~Lisa Murkowski and husband Verne Martell when she declared her write-in candidacy. Today, Lisa Murkowski was sworn in for her second full term as U.S. Senator. She was escorted to the swearing in by Murkowski the Elder (Also known as Murkowski the Lesser). Frank the Bank who gave her the seat when he left to [...]

Some of you have been following the saga here on Mudflats about my APOC complaint against Alaska House District 5 Representative William Thomas, Jr. (R-Haines) and his re-election campaign. The complaint (plus amendment) deals with 17 ads placed and designed by campaign Deputy Treasurer James Studley and charged to various Haines businesses. My complaint asserts [...]

Nothing says political season in Alaska like signs. Sure, sign waving happens in all elections, but Alaskans love our signs more than most. And nowhere in Alaska can you witness the traditional Election Eve battle of the signs like you can in two locations – The New Seward Highway and Northern Lights Blvd., and down the [...]

Reports are already being received in Alaska of voting irregularities at early voting booths, particularly as it relates to the Senate campaign of Lisa Murkowski. This is a call to anyone who is early voting or who finds themselves in the area. Please check the booth for any evidence of campaigning. In Homer, apparently, reports [...]

Below is the (draft) press release I will be sending out in final form later today.  As you can see, I’ve been working hard in the basement office! ———————————————————————————————————— The Alaska Public Offices Commission accepted a complaint filed by Linda Kellen Biegel. It is against five members of the Campaign to Re-elect Alaska Representative Bill Thomas, Jr. [...]

Matt Felling of KTVA-11 News had the dubious honor of sitting down with the Congressman for All Alaskans (who voted for him) and chatted about the Constitution and its 17… er… 27 amendments, Joe Miller, and the infamous Coconut Road scandal. MTF: You’re talking about constitutionality and earmarks. Yesterday, the Republican Senate contender for Alaska, [...]

Here’s the latest commercial for Harry Crawford, the Democratic candidate for Congress. We’ve had Don Young (Congressman for everyone who voted for him) for NINETEEN terms. I, for one, think that’s quite enough. Harry Crawford is experienced, tough, honest, and hard-working. He’s been an effective legislator as a Democrat in a relatively conservative district, and [...]

(UPDATE:  Another opportunity to “brave the rain” today is by attending the “Town Hall Meeting on Crime.” Put on by the East Anchorage Legislators and Assemblymembers, I’ll be attending to here answers directly from Anchorage Police Chief Mew.  Please be at East High Commons by 7:00 pm!) Those Alaskans prone to a more cynical outlook might say that [...]

Here’s something to chew on for a Sunday afternoon. The 2010 election cycle  is upon us, and as progressives we cannot afford to sit this one out. We are the majority and we proved it two years ago.  But as we have all learned to understand, it’s not about the majority – it’s about who [...]

There are some politicians that just make it easy. Sarah Palin is one, and Don Young is another. These are the kind of politicians who are just a political blogger’s dream. Because, really all you have to do half the time is just transcribe what they say and share. So, thanks to KTVA channel 11 [...]

It’s time for Republicans to start eating their Young.  Don Young, that is. It seems that our “Congressman for All Alaska” decided to vote with his feet on Thursday and showed up with bells on to Michele Bachmann’s “Superbowl of Freedom.”  That’s right, we’ve only got one U.S. House Representative and  he shows up at [...]

As the sentencing for former Veco CEO Bill Allen looms, a new strand in the web of corruption that rocked Alaska’s political world has been discovered.  It’s not much of a discovery really, but it’s been made official.  Bill Allen has formally fessed up and admitted that his company gave gifts and payed for lavish [...]

It’s always nice when a poll backs up what you know, and proves that there are still things out there that aren’t even close. Nor should they be. What we found out today is that the residents of the Bristol Bay watershed don’t want the Pebble Mine. They think that clean water, and wild fish, [...]

  One of my favorite panels at Netroots Nation was the panel discussion entitled Turning Red Districts Blue: Organizing for Change. Panelists were David Atkins (moderator), Darcy Burner, Adam Lambert, Democracy for America’s Arshad Hasan, Matt Browner Hamlin, and Eden James. Matt Browner Hamlin spoke about his time as Mark Begich’s online communications director in [...]

Heeere She Is….Miss Anti-America! The Humor Gazette has a fascinating retrospective/forward looking view of the many titles of our ex-governor.  Her humble beginnings as Miss Wasilla, take an amusing turn… After the election, the glamorous governor continued to tout herself for the title of Miss Understood. However, sources say she missed the national spotlight in [...]