No on 2 coalition reaches 100 Alaskans working to protect campaign transparency
July 21, 2026
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (7/21/2026) — No on 2 – Protect Alaska’s Elections welcomes 30 new coalition members, bringing its coalition to 100 Alaskans working to protect the state’s dark money disclosure laws and open primaries from repeal. These members come from across the state, including prominent business, Tribal, and community leaders.
As Outside interests spend hundreds of thousands to repeal Alaska’s dark money disclosure laws, more Alaskans are joining the campaign to protect voters’ right to know who is spending money to influence our elections.
Ballot Measure 2 would repeal Alaska’s true source disclosure law, ending the transparency requirements that allow voters to see the real source of political spending. Those same disclosure laws revealed that the repeal campaign’s effort is funded primarily by a Pennsylvania billionaire using intermediary organizations to spend in Alaska’s elections.
No on 2’s coalition of Alaska leaders supports Alaskans’ right to know who is spending in our elections:
“Election integrity is critical to community confidence in our leadership. We must understand who is trying to influence elections and ultimately the future of our state,” said Laile Fairbairn, president of Locally Grown Restaurants.
“I don’t want dark money deciding our elections. That’s for Alaskans to do,” said Crystal Worl, artist and designer at Trickster Company.
“More information for voters, less mystery about who’s spending — that’s all this law does. Hard to see the downside for Alaskans,” added Lance Miller, Vice President of Natural Resources at NANA Regional Corporation and past president of the Resource Development Council Board.
“By eliminating hyper-partisan primaries and requiring true source disclosure, lawmakers from every political background are empowered to come together and support public education. It keeps the focus exactly where it belongs: in our communities and our kids,” said Christi Sitz, president of Anchorage Education Association.
No on 2 welcomes the following 30 Alaskans to its existing coalition:
Protect Alaska’s Elections Coalition Members
1. Aaron Leggett, President, Native Village of Eklutna; Southcentral Alaska
2. Arthur “Art” Clark, broker/co-owner of Alaska Real Estate Associates; Anchorage
3. Ayyu Qassataq, Native nonprofit leader, founding director of Gínga & Igniñ Collective, founder of Inuit Rising, and small business owner of Qulliq Munaqtuġuut; Anchorage and Unalakleet
4. Bruce Botelho, former Alaska Attorney General, four-term mayor of Juneau; Juneau
5. Bud Carpeneti, retired Chief Justice, Alaska Supreme Court; Juneau
6. Christi Sitz, President of Anchorage Education Association; Anchorage
7. Cindy Bettine, former Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly Member; Mat-Su Borough
8. Crystal Worl, artist and designer at Trickster Company; Juneau
9. DJ Fauske, Deputy Director, Government and External Affairs for North Slope Borough; Anchorage and Utqiaġvik
10. Elissa Brown, founder and owner of Wild Scoops; Anchorage
11. Heather Flynn, former Anchorage School Board and Assembly member, community activist and volunteer; Anchorage
12. Jack Wilbur, community advocate; Fairbanks North Star Borough
13. Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, Iñupiaq climate and cultural activist; Qikiqtaġruk (Kotzebue)
14. Jim LaBelle, retired Alaska Native Studies instructor, U.S. Navy Veteran, and former Chugach Alaska Corp. board chair; Anchorage
15. Jodi Mitchell, board member of Sealaska Corporation and Alaska Federation of Natives, former CEO of Inside Passage Electric Cooperative; Juneau
16. John Wanamaker, Alaska Venture Partners, LLC; Anchorage
17. John Weddleton, former Anchorage Assembly member and local business owner; Anchorage
18. Joy Huntington, principal consultant and president of Uqaqti Consulting; Fairbanks
19. Kristi Williams, Alaska Native entrepreneur and nonprofit founder; Anchorage and Fairbanks
20. Laile Fairbairn, founder and managing member of Snow City Cafe, Spenard Roadhouse and South Restaurant + Coffeehouse, co-owner of Crush Bistro, president of Locally Grown Restaurants; Anchorage
21. Lance Miller, vice president of natural resources of NANA Regional Corporation and past president of Resource Development Council Board; Anchorage
22. Lia Heifetz, co-founder of Barnacle Foods; Juneau
23. Michael Fredericks, president of SALT; Anchorage
24. Mindy O’Neall, mayor of City of Fairbanks; Fairbanks
25. Paxson Woelber, founder of Ermine Skate; Anchorage
26. Raina Thiele, CEO of R. Thiele Strategies, former Senior Advisor for Alaska Affairs at the Department of the Interior; Anchorage
27. Rob L’uxshakee Allen, interim general manager at Sitka Tribe of Alaska and business consultant; Sitka
28. Rosita Ḵaaháni Worl, Ph.D., anthropologist and tribal advocate; Southeast Alaska
29. Tom Barrett, community volunteer, former President of Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., former Vice Admiral U.S. Coast Guard; Anchorage
30. Val Davidson, former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska; Bethel
See the full coalition here: https://noon2ak.com/coalition/
For more information, visit noon2ak.org or contact info@protectalaskaselections.org
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