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.