With incumbent Mary Peltola in D.C., three of the four candidates running to represent Alaska in the U.S. House said they oppose a recent federal infrastructure law and are concerned about the amount of federal spending in Alaska. Via AlaskaBeacon
Traditionally, Alaska’s federal incumbents have boasted about the projects they were able to fund. Before the start of a U.S. House candidate forum on Thursday in Fairbanks, Sen. Dan Sullivan praised the infrastructure law, saying in a prerecorded message that it is “a good news story for the state” and will fund roads, highways and bridges, as well as internet infrastructure.
“There’s a lot of crony capitalism involved in the type of funding that was handed out, the money printed out of thin air from the feds,” Palin said. That election determined who would fill the remainder of the term left unfinished by the death of Congressman Don Young earlier this year. The winner of the Nov. 8 general election will serve a two-year term in Congress beginning on Jan. 3, 2023. YoungPeltola, in Washington, D.C., was mostly absent from Thursday’s forum but participated briefly by cellphone video.
Palin declined to say who she would rank second but urged her supporters to “rank the red,” a slogan employed by the Alaska Republican Party to encourage Republicans to rank Palin and Begich as their first and second choices. Palin said Thursday that though she opposes earmarks, she supports “pass-through grants” that allow state governments and governors to determine what is funded.
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