Independent expenditure groups are also helping to boost moderates and progressives and are out fundraising their conservative equivalents
Only 10% of registered voters turned out for the Muldoon primary, which wasstatewide. As a Democrat, Franks is encouraging voters “to rank the blue” after finishing with 21% of the primary vote behind Nelson on 40% and Groh on 38%.
Strategists from across the political spectrum expect that control of the 40-seat Alaska House and the 20-seat Senate will be decided by a handful of races in Anchorage and Fairbanks. There are expected to be a majority of Republicans elected to both legislative chambers but the party has been split with sharp ideological divides on key issues like the Permanent Fund dividend, meaning it could be a challenge to hold the party together.
Democrats are expressing cautious optimism that they can keep a bipartisan majority coalition in the House with moderate Republicans and independents and form one in the Senate. Republicans cautioned not to read too much into the fundraising totals. “I’m very optimistic,” said House Minority Leader Cathy Tilton, a Wasilla Republican, as the GOP strives to form majorities in its own right. She noted the disparity in fundraising, but said the gaps for conservatives were not too concerning.Jim Matherly is living proof of that. He was outspent two-to-one in 2019 when he ran for reelection as the mayor of Fairbanks, but
. He said he is “feeling very confident” as he hopes to repeat that to unseat Democratic Sen. Scott Kawasaki.
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