At this point, who isn’t running for governor?
Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson today became the 11th Republican in the race for governor, bringing to the race a uniquely disastrous tenure marked by the inept handling of snowplowing, forcing homeless people to stay in a muddy, bear-filled campground after closing the city’s shelter and sweeping accusations of ethical and moral breaches while in office. Along with the one Democrat in the race, the field now stands at 12.
Bronson capitalized on right-wing panic over COVID-19 precautions in the city, riding a wave of anger and conspiracy theories to office in 2021. While in office, he continued to stoke conservative grievances over the public health precautions, lambasting the local hospital system for its vaccine mandate and whipping up several days of petulant and hate-filled testimony targeted against a proposed masking mandate. That included condoning the wearing of yellow Stars of David to protest the measure, an antisemitic tactic that he would later have to apologize for…