The first wave of campaign fundraising reports are due today. To an extent, they show the strength of candidates to be competitive in the August primary and November General Election.
Must Read Alaska will update this report as the candidates file them; the deadline is midnight for filing with Alaska Public Offices Commission.
Readers can see the entire listing at the APOC web site and explore the donor listings.
RESULTS MAY VARY
The fundraising amounts do not tell the whole story, as candidates filed for office at different times; some filed only recently, but still must report through Feb. 1.
There are other constraints that skew fundraising results: Sitting legislators are prohibited from raising funds while they are in session, while in the case of Mike Dunleavy, a separate election effort has started with a well-funded independent expenditure group that has entirely different reporting requirements.
Here are the amounts candidates in some of the possibly competitive races have reported raising up until the Feb. 1 deadline (R=Republican, D=Democrat, UD=Undeclared Democrat):
GOVERNOR
- Alaskans for Dunleavy, R, (campaign): $105,171
Dunleavy for Alaska (independent expenditure group): $274,000 - Scott Hawkins, R: $217,170
- Bill Walker, U-D: $277,191
- Charlie Huggins, R, withdrawn: $38,843
- Mike Chenault, R: $32,804
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
- Kevin Meyer: $83,305
- Lynn Gattis: $42,255
- Edie Grunwald: $41,878
- Byron Mallott: $154,583
- Stephen Wright: $2,283
SENATE
- Pete Kelly, R, District A, Fairbanks: $71,445
- Scott Kawasaki, D, District A, Fairbanks: $48,540
Click Bishop, R, District C, Fairbanks: $19,375
George Rauscher, R, District #, Sutton: $3,950
Mia Costello, R, District K, Anchorage: $28,257
Sam Cason, U-D, District K, Anchorage: $2,945
Elvi Gray-Jackson, D, District I, Anchorage: $67,814
Chris Birch, R, District M, Anchorage: $24,525
Peter Micciche, R, District O , Soldotna, Kenai: $40,355
HOUSE
- Kathryn Dodge, D, District 1, Fairbanks: $27,569
- Bart LeBon, R, District 1, Fairbanks: $25,375.00
Steve Thompson, R, District 2, Fairbanks: $10,152
Colleen Sullivan-Leonard, R, District 7, Wasilla: $3,681
Pam Goode, R, District 9: $11,793
David Eastman, R, District 10: 15,026
Cathy Tilton, R, District 12, Chugiak-Wasilla: $9,531
Dan Saddler, R, District 13, Eagle River: $10,518.75
- Gabrielle LeDoux, District 15, Anchorage: $66,624
- Aaron Weaver, R, District 15, Anchorage: $1,970
Ivy Spohnholz, D, District 16, Anchorage: $45,641
- Marcus Sanders, R, District 17, Anchorage: $2,554
- Andy Josephson, D, District 17, Anchorage: $22,942
Anthony Lekanof, R, District 18, Anchorage: $1,665
Les Gara, D, District 20, Anchorage: $16,160
- Matt Claman, D, District 21, Anchorage: $39,433
- Marilyn Stewart, R, District 21, Anchorage: $6,490
- Liz Vazquez, R, District 22, Anchorage: $7,516
- Sara Rasmussen, R, District 22, Anchorage: $7,170
- Jason Grenn, UD, District 22, Anchorage: $27,125
- Chris Tuck, D, District 23, Anchorage: $3,500
- Forrest McDonald, R, District 23, Anchorage: $1,272
- Connie Dougherty, R. District 23, Anchorage: $6,755
- Joe Riggs, R, District 26, Anchorage: $19,037
- Al Fogle, R, District 26, Anchorage: $11,600
Lance Pruitt, R, District 27, Anchorage: $10,500
Jennifer Johnson, R, District 28, Anchorage: $5,148
- Chuck Kopp, R, District 24, Anchorage: $15,911
- Steve Duplantis, R, District 24, Anchorage: $5,556
Laddie Shaw, R, District 26, Anchorage: $11,792
- Paul Seaton, District 31, Homer-Anchor Point: $32,760
- John Cox, R, District 31, Homer-Anchor Point: $928
- Justin Parish, District 34, Juneau Mendenhall: $8,067.45
- Jerry Nankervis, R, District 34, Juneau: $23,932.54
Daniel Ortiz, UD, District 36, Ketchikan: $9,346.74
- Bryce Edgmon, D, District 37, Dillingham, Aleutians: $14,020
- William Weatherby, R, District 37, Dillingham, Aleutians: $2,462
Louise Stutes, District 32, Kodiak-Cordova, $13,100
ANCHORAGE MAYOR
- Ethan Berkowitz, D: $102,090
- Rebecca Logan, R:$50,026.29
ANCHORAGE SCHOOL BOARD
Deena Mitchell: $22,649
Alisha Hilde: $8,108
Tasha Hotch: $5,656
OTHER
FAIR ANCHORAGE NO ON 1: $415,747