Your body is yours. Jonathan believes every Alaskan has the absolute right to make their own decisions about their health, lifestyle, and personal choices — without government permission or interference. The AK LP platform is unequivocal: no real or imagined emergency justifies overriding individual freedom. Jonathan will carry that principle into the House chamber without qualification or apology.

Alaskans have the right to be secure in their persons, homes, and private communications. Jonathan opposes any state-level expansion of surveillance powers, data retention mandates, or warrantless monitoring programs. He 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.

The right to keep and bear arms is an individual right that shall not be infringed by the state of Alaska. Jonathan will oppose any state gun registration requirement, any ban on firearms or magazines, and any red flag law that removes due process. In Fairbanks and the Interior, where wildlife encounters are real and law enforcement distances are long, the right to self-defense is not an abstraction — it is a practical necessity every day.

Alaskans have the right to make their own medical decisions, including the right to refuse any treatment or vaccine. Jonathan opposes any state mandate that substitutes government judgment for individual medical choice, and supports reforming occupational licensing barriers that limit access to care in Interior Alaska communities where healthcare providers are already scarce.

Alaska’s justice system incarcerates too many people for offenses that harmed no one but themselves. Jonathan supports ending mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenses, reforming civil asset forfeiture so property cannot be seized without a conviction, and abolishing qualified immunity that shields state officials from accountability for rights violations. The law must apply equally to those who enforce it.

Jonathan 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 to reduce spending, not to reach into the pockets of Alaskans who are already paying some of the highest living costs in the country.

The Permanent Fund Dividend belongs to Alaskans. Jonathan supports restoring and maintaining the full statutory PFD formula. The legislature has spent years diverting PFD funds to patch the operating budget while avoiding the harder work of controlling spending. Jonathan will vote to return the PFD to its statutory amount and oppose any legislation that uses the Permanent Fund as a budget stabilizer for an undisciplined government.

Alaska’s regulatory environment makes it harder to start a business, develop resources, and create jobs than it should be. Jonathan will push for a comprehensive review of state regulations that increase costs without producing commensurate public benefit, and will introduce legislation to eliminate occupational licensing requirements that serve established businesses more than they serve the public. 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 effectively a “no entry” sign on a career path for someone who can’t take months off work to qualify. But deregulating licensing helps all Alaskans. When barriers to entry come down, more providers enter the market, competition increases, and prices for services fall — whether you’re hiring a contractor, seeing a healthcare provider, or paying for childcare. Alaska’s cost of living is punishing enough without government adding friction that exists solely to protect incumbents.

Alaska’s state budget has grown while the legislature has repeatedly used the Permanent Fund as a backstop. Jonathan will vote against any budget that grows state agency spending beyond inflation and population growth, and will advocate for zero-based budgeting that requires agencies to justify every line item from scratch each legislative session.

Parents — not the state — are the primary educators of their children. Jonathan supports expanding education choice for Alaska families, including robust homeschool allotment programs, charter school expansion, and funding that follows the student. He opposes any state curriculum mandate that removes parental authority over what children are taught and supports reducing the administrative overhead that consumes education dollars before they reach classrooms.

Fairbanks has some of the highest heating fuel costs in the state. Families in Interior Alaska spend a disproportionate share of their income keeping their homes warm through winters that can hit -40°F. Jonathan supports removing state-level regulatory barriers to energy competition, expediting permitting for energy infrastructure that could lower costs, and ending state energy subsidies that distort the market and maintain dependence on expensive fuel oil. Affordable heating energy is not a luxury in Fairbanks — it is a basic survival need.

Natural gas infrastructure — whether through a gas line spur from the North Slope, LNG trucking, or expanded small-scale delivery systems — represents the most direct path to lower energy costs for Fairbanks and the Interior. Jonathan will advocate for a permitting environment that actually accelerates this infrastructure rather than burying it in delays. The legislature has studied this problem for years. Jonathan will vote for real action.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is one of the Interior’s most significant economic anchors. Jonathan believes UAF funding should be tied to genuine academic outcomes and workforce preparation — not administrative expansion. He supports a UAF that serves Alaska’s needs: Arctic research, resource science, engineering, and preparing Alaskans for careers in the state’s own economy rather than exporting talent southward.

Fairbanks leans heavily on federal installations and state government employment — a foundation that can shift without warning. The state legislature can directly shape conditions that attract private enterprise: occupational licensing reform, competitive tax and regulatory policy, and infrastructure spending tied to genuine economic need rather than politics. On federal issues that directly affect the Interior — base missions at Eielson and Fort Wainwright, federal land use decisions, and federal regulatory burdens on Interior businesses — the legislature can pass memorials and resolutions that formally put Alaska’s position before Congress and federal agencies. Jonathan will use both levers: fixing what the state controls and making clear to Washington what the Interior needs.

Alaska adopted ranked-choice voting and open primaries because Alaskans were tired of picking between two Outside parties’ preferred candidates. Jonathan is a living example of why it matters — he came to the Libertarian Party through a family rooted in the Alaska Independence Party, in a state with a documented history of third-party candidates winning real races. Fairbanks sent two Libertarians to the state house before ranked choice existed. The system works. The legislature will face pressure — from national party machinery and Outside political interests — to repeal RCV and return to closed primaries that shut out independent voters and third parties. Jonathan will vote against any repeal. Alaska’s electoral system should be decided by Alaskans, not by a national party convention.

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. Interior Alaska is home to Tanana Athabascan communities whose relationship to the land predates statehood by thousands of years. The Tanana Chiefs Conference — headquartered in Fairbanks — represents 42 member communities and 37 federally recognized tribes across 235,000 square miles of Interior Alaska, including Nenana Native Village on the Tanana River, Minto (historically Tolovana), and Salchaket area communities east of Fairbanks. Doyon, Limited, the ANCSA regional corporation for Interior Alaska, also headquartered in Fairbanks, holds title to the largest block of private land in Alaska. These are Jonathan’s neighbors, and their right to self-governance is not negotiable. 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. Jonathan supports bringing state law into compliance so Alaska regains that management authority, and will oppose any legislation that encroaches on tribal governance or diminishes Alaska Native self-determination. The stakes are not abstract. The Yukon River — including the Tanana River drainage that runs through Interior Alaska — is closed to Chinook and summer chum salmon through December 31, 2026. Communities that have depended on king salmon for subsistence for thousands of years have been cut off entirely. Research following the salmon collapse documented a 70% increase in prediabetes and a 50% increase in malnutrition in affected communities. This is a direct consequence of the federal government managing subsistence because the state has never come into ANILCA compliance. Where federal action is needed, the legislature can pass resolutions putting Alaska’s position directly before Congress. Jonathan will use both tools.