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Haze from smoke covers a highway in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Residents in Anchorage woke up Thursday to a smokey haze and the smell of a campfire over the state's largest city. The smoke is from wildfires burning on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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This photo provided by Edgar Pinzon shows Chris Shelden, left, and Matt Hamby during a hike in the Hilltop area above Anchorage, Alaska, during the fall of 2012. Hamby and Shelden, from Anchorage, Alaska, married in Canada and renewed their vows last year when same-sex marriage was briefly allowed in Utah. On Monday, May 12, 2014, they joined four other same-sex couples in suing the state of Alaska in federal court, arguing the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage violates their rights to due process and equal protection under the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Courtesy Chris Shelden)

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Anchorage, Alaska Mayor Dan Sullivan speaks during a forum for Republican candidates for lieutenant governor at the state GOP convention in Juneau, Alaska on Saturday, May 3, 2014. At left is state Sen. Lesil McGuire of Anchorage. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Michelle Appel, owner of Fun For Alaska, watches as her pre-school children and others play in a Castle combo bounce house in her backyard on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth) LOCAL TV OUT (KTUU-TV, KTVA-TV) LOCAL PRINT OUT (THE ANCHORAGE PRESS, THE ALASKA DISPATCH) )

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Ash Appel, 2, plays in a Castle combo bounce house in the backyard on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska. His parents are owners of Fun For Alaska a small Anchorage inflatable games company. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth) LOCAL TV OUT (KTUU-TV, KTVA-TV) LOCAL PRINT OUT (THE ANCHORAGE PRESS, THE ALASKA DISPATCH) )

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Byron Mallott, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Alaska governor, speaks to Anchorage middle school students before a candidates forum at the Loussac Library on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska. Middle school students posed questions to gubernatorial and U.S. Senate hopefuls in the forum sponsored by AARP Alaska. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

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Independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker greets Anchorage middle school students before a candidates forum at the Loussac Library on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska. Middle school students posed questions to gubernatorial and U.S. Senate hopefuls in the forum sponsored by AARP Alaska. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

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Gov. Sean Parnell speaks with Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, following adjournment on Friday, April 25, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Rep. Craig, R-Anchorage, second from right, speaks with reporters after the House adjourned from the extended legislative session on Friday, April 25, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. Also shown are, from left, Rep. Bill Stoltze, R-Chugiak, House Majority Leader Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, and Rep. Peggy Wilson, R-Wrangell. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Senate Minority Leader Hollis French, D-Anchorage, right, addresses reporters during the House and Senate minority post-adjournment news conference on Friday, April 25, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. House Minority Leader Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, stands at left. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, confers with House Majority Leader Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, on Friday, April 25, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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From left, Sens. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, and Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, who are serving on the education conference committee, huddle during a break in an afternoon meeting, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)