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Veteran Alaska newspaper columnist and author Dermot Cole offers news and commentary about Alaska politics.
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Reporting From Alaska- Dan Sullivan gives Mary Peltola a free viral moment; six seconds that will haunt his campaign
8+ hour, 53+ min ago (345+ words) The moral of the story for Sen. Dan Sullivan is to pay attention. Choose respect even. Sullivan wasn’t paying attention. He had his head down shuffling papers and he didn’t listen to the question at the Kodiak debate. Flummoxed, he…...
Reporting From Alaska- Tammie Wilson, Brett Rotermund claim they want to 'Save the State' with their team
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1130+ words) Josh Leaders, who is running for the borough assembly against incumbent Scott Crass, posted a video on social media in July in which he said he decided to run because of an incident that he said he witnessed five months…...
Reporting From Alaska- Sullivan failed to mention Trump in his government-funded ad blitz
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (259+ words) A four-page campaign ad from Sen. Dan Sullivan, paid for with government dollars, has landed in the mailboxes of every “residential customer” in Alaska. Sullivan should have paid for this document with his own money, not with tax dollars. He…...
Reporting From Alaska- Trump group pledges to spend $7.7 million on Alaska campaigns
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (378+ words) “President Trump is finally beginning to tap significantly into his super PAC’s $400 million war chest to help Republicans in the midterms,” the New York Times reports. The No Going Back PAC has “reserved” $7.7 million to spend in Alaska, the Times…...
Reporting From Alaska- Sullivan misuses Senate letterhead for unsolicited campaign emails
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (554+ words) It is improper to use the Senate letterhead for partisan correspondence and for "any campaign or campaign-related correspondence," according to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics. But Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is running for a third six-year term and must…...
Reporting From Alaska- Contrary to Sullivan's claims, he's not 'lowering costs"
1+ week, 4+ day ago (556+ words) Sen. Dan Sullivan, left, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright leave what Sullivan claimed was a “town hall” meeting at the Alaska Energy Authority, a meeting that was not open to the public. They both claimed to be lowering prices for…...
Reporting From Alaska- Tom Begich ends campaign, endorses JKT for governor
2+ week, 2+ day ago (416+ words) Democrat Tom Begich ended his campaign for governor Friday and endorsed the Democratic leader Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who shares many of the same political positions on topics ranging from education to state finances. The decision to unify behind JKT increases the…...
Reporting From Alaska- Sullivan tries to distract from Peltola's primary victory
3+ week, 3+ day ago (324+ words) The Mensa members in Sen. Dan Sullivan’s campaign coterie think that the people who voted for Petersburg Dan Sullivan are so stupid that they voted for the wrong Sullivan by mistake. Were it not for all those dumbbells who couldn’t…...