Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution
The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.
Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)
Legislative Scorecard
Based on the U.S. Constitution
AK Scorecard 2021-2022
The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.
Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Alaska State Legislature in 2021 and 2022 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.
House of Representatives
1. Right to Keep and Bear Arms
2. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
SJR15 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (passed 37 to 2 on 3/16/2022). Recognizes the "importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement" in providing the "framework for much of [the] bilateral trade" between the "integrated economies" of Canada and Alaska, as well as "important updates to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)."
3. Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
4. Excluding Abortion-Inducing Drugs from Telehealth
5. Cutting State Spending
HA57 (HB69) Cutting State Spending (failed 12 to 27 on 5/10/2021). Would amend HB69, Alaska’s 2021-22 budget bill, by directing state agencies to identify means of reducing per capita state spending to not more than twice the national average by the end of FY 2023.
6. Limiting the Governor's Emergency Powers
HA4 (HB76) Limiting the Governor's Emergency Powers (failed 17 to 21 on 3/25/2021). Would amend HB76, which extends the COVID-19 public health disaster emergency, to include the provision that the Governor may not declare a disaster emergency unless authorized by a majority vote of the Legislature.
Name | Party | District | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Benjamin Carpenter | R | HD-029 | 50% | - | - | + | . | + | . |
Mike Cronk | R | HD-006 | 50% | - | - | + | + | - | + |
Harriet Drummond | D | HD-018 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Eastman | R | HD-010 | 100% | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Bryce Edgmon | I | HD-037 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
William Fields | D | HD-020 | 0% | - | - | . | - | - | - |
Neal Foster | D | HD-039 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Gillham | R | HD-030 | 67% | - | - | + | + | + | + |
Sara Hannan | D | HD-033 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Grier Hopkins | D | HD-004 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
DeLena Johnson | R | HD-011 | 67% | - | - | + | + | + | + |
Andrew Josephson | D | HD-017 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins | D | HD-035 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Christopher Kurka | R | HD-007 | 100% | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Barton LeBon | R | HD-001 | 33% | - | - | - | + | - | + |
Kevin McCabe | R | HD-008 | 67% | - | - | + | + | + | + |
Ken McCarty | R | HD-013 | 20% | - | - | . | - | - | + |
Thomas McKay | R | HD-024 | 67% | - | - | + | + | + | + |
David Nelson | R | HD-015 | 50% | - | - | . | . | + | + |
Daniel Ortiz | I | HD-036 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Josiah Patkotak | I | HD-040 | 0% | - | - | - | . | . | - |
Mike Prax | R | HD-003 | 50% | - | - | + | - | + | + |
Sara Rasmussen | R | HD-022 | 33% | - | - | + | + | - | - |
George Rauscher | R | HD-009 | 50% | - | - | + | + | - | + |
Calvin Schrage | I | HD-025 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Laddie Shaw | R | HD-026 | 50% | - | . | . | + | - | + |
Liz Snyder | D | HD-027 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ivy Spohnholz | D | HD-016 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Andrea Story | D | HD-034 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Louise Stutes | R | HD-032 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Geran Tarr | D | HD-019 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Steve Thompson | R | HD-002 | 17% | - | - | - | - | - | + |
Cathy Tilton | R | HD-012 | 67% | - | - | + | + | + | + |
Chris Tuck | D | HD-023 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sarah Vance | R | HD-031 | 67% | - | - | + | + | + | + |
Adam Wool | D | HD-005 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tiffany Zulkosky | D | HD-038 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Average Constitutional Score by Party
Party | Score |
---|---|
Republican | 52.9% |
Democrat | 0% |
Independent | 0% |