Alaska Lawmaker Refers Former Attorney General and Lt. Gov. Candidate for Criminal Prosecution

Alaska State Representative Andrew Gray (D-Anchorage) formally submitted a request on September 3, 2026, urging acting Attorney General Cori Mills to initiate criminal prosecution against former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor and his wife, Republican lieutenant governor candidate Jodi Taylor. The referral, delivered via official correspondence from Gray in his capacity as a member of legislative oversight panels, alleges willful non-compliance with statutory state financial disclosure mandates.

According to documentation submitted alongside the referral, the allegations center on mandatory public financial disclosure statements required by the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC). Under Alaska election statutes, candidates seeking constitutional statewide office—as well as executive cabinet officers—must submit exhaustive disclosures detailing personal assets, corporate affiliations, outside income streams, and commercial liabilities. Gray alleged that despite formal warning letters and escalating administrative fines from APOC regulators, the Taylors failed to submit verified filings covering multiple reporting cycles.

The controversy follows turbulent restructuring within Alaska's 2026 statewide Republican ticket. Treg Taylor, who previously served as the state’s chief legal officer under Governor Mike Dunleavy, was earlier disqualified from ballot contention, leading to campaign adjustments wherein his spouse, educational advocate Jodi Taylor, filed candidacy for the office of lieutenant governor. Gray argued that as the former chief law enforcement officer of the state, Treg Taylor possessed full operational awareness of statutory transparency deadlines.

Representatives for the Taylor campaign pushed back strongly against the referral, describing Gray's public correspondence as a partisan stunt orchestrated to influence voters in the final weeks preceding the general election. Campaign advisors maintained that all outstanding APOC technical documentation had been substantially addressed or was undergoing standard regulatory reconciliation, denying any deliberate evasion of public reporting requirements.

The Department of Law acknowledged receipt of Representative Gray’s transmittal but declined to comment on whether the Special Prosecutions Bureau or an independent special counsel would review the allegations. APOC commissioners reiterated that the regulatory agency prioritizes compliance transparency, noting that candidate financial disclosures ensure voters possess essential context regarding potential conflicts of interest before casting ballots.