The IBEW and a slew of Democrat regulars request your presence at a fundraiser for candidates they are offering up as “independents.”
They include Gov. Bill Walker, who first was running in the Democratic Primary, but who fled that ballot when Mark Begich challenged him as a Democrat. In 2014, Walker and Byron Mallot forged a ticket that had the blessing of the Alaska Democratic Party.
The star attractions include Rep. Jason Grenn, who pretended to be independent when he ran in District 22 but caucused with the Democrats. Also on the fundraising invitation is Daniel Ortiz of Ketchikan, cut from the same cloth as Grenn. Chris Dimond, a carpenter’s union guy from Juneau and Shawn Butler, of House District 29 in Kenai, close out the list.
Hosts are all union Democrats or those who have a history of only working with Democrats, including AFL-CIO President Vince Beltrami, who tried to pass himself off as an “independent’ two years ago, but lost badly to incumbent Sen. Cathy Giessel.
