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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

‘You don’t need any special legal training to smell a rat.’ Legislators question Dan J. Sullivan’s removal from the ballot

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At Monday's joint hearing of the House State Affairs and Judiciary committees on the Division of Elections' decision to block a Petersburg man named Dan J. Sullivan from running against U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, it was pretty clear that many Republicans had already accepted the narrative as true and the response warranted. 
Elections

Lawsuit argues Alaska election officials can’t disqualify Dan J. Sullivan — even if he was running as decoy

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Even if Petersburg Dan J. Sullivan were running against Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan with the intent to confuse voters a new lawsuit says it wouldn’t give the Alaska Division of Elections the power to disqualify him.
Elections

Group behind latest effort to repeal ranked-choice voting is intentionally misleading voters, complaint alleges

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The 2024 effort to repeal ranked-choice voting was dogged by constant, serious allegations of campaign finance violations, and it appears this election cycle's effort isn’t much different.
Economy

AKLNG bill advances out of the House, highlighting state’s geographic divide

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The AKLNG subsidy bill advanced out of the House on Friday on a 35 to 4 vote.
Elections

Dan Sullivan going by ‘Dan’ is just the proof the Division of Elections needed to disqualify him

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The Alaska Division of Elections has officially disqualified a Petersburg man named Dan Sullivan from running for office against Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Politics

Alaska Division of Elections plans to disqualify the Other Dan Sullivan without proof of alleged fraud

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The Alaska Division of Elections still hasn’t shown what evidence it has to block a Petersburg Republican named Dan Sullivan from running for U.S. Senate.
Economy

AKLNG bill advances without the option for local governments to cut their own deals

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With a little more than a week remaining in Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy's special session, the gasline subsidy bill is nearing a vote in the House.
Commentary

Alaska Republicans are absolutely losing their minds over the other Dan Sullivan

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When Petersburg Republican Dan J. Sullivan entered the race against Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, he felt it was a good way to call out the notoriously constituent-adverse lawmaker.
Commentary

AKLNG’s proposed gas contract highlights the project’s underlying challenge: There just aren’t that many Alaskans

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The AKLNG special session continued this week, giving more clarity on what will be an undeniably difficult project, no matter the subsidy lawmakers ultimately approve.
Elections

Matt Buxton’s definitive way-too-early tier list of Alaska’s candidates for governor

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The filing period for Alaska’s statewide races closed on Monday, setting up an expansive, 17-candidate field for the state’s next governor.
News

Reinbold loses bid to revive lawsuit against Alaska Airlines over flight ban

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In an order issued in late May, the district denied a motion from Lora Reinbold to revive a lawsuit against Alaska Airlines.
Commentary

Risk-averse legislators dismiss the AKLNG ‘razzle dazzle’ to drill down on the giga-project’s details

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The biggest takeaway from the first full week of hearings on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed multi-billion-dollar, multi-decade subsidy for the natural gas pipeline project is that the state sure is lucky that lawmakers’ efforts to rush the bill through didn’t pan out.
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