Commissioners Lanette Blodgett, left, and Anne Helzer, during an Alaska Public Offices Commission hearing on a complaint against Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s reelection campaign and an independent expenditure group supporting Dunleavy. against the Republican Governors Association and an independent expenditure group supporting Republican incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s re-election.
The commission ordered the respondents in the original complaint to meet with commission staff no later Thursday. The respondents include Dunleavy’s campaign, the independent expenditure group supporting Dunleavy, the Republican Governors Association, and Brett Huber, a campaign consultant accused of working simultaneously for the Dunleavy campaign, the independent expenditure group, and the governor’s office. All respondents have denied any wrongdoing.
Dunleavy’s campaign spokesperson Andrew Jensen, one of several campaign staffers who are volunteering for the campaign while also working for the governor’s office, said in a statement that the commission’s ruling “was no surprise given the complete lack of evidence produced on Friday.” Jensen went on to call the complaint “a politically motivated attack dressed up in the guise of public interest.
The new complaint alleges that while the Republican Governors Association claimed to contribute $3 million to A Stronger Alaska in February 2021, that contribution never took place, according to tax filings uncovered by the groups submitting the complaint. The contribution was reported to have taken place days before a new law went into effect in Alaska requiring independent expenditure groups to disclose their donors. That law was passed as part of a citizens initiative authored by Kendall.
conspiracy theories much?
“Watchdog” means Democrat. Dems know they can’t win an election based off of ideals and policy so they must lie, cheat and steal.