Candidates in Alaska's U.S. House, U.S. Senate and governor’s races are urging voters to head to the polls, in what could become the deciding days of their monthslong campaigns for office.
Gara and his running mate, former teacher Jessica Cook, made an appearance at the Anchorage School Board meeting a week before the election. Walker and his running mate, former Department of Labor Commissioner Heidi Drygas, attended a meeting at Birchwood ABC Elementary in Chugiak on Thursday to hear about possible school closures.
Gara, Walker, Cook and Drygas all reflected on the extensive travels through the state in the months leading up to Election Day.“It’s like having dessert for every meal,” Walker said, listing Kodiak’s Crab Fest, Golden Days in Fairbanks, Founders Day in Metlakatla and Nalukataq in Utqiaġvik as highlights of the campaign that has been his primary occupation since jumping into the race last year.
Dunleavy, to the extent he has been campaigning, has spent much of his time pointing to what he sees as problems in Walker’s record. His criticism has centered on Walker’s decision topart of the Permanent Fund dividend in 2016 to resolve a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, launching a yearslong unresolved debate about how the state will calculate the annual dividend amount while still covering constitutionally required state services.
. Then, most of the money in the race had gone to independent expenditure groups, which this year have played second fiddle to the candidates’ direct spending.— including ranked choice voting backers, oil executives and family members — to fund their campaigns, all but drowning out the small-dollar donors. Gara said the daily task of calling supporters for money is the part of the campaign he will not miss.
“We were planting the seeds and laying the groundwork for these few days here, and it’s all played out exactly the way we planned,” Tshibaka said. Her campaign message has remained a consistent barrage of attacks on Murkowski’s record. Chesbro, a retired educator, has struggled to gain traction amid a cash-strapped campaign that has paled in comparison to the expensive Republican-vs.-Republican race. With a week to go, Chesbro said she was in the “wait-and-see zone” and lamented the fortunes spent by her opponents.
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