Alaska
Peltola targets Natives to reverse slipping support
Just as Vice President Kamala Harris has been assigned to shore up the black vote for President Joe Biden by headlining events for African-American voters, Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola was stumping for the Native vote on her most recent trip back home to Alaska, in an effort to shore up support.
Flanked by her chief of staff Anton McParland, who also serves as her campaign manager, she appeared at a campaign event over the weekend in Anchorage that targeted Natives, where she has started to see wearing support. According to her slide presentation, the goal is to register more Native voters and “get them set up with absentee ballots” in August, when the Alaska primary election is held.
She doesn’t actually need cash from Alaska Natives because her campaign treasury has millions of dollars from donors primarily outside Alaska. She has over $2.5 million in available campaign cash.
But she does need to invigorate and motivate her base. According to the Alaska Federation of Natives, “Our people make up approximately 20% of the state’s general population. If we vote early (in-person or by mail) or on Election Day, we can determine the direction of Alaska.” AFN believes Natives vote as block.
According to left-leaning polling group Data for Progress, Peltola is slipping with Native voters, thus her focus on using her Native affiliation to restore confidence. In the latest poll, conservative candidate Nick Begich is actually doing better with Native voters than Peltola, although overall, the two are in a 50-50 tie in the March poll among all Alaskans, in a ranked choice match up, with Nancy Dahlstrom eliminated in the first round.
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<p>According to the Peltola campaign, “door to door activity is the most fundamental aspect of this plan” to get Natives reengaged, including the strategy to “push youth in their households to vote with them and have more civically engaged youth assist elders in their households.”
<p>In addition to her campaign account, Peltola has a launched political action committee called the “Cache PAC,” which has raised $100,000 so far to support her campaign. Major donors to Peltola’s Cache PAC include people like John Arnold of Texas, whose foundation was one of the main donors to the ballot initiative that brought ranked-choice voting to Alaska. Also donating to the Cache PAC is Melinda Gates, former wife of billionaire Bill Gates. Top Cache PAC donors include:
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STALLINGS, NANCY
ANCHORAGE, AK 99507NOT EMPLOYED
$5,000
STALLINGS, MICHAEL
ANCHORAGE, AK 99507UAA
$5,000
WOMER, ROD
NEWBURY PARK, CA 91320Not Employed
$5,000
KARPLUS, BARBARA
NEWBURY PARK, CA 91320Tax Practitioner
$5,000
ARNOLD, JOHN
HOUSTON, TX 77019Not Employed
$5,000
PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS
TACOMA, WA 98404
$5,000
DUNCAN, RONALD
ANCHORAGE, AK 99503GCI
$5,000
CHAPADOS, GREGORY
ANCHORAGE, AK 99501GCI
$5,000
FRENCH GATES, MELINDA
REDMOND, WA 98052Pivotal Ventures
$1,000
PAWLOWSKI, MICHAEL
ANCHORAGE, AK 99504NOT EMPLOYED
$500
HALL, JOELLE
EAGLE RIVER, AK 99577NOT EMPLOYED
$500
CARTER, PATRICK
ANCHORAGE, AK 99515CONSULTANT
$500
JOULE, REGINALD
KOTZEBUE, AK 99752J AND H CONSULTING
$500
The Cache PAC is funding a lot of the campaign airline travel and on-the-ground fundraising expenses, according to FEC reports. Some of Cache’s donated funds went to the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. United Airlines, American Airlines, and the Alaska Democratic Party were the biggest recipients of the Cache PAC payments since the leadership PAC was launched.
Peltola has also received over $20,000 from the Fair Shot PAC, an East Coast political action committee that supports congressional Democrats exclusively. Some of the major donors to that PAC include John Donahue of Arabella Advisors, one of the dark money groups that has been changing the political landscape of Alaska, and billionaire Bill Gates.
Just over a year after finishing second in her hometown race, Fairbanks musher Josi Shelley returned triumphant, crossing the finish line at 8:11 p.m. Monday to win her first Yukon Quest Alaska in a total time of 9 days, 9 hours, 11 minutes over the 750-mile distance.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard has changed the contact information for Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic staff offices and other units throughout Western Alaska as part of a service-wide telephone modernization directive, Thursday, Feb. 12.
The main phone line for the sector can now be reached at (206) 815-7100.
Callers will be presented with a phone tree, providing them with options to contact one of the following:
- Search and Rescue Command Center
- National Response Center
- Command Executive Assistant
- Response Department
- Prevention Department
- Logistics Department
- Emergency Management Division
- Other Coast Guard units in Alaska
These other units can be reached directly at the numbers listed below or by dialing the main phone line for Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic and pressing 8 at the automated menu.
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Unit |
New Phone Number |
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Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic – Phone Tree (Previously Sector Anchorage) |
(206) 815-7100 |
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Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic – 24/7 Search and Rescue Command Center |
(866) 396-1361 |
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Regional Exam Center Anchorage |
(206) 815-6454 |
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Recruiting Office Anchorage |
(206) 815-6345 |
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Coast Guard Investigative Service Anchorage |
(206) 815-6738 |
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Marine Safety Detachment Homer |
(206) 815-6992 |
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Marine Safety Unit Kodiak |
(206) 815-7145 |
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Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor |
(206) 815-6842 |
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Marine Safety Unit Valdez |
(206) 815-6945 |
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Arctic District Command Center (Previously 17th Coast Guard District) |
(800) 478-5555 |
Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic remains physically located on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
The sector Search and Rescue Command Center watchstanders are available 24 hours a day at (866) 396-1361 and VHF Channel 16.
For media inquiries, please contact uscgalaska@uscg.mil.
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ANCHORAGE, AK (Alaska’s News Source) – A Winter Storm Watch has been issued from Monday morning across the Western region just shortly after a Winter Storm Warning expired following Friday’s storm.
Across the Western coastline from Kotzebue to Dillingham, weather alerts will be active Monday morning as the next storm will make landfall Monday afternoon, with the second stage of this storm moving in Tuesday night. Heaviest snowfall amounts are likely in Norton Sound, Yukon Valley, and Upper Kuskokwim Valley. Snow totals from this next storm are likely from 6 to 12 inches of snow across the Winter Storm Watch region with wind gusts as high as 60 MPH adding to reduced visibility and white out conditions. Dillingham is under a Winter Weather Advisory as less snow accumulation is anticipated with 3 to 5 inches Monday. Bethel will be under a blizzard warning from Monday morning to Monday night as 3 to 7 inches of snow are likely paired with gusts up to 55 MPH.
The Aleutian Chain will get moderate rainfall, about 0.4 to 0.6 inches, as early as Sunday night into Monday morning with heaviest rainfall from Unalaska up the Alaska Peninsula.
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Interior Alaska had a snowy weekend, making Valentine’s Day feel a little more like Christmas. Around noon Sunday, Fairbanks reported about 10.1 inches of snowfall but more is expected into the evening hours across the region. By Monday, it’ll feel like the snow never even happened as mostly sunny to clear skies will brighten your day. Temperatures will plummet nearly 20 degrees from Sunday to Monday, but a return in this winter weather should be expected by Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.
The North Slope is staying out of the way of these winter storms as the Brooks Range protects the region from snow, however, the main concern continues with colder temperatures. Lows nearly 25 to 30 degrees below zero will feel a bit colder as wind chill will reach -55 to -60 degrees.
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In Southcentral, mostly sunny skies are closing out the weekend and kicking off the work week, but colder temperatures are returning as a result of a cooling trend impacting most of the state. Strong wind gusts up to 50 MPH will affect Seward, Valdez, Cordova and Whittier on Monday.
Southeast is on the brink of a high pressure system which will cool temperatures roughly 10 to 15 degrees, also shifting in mostly sunny skies. High wind is a concern for Juneau and Skagway Monday as wind gusts could reach up to 40 and 45 MPH.
24/7 Alaska Weather: Get access to live radar, satellite, weather cameras, current conditions, and the latest weather forecast here. Also available through the Alaska’s News Source streaming app available on Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV.
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