Republican Leslie Hajdukovich, looking to unseat Fairbanks Democratic Sen. Scott Kawasaki, was the top fundraiser heading into the primary.
A Fairbanks Republican looking to unseat a Democratic incumbent had the biggest fundraising haul heading into the final month before Alaska’s August primary election, according to reports submitted earlier this week., who previously served on the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board, far surpassed all other candidates, raising over $125,000 since the beginning of February, with more than $106,000 in the bank heading into the final month before the primary.will take place Aug. 20.
Many candidates reported receiving four- and five-figure contributions from some campaign donors. That is possible thanks to a court decision from 2021 that invalidated Alaska’s campaign contribution limits, which prior to the decision limited amounts to $500 per candidate per year. Kawasaki is a proponent of reinstating campaign contribution limits. Kawasaki said the current election cycle has brought “a lot of big-dollar, big-donor checks, and then fewer checks overall.” That means candidates are less likely to turn to donors who may be able to give only $50, he added. Kawasaki, who began his political career in his 20s as a city council member in Fairbanks, said he has always relied on smaller contributions to run his campaigns.
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