Super PACs Pour $3.3 Million Into Alaska Senate Primary to Boost Long Shots
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 19
Super PACs Pour $3.3 Million Into Alaska Senate Primary to Boost Long Shots
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 19
Summary
$3.3 million in recent super PAC spending has flooded Alaska’s Senate primary, with groups backing little-known candidates and attacking front-runners to try to shape which four contenders reach the general election.
$2.2 million from Right for Alaska has targeted Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan while boosting Alaskan Party candidate Earl Southworth and Republican Jerry Heikes, both seen as potential vote-splitters.
Another $800,000 from Fair Deal Alaska has attacked leading Democrat Mary Peltola while promoting Green candidate Richard Grayson and Democrat Carol Hafner; a separate $300,000 backed Democrat David Leslie.
Alaska’s top-four primary and ranked-choice general election make such cross-party meddling especially potent, because the mix of finalists could influence a close Sullivan-Peltola race and potentially Senate control.