the Chugach Sugpiaq community of Tatitlek represent Prince William Sound peoples whose territory meets the district near Valdez. These are not a single community with a single interest – they are distinct peoples with distinct governments, distinct relationships to the land, and distinct stakes in what the state legislature does. The Copper River is not opening in 2026. Chinook returns are forecasted at 33,000 – 27% below the ten-year average – continuing a collapse that has persisted since 2008. The Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission has been working to co-manage this fishery for years. The failure of the state to come into ANILCA compliance means Alaska sits on the sidelines of its own resource management while federal agencies make decisions that directly affect Ahtna communities.

District 29 has a stark energy divide. Residents in the western Mat-Su portion have access to natural gas infrastructure. Communities along the Glenn and Richardson – Chickaloon, Glennallen, Copper Center, Tazlina, Chitina – heat entirely on fuel oil at some of the highest per-BTU costs in Southcentral Alaska. Candice supports reducing state regulatory barriers to extending energy options into these corridors and prioritizing state energy investment where people actually need it. She will introduce legislation directing the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to conduct a rate review for fuel oil-dependent communities along the Glenn and Richardson corridors.

Alaska’s natural gas has been caught in political limbo for decades. Candice supports reducing state regulatory barriers to LNG development, setting royalty and tax policy that attracts private investment, and ensuring revenues from production on state lands flow into the Permanent Fund. Where federal approvals are required – FERC, DOE export licenses, environmental reviews – she will push the legislature to pass resolutions putting Alaska’s position directly before Congress and the relevant agencies.

Energy costs in many parts of District 29 remain among the highest in the state. Candice supports removing regulatory barriers to energy competition, ending state energy subsidies that prop up inefficient providers, and ensuring communities have real choices in energy supply. For Alaska families, affordable energy is not a luxury – it is a necessity. She will introduce legislation removing barriers to independent power generation and direct energy contracting, and will petition the RCA to review whether existing utility monopoly arrangements serve consumers or protect incumbents at Alaskans’ expense.

District 29’s economy spans the Mat-Su agricultural corridor, Glenn and Richardson highway commerce, tourism tied to Wrangell-St. Elias and Denali, and resource industries that employ people from Sutton to Copper Center. Candice will push back on state regulations that make it harder to operate a business, develop land, or create jobs across this district. She will introduce legislation establishing statutory deadlines on state permitting decisions and automatic sunset review for administrative regulations more than ten years old.

Parents – not the state – are the primary educators of their children. Candice supports funding that follows the student, expanded homeschool allotment programs, and reducing administrative overhead that consumes dollars before they reach classrooms. She will vote for increased per-student funding through the Base Student Allocation, support legislation expanding Alaska’s homeschool allotment program, and vote against any statewide curriculum mandate imposed without explicit legislative approval.