Tomaszewskis' sleight of hand in T&T legislative races

Frank and Harmony Tomaszewski, trying to capitalize on a deal they cut with Sen. Robb Myers and hid from the voters, want to be the first married couple elected to the Alaska Legislature, branding themselves T&T.

T&T claim they would have “twice the dedication” and “twice the commitment,” with Frank in the Senate and Harmony in the House.

They would also have twice the $84,000 legislative salary, plus per diem payments of about $40,000 each, along with maybe $10,000 each for travel and relocation. Harmony would get $12,000 for office expenses, while Frank would get up to $20,000.

All told, T&T could collect nearly $300,000 or more. Frank received a total of about $145,000 in 2025.

There are two other candidates in the District 34 race. One is conservative John Anderson. The other is independent Joy Beth Cottle, a local firefighter who is an excellent candidate. I am supporting her.

Frank and Harmony have not explained why they think their household deserves two seats in the Legislature or what justification they had for concealing their plan until the last day. On Frank’s website, the first thing he lists about his beliefs is “Serving our community with honor and integrity.”

For his part in the scam, Myers made an unbelievable claim—that he was somehow ethically obligated to keep his mouth shut because two unnamed GOP gubernatorial candidates had talked to him about running for lieutenant governor, but declined to pick him.

Myers said his idea of the lieutenant governor’s job offer that never came is that he could live in Fairbanks and work in Fairbanks almost all the time, traveling to Juneau at times.

“I needed to stay quiet,” Myers claimed to Alaska’s News Source.

He didn’t need to stay quiet. He decided to stay quiet. He decided to let his constituents think he was running for re-election in Senate District Q. His goal was to try to give the seat to Frank Tomaszewski.

Myers has been deliberately fuzzy about timing and about how many weeks or months ago he and Frank concocted their scheme.

Jeff Landfield of the Alaska Landmine said he texted Frank on May 20 and asked if he planned to run for the Senate seat held by Myers.

Frank feigned ignorance and joked, “Did he get hit by a truck?”

Landfield said he replied to Frank, “Ok man. Easier to be honest.”

Landfield also said that Myers asked him not to mention anything about rumors that Myers planned to drop out.

Frank had led his constituents and campaign contributors to believe since last November that he was running for reelection in District 34, which is to the north and northeast of Fairbanks.

There is a second candidate for Senate Seat Q, Democrat William Hunt, who had been running for the U.S. Senate.

Frank and Harmony have posted a link on Facebook to a story from Minnesota about two married couples serving in the state Legislature there, apparently thinking that is the example they are following.

“Excited to share this video of two married couples serving together in Minneapolis politics. Great reminder that strong partnerships can make a real difference in public service,” Harmony said.

“Making history,” Harmony said of the T&T plan.

Two of the husband-and-wife legislators in Minnesota were already in the Legislature and already representing different districts when they married. They live in different districts.

One of the other couples included a spouse who ran in a special election to replace a senator arrested in 2025 on charges of sexual misconduct involving a minor.

Neither of those instances are comparable to the case in District 34 and Senate Seat Q outside of Fairbanks, where Myers is trying to install Frank in the Senate and Frank is trying to install his wife in the House.

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