KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska
In just over a month voters will go to the polls to choose a representative from House District 36, Kodiak Island and parts of the Lake and Peninsula Borough. Incumbent Republican Alan Austerman won his party’s nomination in August. Terry Haines, a Kodiak city councilman, was a last-minute replacement on the Democratic ticket after primary winner Andy Schroeder dropped out of the race.
— (House 1 33 sec "Well, there wasn’t a lot … misses out on that conversation.")
Austerman welcomed the competition:
— (House 2 30 sec "Well, I appreciate the … people are getting involved.")
Haines says he realizes petroleum policy is important to the state, given it provides the bulk of the money that the state operates on:
— (House 3 40 sec "But on the other hand, … issues of the district.")
Austerman, who chairs a fiscal policy subcommittee in the House, says the state is facing an uncertain future as less oil is pumped from the ground, and that is his focus:
— (House 4 40 sec "There’s a lot of issues … bills in the long term.")
The state general election is coming up in just over five weeks, on November 2nd.
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