Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor filed to join the 2026 race for governor on Wednesday. Taylor is the 10th Republican to enter the race to replace his former boss, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is term-limited.

Taylor was Dunleavy’s attorney general for more than four years and, in an interview, he said he could hit the ground running.

“I know what the issues are that we face,” he said. “We definitely need to get the economy moving again. We need to create good-paying jobs. We need affordable, reliable sources of energy and to get the cost of living down, and we need to get Juneau working again and not be politics as usual.”

Taylor touted his work challenging the Biden administration, especially on resource development, and his collaboration with the Trump administration. He said he

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