ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Monday that Nancy Dahlstrom will be his running mate as he seeks reelection this year.
Dahlstrom, a former state legislator who has led the state Department of Corrections under Dunleavy, submitted her resignation as Corrections commissioner on Sunday, according to a statement from Dunleavy’s office. The statement was issued minutes before Dunleavy’s campaign announced Dahlstrom as his running mate.
The campaign announcement came just over a week before the June 1 filing deadline for the August primary. Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run as a team under a new elections process approved by voters in 2020. Under that system, the four teams that win the most votes in the primary will advance to the November general election, in which ranked choice voting will be used.
Dunleavy, in a statement, said Dahlstrom is “well-qualified, experienced, knowledgeable, and has the temperament to do the job of Lieutenant Governor well.”
Alaska’s current lieutenant governor, Republican Kevin Meyer, previously said he would not seek reelection.
