...position would make it more partisan. He said he would support statutory changes to separate the positions of attorney general and the governor's legal advisor.

Imagine a room full of 10 women. Now imagine that three or four of those women are victims of sexual assault. It's only then one can begin to understand the magnitude of domestic violence and sexual assault in Alaska, said Saralyn Tabachnick, executive director of Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies, a Juneau-based shelter.