With so many prominent Alaska Republicans running for governor this year, many conservative voters are undecided about who would best fight to protect the unborn, defend parental rights, check activist judges, champion school choice, uphold the rights of citizen Grand Juries and boldly promote traditional family values and personal liberties.

This coming Thursday, May 21, a number of the most viable GOP contenders will square off in a unique public forum that aims to help voters distinguish between the many candidates who claim to be champions of conservative causes.

Hosted by Alaska Family Action, the forum will be moderated by Alaska Watchman editor-in-chief, Joel Davidson. The forum, which includes breakfast for attendees, will kick off shortly after 8 a.m. at The Petroleum Club in Anchorage.

Alaska Family Action President Jim Minnery said his goal is to create a forum that breaks the mold by allowing candidates to question each other, make clear distinctions between themselves and take specific stands on hot-button and challenging issues.

“The last thing we need is another rally, applause-line theatre or drawn out articulation of identical positions,” Minnery noted. “Because we’re only inviting conservative candidates who are legitimate contenders, our audience can assume broad agreement.”

By the end of the morning forum, however, Minnery hopes attendees will have a much better understanding of which candidates have the courage, priorities and governing philosophies to actually advance conservative policy, even with a State Legislature that is controlled by Democrats.

“Our intent, and we’re not saying it’s going to be easy, is for this forum to be a moment for you to see where the candidates stand on tradeoffs and implementation rather than ideology alone,” Minnery noted.

— The cost to attend the event is $35 per person. To register, click here.

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