I am running for the U.S. House of Representatives because Don Young’s passing left Alaska without its most effective advocate in Washington. Our state needs someone who can hit the ground running and leverage existing relationships to make a positive difference. I’ve spent my adult life in Alaska politics and for over a decade. I’ve traveled the state and our country campaigning for commonsense constitutional candidates to help put them in office, including many who are now hugely influential in Congress. I have the experience and know-how to govern effectively from day one, and I don’t have to spend years developing relationships and working my way up the seniority ladder. I’m running because I bring something to the table that nobody else in this race can: the ability to wield influence in Congress and effectively advocate for Alaska’s interests starting on my first day in office.

I’ve always taken great pride in my ability to work across the aisle. You learn how to do this by serving in local office, which I’ve done for years as a city council member and city mayor/manager, which are nonpartisan. As governor, I worked closely with both Republicans and Democrats to craft legislation, including the “Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share” tax legislation that ensured ALL Alaskans benefit from development of our state’s God-given energy resources. I will never compromise my principles merely for the sake of appearing “bipartisan,” but I’m always willing to work with all colleagues, who are open to ideas that will benefit Alaska.

We MUST enforce existing conservation laws and make sure that illegal fishing — especially by foreigners — is punished. Many Alaskans depend on being able to fish for salmon and other species to feed their families and draw their livelihoods, and I’ll make sure they are able to continue doing that. Our communities dependent on healthy salmon runs deserve no less!

(Listen to the Kodiak Fishery Debates on KMXT for a more in-depth exploration of fishery policy. You can read reporting on the debate from the Alaska Beacon here.)

I don’t foresee proposing any. The appropriate ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade returned the question of abortion to the states, where it belongs. Congress needs to let the people of each state, through their elected representatives, determine how they want to handle such laws. I’ve spoken innumerable times about my pro-life position and I’m excited to do what I can to help usher in a culture of life, love and compassion in our country, including continuing my pro-adoption advocacy.

The reasons for gun violence and mass shootings are sick people and a sick culture. Government can take some direct action, such as prioritizing funding for mental health care, but the most important thing Congress can do is embrace a culture of life and promote the traditional values that have held human societies together for millennia. We should be doing more to encourage stable, two-parent families, stop attacking religious liberties and all our God-given freedoms and embrace time-tested moral values instead of succumbing to moral relativism.

(Editor’s note: Research shows that people who experience mental health challenges are more likely to be victims of gun violence or to die by suicide than to perpetrate violence on others.)

“Climate change” as ill-defined by many who are merely looking to control people is a fraud that is peddled by power-hungry politicians looking for another excuse to intrude into our lives and infringe on our God-given liberties. It’s pure hubris to think that mankind has the sort of omnipotent impact that the left claims. To the extent that the climate is going through natural cycles, we would be far better off investing our time, energy and money in strategies for adapting to a changing world rather than making ourselves poorer in the vain hope that we can single-handedly alter the Earth’s temperature.

Ultimately, the problem with money in politics is more about personal enrichment than campaign donations. As we’ve seen play out, some public officials can be bribed fairly easily — and embarrassingly cheaply. For a few hundred or a few thousand bucks — pocket change to corporate executives and lobbyists — some lawmakers can be bought and sold. The solution is to elect people who actually care about public service, as opposed to career politicians who are out for themselves first and foremost. We need those with a servant’s heart who are willing to make personal sacrifices of time, money, and often even their relationships and opportunities. Principles and ethics matter, and we as citizens and voters have every right to hold our elected representatives to the highest standards.

To get inflation under control, we need to rein in wasteful spending, implement pro-growth policies so supply can catch up with demand and unleash domestic energy production. Trying to spend our way out of an inflationary cycle is an outdated, long-debunked approach — all you get is stagflation like we had in the 1970s, which makes everybody worse off.

We need to reduce complexity in the health care system, which puts consumers at a serious disadvantage and reduces opportunities for innovation by entrenching the power of established players in the market. Opaque regulations make it harder for upstart and reputable companies to survive, and makes it easier for massive, monopolizing pharmaceutical companies, insurance providers and hospital systems to get away with fleecing patients. Eliminating artificial complexity and letting the free market function is the best way to reduce health care costs and improve quality and access to care. Competition works everywhere, even in health care.

Now that the state of Alaska has recognized tribes along with the federal government, the relationships and cooperation will be an ongoing factor. This is important, and it has a personal and familial impact on my loved ones and me, thus allowing my healthy perspective on the issue. I will strive to have tribal input along with local input on federal dollars spent, and regulations put in place that affect our 229 tribes. True cooperation and participation by all is paramount to successful processes we need in order to guarantee fairness and equality. The Alaskan spirit of caring and cooperation is my foundation and I’ll put that to good use for every Alaskan.

We MUST stop the radical, destructive agenda pushed by Joe Biden and today’s congressional Democrats. Their recklessness, including reckless spending, is killing America. Out-of-touch and out-of-control spending has given us the highest inflation in four decades and driven our economy into recession. The left is openly hostile to our God-given rights that are supposed to be protected by our Constitution. Today’s radical Democrats are waging war on American manufacturing and energy, driving up fuel prices and making life worse for hardworking American families. The good guys in Congress need reinforcements, and I’m more than ready, willing and able to be there on the front lines with them to stop the disastrous Biden agenda in its tracks. We’ll get to work rolling back this disaster, we’ll replace it with a pro-growth, pro-liberty, America First agenda that makes life better for the people of Alaska.

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Palin’s total contributions are about $1.4 million, an increase of about $230,000 since early September.

Understanding FEC filings: Contributions only need to be itemized if they are larger than $200 or if the combined contributions from one person for that election year are more than $200. Because only about 40 percent of Palin’s individual contributions are itemized, an analysis of where donors are from or how many she has wouldn’t be accurate. About half of her donations came through WinRed, an online fundraising platform for Republican candidates and conservative groups. Her largest three individual donors gave $11,600 each and all came from Florida.

Committee contributions come from groups, like PACs. Palin’s largest group donations were $10,000 from the Stand for America PAC and $10,000 from E-PAC, which is working to get Republican women elected to Congress. She also received $111,987 through Alaska First Fund, a PAC that supports both Palin and Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka.

Independent Expenditures are things like ad buys or mailers sent out by organizations that are not associated with the campaigns, and are forbidden by law from working with campaigns. The Protect Freedom PAC, a Rand Paul-associated Super PAC that gets the bulk of its funding from Jeff Yass, spent $419,125 in support of Palin. This was the only IE in support of her candidacy.