Rep. Dan Ortiz says he’s feeling good going into the election but not 100% confident. He noted that he is a nonpartisan and most voters in the district usually vote for Republicans. Challenger Jeremy Bynum says he’s running to “bring a different voice.”
A Republican Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly member is challenging the four-term incumbent to represent Ketchikan, Wrangell, Metlakatla, Coffman Cove and other communities of southern Southeast Alaska in the state House.August primary
“And so, the fact that I have a Republican opponent is always a threat in terms of making sure that you do everything you can to put yourself in the best possible position, but then in the end, it’s going to be up to voters,” said Ortiz on Monday.
“In Alaska, we have the most coastal area of any other state by far and it’s ripe for mariculture and the products that come from mariculture, and the market’s not going to go away,” Ortiz said. “So I was really excited about that, but I’m proud of the fact that my legislation has always come from my constituents, my constituents’ needs. They bring me the idea and we go with it.
“I’m really involved in my job and I’m also really involved at the assembly level,” Bynum said Monday. “Having a really good fundamental understanding of our local governments will give me an advantage when I’m in Juneau, to understand how decisions that we would make in Juneau directly impact the local communities.”
“Our industries that are in our communities are really struggling because of a lack of personnel and qualified people. And I think that the state needs to really evaluate what their role is in helping solve that problem,” Bynum said.
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