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 who was the Alaska attorney general from 2021 to 2025. 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]