Becky Schwanke
State House, District 36 · Republican · Alaska
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Where they stand
Food security: Schwanke supports producing food in Alaska from wild stocks and locally grown meat, vegetables, and dairy.
Wildlife and fisheries: Schwanke supports restoring abundant big game populations and fisheries through cooperation among state, federal, and tribal governments.
State resource authority: Schwanke opposes federal overreach in Alaska's resource management and supports active state management policies.
Where Becky stands on the questions on which we score all candidates
Rights and equality · Supports: Alaska should not add new state restrictions on gun ownership.
Budget and taxes · Likely supports: Alaska should prioritize larger Permanent Fund Dividend payments.
Budget and taxes · Supports: Alaska should require a constitutional or statutory state spending cap.
Budget and taxes · Opposes: Alaska should increase taxes or fees on fossil-fuel production.
Energy and environment · Likely supports: Alaska should reduce or ban trawling and bycatch to protect fisheries and subsistence resources.
Energy and environment · Likely supports: Alaska should make state permitting more favorable for large natural-resource projects.
Energy and environment · Likely supports: Alaska should support science-based fisheries management that protects sustainable harvests and fishing livelihoods.
Energy and environment · Likely supports: Alaska should increase state investment in energy infrastructure.
Economy and infrastructure · Supports: Alaska should reduce regulatory and permitting burdens on small businesses and employers without weakening core standards.
Education and families · Likely supports: Alaska should allow more state education funding to follow students to private or homeschool options.
Education and families · Likely supports: Alaska should increase state funding for incentives to recruit and keep teachers, especially in rural and remote schools.
Education and families · Supports: Alaska should expand state support for vocational and technical education.
Elections and government · Supports: Alaska should increase state oversight and public transparency for publicly created trust funds and major public programs.
Healthcare · Likely supports: Alaska should expand state support for rural healthcare access, including telehealth, clinics, and regional services.
Healthcare · Likely supports: Alaska should support aging-in-place services so seniors can remain in their homes and communities.
Healthcare · Supports: Alaska should expand state support for emergency medical services.
Tribal and community issues · Supports: Alaska should protect subsistence rights and give greater priority to subsistence users in fish and game management.
In the news
Rep. Rebecca Schwanke: Does Alaska LNG need property tax breaks? (thealaskastory.com, May 31, 2026)
Rebecca Schwanke eyes issues of education, food security, energy (newsminer.com, Oct 29, 2024)