Carolyn “Care” Clift came to Alaska in 1979 to teach 5th-6th grade in a village on the Kuskokwim River. She raised three children and held a variety of education, social services, and healthcare jobs including Aniak Daycare Center Director and Reading Director/Teacher. Those jobs involved budgets, accounting, and grant-writing.

In the mid-90s, Care moved to Anchorage to complete her Special Education certification and was immediately hired by the Anchorage School District to teach Preschool and then K-6th Grade Special Education for the next 14 years.

After retiring in 2010, she began part-time teaching at the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School and concurrently became very active in the Alaska Libertarian Party (ALP). She retired again in 2013 and ran for Governor in 2014 for the Libertarian Party. In 2018 the ALP Board asked her to run for Lt. Governor on a nominating petition because no one had signed up.

Care is a part-time water fitness instructor and has been active as a volunteer as the State Director for the Our America Initiative and on the Platform Committee for the National Libertarian Party. She served on the core committee for FairVote Anchorage, a group that advocated for Ranked Choice Voting in the municipal elections. She often takes care of her grandchildren. She is a “card-carrying” member of the National Libertarian Party, but had changed her voter registration to Undeclared so that she could represent all voters from all partisan affiliations. After the 2020 election, Care , once again, registered as a Libertarian to support ballot access for the Libertarian Party of Alaska.

Pandemic Update: I went door-to-door, in my neighborhoods, collecting signatures on the nominating petition that was necessary to get independent and third-party candidates on the ballot. I wore a mask, respected privacy, and used new/sterilized pens. The petition was turned in the first week of August, and I was fully certified for the General Election Ballot. Unfortunately, most District N voters chose one of the major party candidates in the 2020 General Election. My husband and I usually walk in the Baxter Bog neighborhood, between Baxter Road and the Bog. Say. “Hello, Care,” if you see us! I always keep a mask handy, to wear, and we are both FULLY VACCINATED.

I plan to support my favorite Libertarian and independent candidates in 2022. Please contact me if you would like information on registering Libertarian. With Ranked Choice Voting, all voters can vote in the Primary, regardless of their party (or lack of party) registration.