U.S. Representative
Mary Peltola
Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative
This only covers contributions through September 30, 2022.
Peltola’s total contributions are $4.2 million. Over $4 million are from individual contributions. That’s more than twice the amount her campaign reported on September 5.
Understanding FEC filings: Contributions only need to be itemized if they are larger than $200 or if the combined contributions from one person for that election year are more than $200. Because more than half of Peltola’s individual contributions are not itemized, an analysis of where donors are from or how many she has wouldn’t be accurate. Most of her donations came through ActBlue, an online fundraising platform for Democratic candidates and progressive groups.
Committee contributions come from groups, like PACs. Peltola’s largest group donation was $5,000 from the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education. That’s the donation limit from a PAC for each election.
Independent Expenditures are things like ad buys or mailers sent out by organizations that are not associated with the campaigns and are forbidden by law from working with campaigns. The only one made on her behalf was from Alaskans for Bristol Bay Action for $1809.
Sarah Palin
Republican candidate for U.S. Representative
Palin’s total contributions are about $1.4 million, an increase of about $230,000 since early September.
Understanding FEC filings: Contributions only need to be itemized if they are larger than $200 or if the combined contributions from one person for that election year are more than $200. Because only about 40 percent of Palin’s individual contributions are itemized, an analysis of where donors are from or how many she has wouldn’t be accurate. About half of her donations came through WinRed, an online fundraising platform for Republican candidates and conservative groups. Her largest three individual donors gave $11,600 each and all came from Florida.
Committee contributions come from groups, like PACs. Palin’s largest group donations were $10,000 from the Stand for America PAC and $10,000 from E-PAC, which is working to get Republican women elected to Congress. She also received $111,987 through Alaska First Fund, a PAC that supports both Palin and Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka.
Independent Expenditures are things like ad buys or mailers sent out by organizations that are not associated with the campaigns, and are forbidden by law from working with campaigns. The Protect Freedom PAC, a Rand Paul-associated Super PAC that gets the bulk of its funding from Jeff Yass, spent $419,125 in support of Palin. This was the only IE in support of her candidacy.
Chris Bye
Libertarian candidate for U.S. Representative
This report only covers contributions through 7/27/22. The next quarterly report is due on 10/15/22.Understanding FEC filings: Contributions only need to be itemized if they are larger than $200 or if the combined contributions from one person for that election year are more than $200. Bye only has three donors larger than $200. The largest contribution is from the candidate himself at $3,439.
Independent Expenditures are things like ad buys or mailers sent out by organizations that are not associated with the campaigns and are forbidden by law from working with campaigns. The only one made on his behalf was from Alaskans for Bristol Bay Action for $1,809.
Nick Begich
Republican candidate for U.S. Representative
This only covers contributions through September 30, 2022. Begich has raised $1.5 million and only has $51,280 new contributions since the last report on September 5, 2022.Understanding FEC filings: The largest contribution to Begich’s campaign came from a loan to himself for $650,000. He also donated in-kind items like meals, lodging, and air travel for a total of $23,714.
Most of Begich’s individual contributions have been itemized and came through WinRed, an online fundraising platform for Republican candidates and conservative groups. Of Begich’s 1,105 donors, 977 have addresses in Alaska. His biggest donors are Daksha & Vinod Vakharia, from Casselberry, FL who gave $11,600, and business owner Jesse Sumner from Wasilla who gave $10,600.
Committee contributions come from groups, like PACs. Begich’s largest group donation was $10,000 from the National Automobile Dealers Association PAC. He also received $5,000 from the American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee.
Independent Expenditures are things like ad buys or mailers sent out by organizations that are not associated with the campaigns, and are forbidden by law from working with campaigns. The only spending on Begich’s behalf was $845,338 from Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc.