Click Bishop is a former Alaska State Senator from Fairbanks who served 12 years in the state Senate (2013–2025), spending his entire tenure on the powerful Finance Committee and co-chairing it in 2021-2022. He is a moderate Republican who often caucused with bipartisan coalitions. Bishop previously served as Alaska's Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development under Governors Sarah Palin and Sean Parnell. He is a professional engineer and gold mine owner. At 68, Bishop is running as a consensus-builder and Alaskan-first candidate.
Bishop is from Fairbanks. He owns a small gold mine in Interior Alaska. He spent 12 years in the Alaska State Senate representing a large Interior district. He has emphasized working across party lines and building consensus.