Governor of Alaska
Bernadette Wilson
Owner of Denali Disposal; conservative activist and former radio hostR
- Race
- Governor of Alaska
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponents
- Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D); Dave Bronson (R); Treg Taylor (R)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
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Bernadette Wilson is an Anchorage business owner who has not held elected office. She owns the trash-collection company Denali Disposal, previously directed the Alaska chapter of Americans for Prosperity, and has worked on more than a dozen political campaigns. She advocates restoring the statutory Permanent Fund dividend and has criticized relying on bipartisan legislative coalitions.[1][2][3]
On the ballotGovernor
2026-11-03
| Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins D | challenger |
| Bernadette Wilson R | challenger |
| Dave Bronson R | challenger |
| Treg Taylor R | challenger |
Running with Mike Shower, former Alaska Senate minority leader. Top Republican vote-getter in the primary; endorsed by President Trump.
Biography
Bernadette Wilson is an Anchorage business owner who has not held elected office. She owns the trash-collection company Denali Disposal, previously directed the Alaska chapter of Americans for Prosperity, and has worked on more than a dozen political campaigns. She advocates restoring the statutory Permanent Fund dividend and has criticized relying on bipartisan legislative coalitions.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Wilson was born on the Kenai Peninsula and raised in Anchorage, and she is the great-niece of former Gov. Wally Hickel.[1] She owns Denali Disposal, an Anchorage trash-collection company that, according to her campaign website, she launched in 2016.[1][4]
Wilson hosted a talk-radio show until 2015, and she has worked as Alaska director of Americans for Prosperity and for the Alaska Policy Forum.[1] She has worked on more than a dozen campaigns, including Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson's and a 2010 ballot measure requiring parental notification of a minor's abortion, and she advised Rep. Nick Begich's 2024 campaign. As of May 2025 she was campaigning for a ballot measure to repeal ranked-choice voting.[1]
In their own words
Priorities
- Restore the statutory Permanent Fund dividend.[5]
- Says she has not seen major infrastructure projects or progress on education from the state under multiple administrations, and that Alaska is at the bottom in education.[6]
- Says she will never allow hyperscale data centers in Alaska.[7]
- Ending income-based inequality in education, with more transparency and accountability in education funding and consideration of education savings accounts and backpack funding.[8]
- Developing Alaska’s oil, gas and mineral projects.[5]
Statements, quoted without a stance
- Public funding for school choice (vouchers / charters)
“Educational Savings Accounts, Backpack Funding, No More Lines and Learn Everywhere models are just a few of the innovative solutions Alaska must seriously consider if we are truly committed to educating the best and brightest.”[8]
On the education page of her campaign site
- Faster transition away from fossil fuels
“whether it’s AKLNG, NPRA, ANWR, or Willow, Ambler Road, West Susitna, King Cove, or beyond, we will develop and we will build.”[5]
On the “Vision for Alaska” section of her campaign site, in a passage about oil, gas and resource projects
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/bernadette-wilson
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Third Republican candidate, Bernadette Wilson, enters Alaska governor's race · Alaska Beacon · 2025-05-14 News report
- 2.Heeding ranked choice voting, candidates refine their strategies in Alaska governor's race · Anchorage Daily News · 2026-09-17 News report
- 3.2026 Alaska gubernatorial election · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 4.Bernadette Wilson for Governor · Bernadette Wilson campaign website Candidate's own words
- 5.Bernadette Wilson for Governor · Wilson campaign · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 6.Third Republican candidate, Bernadette Wilson, enters Alaska governor's race · Alaska Beacon · 2025-05-14 News report
- 7.Where do Alaska's four governor candidates stand on data centers? · Alaska Beacon · 2026-09-18 News report
- 8.On the Issues · Bernadette for Governor campaign Candidate's own words