AK-SEN: Alaska seat suddenly at risk as GOP battles to hold the Senate

Top Republicans are suddenly paying close to attention to a sleepy Alaska Senate race after a little-known independent challenger with the state Democratic Party’s endorsement outraised incumbent Dan Sullivan in the third quarter.

Sullivan, part of the Republican wave that won control of the Senate in 2014, raised slightly more than $654,000 in the July to September fundraising period. That was less than the $1 million collected by Al Gross, even if you subtract the $200,000 in personal funds included in that total. Privately, that disparity is raising eyebrows among some Republicans, who worry Sullivan might be too complacent.

Lindsay Kavanaugh, a senior strategist for the Alaska Democratic Party, said Republican concerns are not misplaced. Sullivan, she said, “is not as in tune to what’s going on in this state as he should be.”

The National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Senate GOP campaign arm, told the Washington Examiner that suggestions Sullivan might be vulnerable in 2020 are unfounded.




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