About Rep. McCabe

As voters, we should know who we are voting for – not just their policy positions, but who they are as people.

A Little About Me

My wife Linn and I live in the Big Lake community here in the Valley. I’m retired from the U.S. Coast Guard and I’ve lived in Alaska for most of the past 44 years. I have a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA. I am recently retired from Atlas Air, where I flew Boeing 747s worldwide. Linn and I are blessed with adult children as well as many grandkids. I’m proud to be an American and an Alaskan. Public and community service are very important to me and should be the hallmarks of any good legislator.

Why Me?

Beyond my own personal interest in improving our state’s government and policy-making practices, I decided to run for office because some of my closest neighbors and friends, who are civic and business leaders in the Mat-Su Borough, think I have the energy, grit and wherewithal to steer our state budget back into fiscal restraint, and put limits on our growing government. I am asking for a fourth term to finish the work on the PFD, Port Mac rail, and the budget.

I stand for…

Life at Conception
Returning to a Statutory PFD
The Second Amendment
A Constitutional Spending Cap
Developing AK Resources
Limited Government
Medical Freedom
Election Integrity

Record

In office I have fought for a full statutory PFD, opposed reopening defined-benefit pensions the state cannot pay for, and pushed to finish Port MacKenzie rail and KGB Road access in our district. Two bills I sponsored are now law. HB 123 (2025) made platforms such as Turo collect the vehicle rental tax, cut the rates, and ended back-tax hunts on ordinary hosts. HB 1 (2026) recognizes gold and silver specie as legal tender in Alaska. The industrial hemp reforms I carried in HB 325 became law as part of SB 208. I have also carried park utility easements (HB 220) and campaign-finance transparency (HB 371).

Read more in the articles below, or on my Substack.