Bill Walker will Run for Alaska Governor as an Independent in 2014

On August 1, Bill Walker announced that he will be an independent candidate for Governor of Alaska in 2014. He is a former Mayor of Valdez, a registered Republican, and an Anchorage attorney who specializes in oil and natural gas law. He has been a leader of the effort to place a referendum on the ballot, to ask the voters if they wish to repeal a tax cut for oil producers that the legislature passed this year. See Walker’s opinion piece here explaining why he supports repealing the measure.


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