Why We Are Supporting Sydney Scout

As the 2026 Assembly election comes to a close, Zack and I want to share our perspective on the North Anchorage race.

We are supporting Sydney Scout for the District 1 seat.

Photos courtesy of Christopher Constant and Zack Fields

Both Sydney Scout and her main opponent Justin Milette are good people. Both grew up here. This, however, is not a race about who is likable. It is a race about judgment, values, and who is the right match for the majority of voters in our district.

Neither candidate has an Assembly record. That means voters have to look at something else. How they built their campaigns, who supports them, and who they chose to work with.

Because how you do anything is usually how you do everything.

There has been a narrative that Sydney was somehow a “chosen candidate.” That is simply not true. She came to us and asked for support, just as others did. Then she did what matters most.

She showed up.

Sydney attended all 11 community councils across North Anchorage. She listened to neighbors and took the time to understand the district before asking for its support. She built her campaign through engagement, not assumption.

She also brings relevant experience for this moment. Sydney holds a Master of Public Policy and has worked in energy policy and civic engagement. At a time when Anchorage faces real challenges around affordability, housing, public safety, and basic services, her background aligns closely with the work ahead.

Justin has had success in business and has served as a firefighter, which is honorable. But campaigns are choices, and those choices matter.

In this race, Anchorage’s professional firefighters chose to endorse Sydney. That is telling.

Justin presents himself as a middle-of-the-road, nonpartisan candidate. That is easy to say. Voters should look at the full picture before they accept that description.

He has been endorsed by individuals known for strongly partisan positions, including figures associated with Save Anchorage and others such as Sami Graham, Judy Eledge, Alexander Rosales, Kelly Tshibaka, and Suzanne Downing. These are not middle of the road nonpartisans.

To be fair, candidates do not control every endorsement.

But they do control how they build their campaigns—and how they spend their money.

Campaign spending tells the same story as endorsements.

Justin has chosen to spend campaign resources with a Republican political consulting firm that is deeply involved in multiple partisan campaigns this cycle. The principal operator, Joel Borgquist, was cited by APOC for campaign finance violations related to an independent expenditure effort supporting Dave Bronson in Anchorage’s last mayoral runoff.

It is also worth noting that Justin has also campaigned door to door with individuals whose values are not aligned with those of North Anchorage voters. He was spotted this weekend canvassing South Addition with Jared Goecker, conservative Eagle River Assembly member. Jared is another nice person whose values don’t align with a majority of voters in the district. Judge for yourself.

It is also worth noting that Justin attended the 2025 Trump inauguration with the Anchorage Young Republicans. That is his right. But it is a relevant data point for voters evaluating how he positions himself politically.

At some point, endorsements, consultants, and campaign spending stop being coincidences and start being a pattern.

When a candidate presents themselves as nonpartisan, but consistently aligns with the extreme wing of one side of the political spectrum, it is reasonable to ask whether that label reflects reality.The contrast is not abstract. It is a preview of leadership.

Sydney made a different set of choices.

She showed up early.
She did the work.
She earned support from working people.
She built a campaign rooted in neighborhood engagement.

North Anchorage deserves representation grounded in listening, alignment with community values, and sound judgment.

That is why we are supporting Sydney Scout.

We hope you will too.

Your neighbors,
Christopher Constant and Zack Fields