Treg Taylor | |
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33rd Attorney General of Alaska | |
In office January 30, 2021 –August 29, 2025 Acting: January 30, 2021 – May 11, 2021 | |
Governor | Mike Dunleavy |
Preceded by | Ed Sniffen (acting) |
Succeeded by | Stephen J. Cox (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Tregarrick Taylor |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Jodi |
Children | 6 |
Education | Brigham Young University (BA,JD) |
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Tregarrick R. "Treg" Taylor is an American lawyer serving since 2021 as the Alaska attorney general. He succeeded Ed Sniffen,who resigned after being appointed to the position two weeks before. [1] [2]
Taylor briefly attended the United States Air Force Academy.[ citation needed ] He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and from BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School in 2004 with a Juris Doctor. [3]
In 2016,Taylor was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Anchorage Municipal Assembly. [4] Taylor has served as the deputy attorney general of Alaska for the civil division. [5] Taylor assumed office as Alaska attorney general in an acting capacity January 30,2021. He was confirmed to the position by the Alaska Legislature on May 11,2021. [6]
Taylor supported the Pebble Mine proposal and expressed opposition to the federal government's decision to block the project. [7]
He has threatened legal action against Walgreens over the potential distribution of abortion pills in Alaska,even though abortion and the relevant medications remain legal in Alaska. [8]
Taylor and his wife,Jodi,have six children and live in Anchorage. [9]