Al Gross, running for Congress as a pretend independent, has been trying to stay away from the toxic aspects of his past alliance with the Alaska Democratic Party, which may have contributed to his more than 12.7 percent loss to Sen. Dan Sullivan in 2020. During this campaign for Congress, he’s been walking the line between the two major parties.
But after being excoriated by the Alaska Democratic Party on Monday, he has now flip-flopped. He will, he says, caucus with the Democrats if he is elected to Congress. Gross is running, along with 47 other Alaskans, to replace Congressman Don Young, who died on March 18.
Gross told the Anchorage Daily News of his change of heart in an email explaining his decision … or indecision, as it were.
The Democratic Party on Monday had called him a “proven loser” in an attempt to knock him out of the top four vote getters in the special election primary. They specifically told their voters not to cast a ballot for Gross.
Recent polling by pollster Ivan Moore shows that if Gross is bumped out of the final four who will appear on the Aug. 16 ballot, Chris Constant, a favorite of the Democrats, will have a better chance of getting into the finals.
According to that Alaska Survey Research poll, Gross has a well-known name, but is not particularly well liked. Poll respondents rated him 35%-positive, 46%-negative, 14%-no opinion, and 5%-never heard of him. He’s underwater with no room to grow voters.
As for Chris Constant, who would hope for that Number Four spot on the ballot, poll respondents rated him 21%-positive, 21%-negative, 15%-no opinion, and 44%-never heard of him. With 59 percent having no opinion or clueless about Constant, he would need a lot of money to get his name in front of voters and to sanitize his reputation.
The special election is underway, with ballots due June 11 in what is an all-mail-in special primary for the person who will finish out Congressman Young’s term through mid-January. Polling from Alaska Survey Research and Must Read Alaska show that Sarah Palin and Nick Begich are the frontrunners.
The general election for Congress is a separate race and those choosing to be on that ballot have until June 1 to do so. Congressional seats are in play every two years.
Get rid of the party of Dangerous folks
Typical behavior of opioid addicts. Always shopping around.
Kemosabee: In addition to ‘shopping around’, Opioid addicts are always willing to ‘do anything’ or ‘be anybody’ to get that next bump….
Someone please tell Al Gross that he can be Cinderella or PeeWee Herman, but he can’t be elected here in Alaska.
After having his feelings hurt by the commy left for him not being far enough left, his poor feelings have been hurt and after being beat up by the bullies, he now will kiss their behind, as a full blown wimp.
This is just another GROSS example of how they/he plays.
Gross, Al will caucus with the dems?
What a surprise! /sarc
My call for the Special Election, is to have 4 Republicans headed to the Special Election General. The Democrats are too fractionation. I don’t see Gross attracting Democrats because he chose to register as a Nonpartisan. While he may see the “democrat” label of as toxic to his chances, he can’t expect to attract many votes from the liberal party.
For the Democrat Party to be on the attack isn’t unexpected, it’s what they do. And the media would sweep all the internecine blood and guts under the rug. What they haven’t taken into account, of course, is the presence of MRAK, and the spotlight of MRAK revealing chaos in the liberal ranks.
To which you should really donate!
Chris Constant had better hope the 44% who’ve never heard of him stay that way. The last thing he wants is for voters to find out who he is.
Al Gross would caucus with Mr Clean and the Kool Aid man if it would get him elected
“all-mail-in”: a calamity, destined to be manipulated by those addicted to power.
Typical democrat behavior, whore yourself out to who ever will pay attention.
Sadly Frank, its not atypical of Republicans either.
He is a gross person….
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