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Matt Acuña Buxton

Matt Acuña Buxton
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Matt Acuña Buxton is a long-time political reporter who has written for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and The Midnight Sun political blog. He also authors the daily politics newsletter, The Alaska Memo, and can frequently be found live-tweeting public meetings on Bluesky.
Elections

Legislators call on Alaska election officials to reverse voter purge that hit new citizens

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Despite concerns about "old data," the state pushed ahead with the unprecedented purge that seems to have targeted new citizens.
Elections

Candy to consultants. Alaska’s campaign finance reports drill down to sweets, but obscure the big ad buys

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On one end of the spectrum, reports drill down into the minutiae of campaign expenses, like spending on candy, while others opt for a more vague approach.
Elections

Alaska lawmakers demand answers on state voter purge that disqualified citizens

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The purge comes as the Division of Elections is already being accused of bending or ignoring the law to favor Republicans.
Opinion

Buxton: Between voter purge and partisan ballot hijinks, what’s the Division of Elections even doing?

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Originally published in The Alaska Memo.
Politics

Hill will get a head-to-head with Begich after Schultz’s exit, as GOP banks on stoking division

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Democratic candidate Matt Schultz ended his campaign last week, clearing the way for independent Bill Hill. 
Politics

JKT reports big haul heading into governor’s race primary

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With a month to go until Alaska’s Aug. 18 primary, the race has whittled down from a 17-candidate slate running to be Alaska’s next governor to just four.
Politics

Here’s why you need to register to vote in Alaska’s primary

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The deadline to register to vote in Alaska’s Aug. 18 primary election is this Sunday.
News

Key backer of RCV repeal caught in Medicaid fraud crackdown

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Repeal Now is the latest campaign supporting an initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primary system.
News

Once-certain AKLNG tax cut deal unravels as legislators grapple with S-corp taxes, secret agreements and slights

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Legislators are midway through the second special session of the year.
Politics

Christian Nationalist lawmaker gets a slap on the wrist for threatening paper over Charlie Kirk coverage. She says she’s being silenced.

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Homer Rep. Sarah Vance likely violated state ethics laws when she used her legislative office to threaten the Homer News over its coverage of a memorial she helped organize for Charlie Kirk.
Elections

Alaska will almost assuredly have two Sullivans on the ballot, but will it have two Dans?

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After today’s oral arguments in front of the Alaska Supreme Court, it’s all but certain that Alaska’s primary election ballot will have two Sullivans.
Commentary

Alaska brought on a right-wing attorney to defend the decision to remove Dan J. Sullivan from the ballot

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The lawyer hails from a conservative Lower 48 law firm and helped shield the Republican National Committee from being investigated over its ties to the Jan. 6 insurrection. 
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