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A local advocacy group gathered more than 2,700 signatures for each proposition within the city clerk’s office’s extended deadline. A third to make in-person voting the default again in Juneau’s local elections failed to get enough signatures.

At least one other member of the Alaska Senate’s bipartisan majority is expected to not seek reelection in 2026.

The proposed initiative sought to impose a five-ship daily limit, cap the annual and daily number of cruise ship visitors and shorten the season.

Wilson, who has been active in conservative policy circles, pitches herself as a political outsider.

In a social media post Thursday afternoon, Trump said Begich “is doing an incredible job representing the Great People of Alaska, a State I love, and WON BIG THREE TIMES, in 2016, 2020, and 2024!”

Bishop says he plans listening sessions with voters across the state before campaigning in earnest.