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Dave Bronson

Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026)

Dave Bronson is a former Mayor of Anchorage who served from 2021 to 2024 and briefly managed Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in 2025. He is one of four candidates for Governor of Alaska on the November 3, 2026 ranked-choice ballot after finishing fourth in the August 18, 2026 open primary.

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Running for: Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026)
Running in: Alaska
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
Record includes: Source-linked checks, statements, and coverage
Prior office: Mayor of Anchorage, 2021 to 2024
Later post: Manager, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, January to September 2025
Primary result: Fourth of 17, 8.40 percent (preliminary, Aug. 18, 2026)

Background

Biography

Dave Bronson is an Air Force veteran and pilot and the founder of the Alaska Family Council. He was elected Mayor of Anchorage in 2021, months after the incumbent mayor resigned, and served one term, from 2021 to 2024. During his term he often clashed with the Anchorage Assembly over COVID-19 policy and homelessness, and his administration faced wrongful termination lawsuits and staff turnover. He sought reelection in 2024 and lost to Suzanne LaFrance. In January 2025 Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed him to manage Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, and he resigned in September 2025. On October 2, 2025 he announced his candidacy for governor as a Republican at a press conference in Fairbanks. In the August 18, 2026 open primary he finished fourth among 17 candidates with 11,041 votes, or 8.40 percent, in preliminary results. He said he would stay in the race despite calls from fellow Republicans to consolidate, and he appears on the November 3, 2026 ranked-choice ballot with Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, Bernadette Wilson and Treg Taylor.

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Candidate · Alaska · Republican

Dave Bronson

Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026)

Public record

Office and sources

Running for: Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026)
Running in: Alaska
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
Record includes: Source-linked checks, statements, and coverage
Prior office: Mayor of Anchorage, 2021 to 2024
Later post: Manager, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, January to September 2025
Primary result: Fourth of 17, 8.40 percent (preliminary, Aug. 18, 2026)

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Candidate for Governor of Alaska (2026) is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

The Baseline desk

Published claim checks

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Biography

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Published claim checks

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Biography

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Published claim checks

Also from Alaska