Joy Huntington
115:55 - 116:37
“we're really glad to, you know, several candidates here have mentioned that they did not, you know, chose not to accept money from from the trawling industry.”
- Speaker
- Joy Huntington
- Timestamp
- 115:55 – 116:37
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 13, 2026
From the transcript
And we have seen more, more minorities and more women running for office and getting elected through open primaries and ranked choice voting, as is the track record in other cities that have adopted this as well. And we're really glad to, you know, several candidates here have mentioned that they did not, you know, chose not to accept money from from the trawling industry. And that was a decision that you made. But that's very known because of the campaign finance transparency that we can really dig into where are these funds coming from. And, you know, as you mentioned, it's important to know who is contributing, especially when it comes to, you know, And also, we understand it costs a lot of money to run campaigns, and we've seen that as well.
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