After the Alaska Legislature’s 2023 legislative session mercifully came to an end, sparing us yet another year of wondering about a budget and government shutdown, we’re here to ask the serious questions: Who were the good legislators, who were the bad ones and who was utterly forgettable?
That’s where you, Dear Reader, come into play!
In the return of The Midnight Sun’s The Good, The Bad and, wait, Who? legislator rankings, we’re asking you to rank legislators on their intelligence, ethics and effectiveness. What do those categories mean? It’s up to you to decide and rank accordingly!
Remember: One is the worst and five is the best!
And don’t recognize the name? Skip that nerd! We’ll consider that when putting together the list of the Who-iest of the legislators.
As always, your participation and responses are entirely confidential (which means we’ve just got the honor system for any ballot stuffers out there).
Thanks for your help! We’ll keep the survey open through at least June 5!
Matt Acuña Buxton is a long-time political reporter who has written for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and The Midnight Sun political blog. He also authors the daily politics newsletter, The Alaska Memo, and can frequently be found live-tweeting public meetings on Twitter.