Governor of Alaska
Treg Taylor
Former Alaska Attorney General (2021–2025)R
- Race
- Governor of Alaska
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponents
- Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D); Bernadette Wilson (R); Dave Bronson (R)
- Research
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Treg Taylor is a Republican lawyer who served as Alaska attorney general under Gov. Mike Dunleavy from 2021 until August 2025. According to his campaign, the Department of Law participated in more than 80 legal challenges involving federal actions during his tenure. His campaign emphasizes expanding resource development and working across party lines.[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 Candice (Candi) English, an oil and gas support business owner. Advanced to the fourth ballot spot after Tom Begich withdrew; certification was denied on August 31 and restored on September 4.
Biography
Treg Taylor is a Republican lawyer who served as Alaska attorney general under Gov. Mike Dunleavy from 2021 until August 2025. According to his campaign, the Department of Law participated in more than 80 legal challenges involving federal actions during his tenure. His campaign emphasizes expanding resource development and working across party lines.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Taylor attended the U.S. Air Force Academy before earning a B.A. in political science from Brigham Young University in 2001 and a J.D. from BYU in 2004.[3][2]
He worked in commercial litigation and as counsel for McKinley Capital Management and ASRC Energy Services before joining the Alaska Department of Law in 2018 as deputy attorney general over the Civil Division.[2]
Taylor served as Alaska attorney general from 2021 until August 2025; he was acting attorney general from January 30 to May 11, 2021, and chaired the bipartisan Attorney General Alliance.[3][2] According to his campaign website, he and his wife, Jodi, have raised their six children in Anchorage.[2]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- legalAs attorney general, Taylor's tenure included court challenges to Biden-era federal actions: he defended ConocoPhillips' Willow project on the North Slope, challenged federal ghost-gun restrictions and opposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates.[4]
In their own words
Priorities
- Expand resource development, including mining, timber and oil and gas drilling, to create economic opportunity.[4]
- Communicate more with the Legislature and the public and work across party lines.[4]
- Attract data centers that bring their own energy.[5]
- Ran pre-primary television ads about transgender children in school sports in which he promised to “save girls’ sports”; the Anchorage Daily News reports the Dunleavy administration pushed for the ban on transgender girls on girls’ school teams during his tenure.[6]
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Republican Treg Taylor leans on experience as attorney general in gubernatorial pitch · Alaska Public Media · 2026-09-15 News report
- 2.Treg Taylor for Alaska · Taylor campaign · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 3.Treg Taylor · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 4.Republican Treg Taylor leans on experience as attorney general in gubernatorial pitch · Alaska Public Media · 2026-09-15 News report
- 5.Where do Alaska's four governor candidates stand on data centers? · Alaska Beacon · 2026-09-18 News report
- 6.Heeding ranked choice voting, candidates refine their strategies in Alaska governor's race · Anchorage Daily News · 2026-09-17 News report