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Alabama

AEA drops $1.5 million on state politics this election cycle – Republicans beneficiaries over Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama’s leading teacher’s union, the Alabama Education Association (AEA), continues to bankroll political candidates across the state with total donations of over $1.5 million during the current election cycle. The AEA donates to campaigns via its political action committee, Alabama Voice of Teachers for Education (also known as AVOTE and A-VOTE). Just in this last […]

Alaska

Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors | National Politics | #alaska | #politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime goal of raising taxes on wealthy investors, received nearly $1 million over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose taxes would have increased under the plan. For years, Democrats have promised to raise […]

Alaska

For 2 candidates, Alaska’s US House race is an opportunity to make history | Politics | #alaska | #politics

KENAI, Alaska — A day of campaigning on the Kenai Peninsula began for Nick Begich III and Mary Peltola under the gaze of a taxidermied brown bear. A lunchtime forum at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center was just one stop in a day of campaigning for Begich and Peltola as they run to […]

Alabama

Election skeptics seek Alabama secretary of state’s office | State | #elections | #alabama

GARDENDALE, Ala. (AP) — The Republican runoff for Alabama secretary of state features two candidates who have voiced concerns about election and voter roll integrity while opposing the expansion of early or absentee voting. One candidate, state Auditor Jim Zeigler, is endorsed by a key supporter of former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the […]

Alaska

Alaska House debates bringing back limits to campaign donations | #alaska | #politics

Reps. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan; Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage; and Bart LeBon, R-Fairbanks, talk during a break on Monday in the Capitol. The House of Representatives was considering amendments to House Bill 234, which would reinstitute limits on campaign contributions in the state. Josephson had proposed an amendment that would have set a lower limit than the […]