I'm with you on Rep Stutes. There is also a Tea Party element to Fields and religious fumblementalism as well. This is directly from a Kodiak friend who grew up there and whose word I accept as good enough to repost in public with my own name on it.
And best of luck to Paul Seaton, I've known him for over 20 years and would that we had his qualities of representation in more abundance in Alaskan government.
The last thing we need are more Grover Norquist-pledged bible-thumping crackpots.
They've shown in spades what they can and cannot do over the past ten years. Just look at the ruins of Alaska for the evidence.