The pro-Peltola Super PAC “Vote Alaska Before Party,” reports it is spending money to attack the candidate most likely to be the biggest threat to Peltola’s reelection this election cycle: Mark Begich.
Wait, what?
Mark Begich is actually a well-known Democrat who is not running for office, but who has indeed been in politics a long, long time, as the mayor of Anchorage and with one term in the U.S. Senate. He supports Peltola.
It was a “1D10T error,” which in computer parlance means a human error. The super PAC meant to report that it is attacking “Nick Begich,” who is the leading Republican running against Peltola.
It’s a mistake many have made, confusing the old-guard Democrat Mark with Republican Nick Begich, who is Mark’s nephew and as different from Mark as they come. Nick comes from the more freedom-loving side of the family and he has been a Republican since he was in high school, when he was a member of his high school Republican club.
Families are like that. Even Donald Trump has a liberal niece, Mary Trump, who opposes the former president.
Vote Alaska Before Party is spending $5,900 to oppose Nick Begich and equal amounts to oppose Gerald Heikes and Nancy Dahlstrom.
Maybe politicos outside Alaska may not know one Begich from another, but it’s an embarrassing mistake for the group’s treasurer, Alaska liberal political operative Jim Lottsfeldt, to make. He’s been around Alaska politics as a consultant to Democrats up and down the ballot and Sen. Lisa Murkowski for over three decades, and would consider someone like Mark Begich to be one of his closest allies.
In 2022, the super PAC Vote Alaska Before Party received more than $1.7 million from the House Democrats’s political action committee, and received other contributions from groups like Sealaska Corporation and IBEW. All of it went to support Peltola.
This year, its receipts are drastically reduced, although the super PAC’s fortunes could change after the Aug. 20 primary.
Mark would be a threat to Mary’s re election.
‘Even Donald Trump has a liberal niece, Mary Trump, who opposes the former president.” Wrong. Trump has a LEFTIST niece. Leftists like to improperly apply the term “liberal” to themselves. I won’t tolerate it.
“Liberal” is defined as 1) willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one’s own; open to new ideas, or 2) relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise. These definitions more accurately describe the free-market, conservative, right-wing movement in America.
Leftists are more accurately described as communist, socialist, totalitarian or fascist. The have actually assumed a godless, dystopian and Orwellian nature in our culture. Leftists are not liberal.
Hahahaha – I love that even Mark’s friends can’t remember.
Go NB3!!