Governor
Bill Walker
Nonpartisan candidate for Governor
Walker’s biggest donors were Laura and John Arnold who together gave $270,000. They are investors from Texas whose foundation supports social justice reforms and ranked choice voting. Jason Carroll with Hudson River Trading Company in New York gave $200,000, and Gary Orman of Kansas donated $134,500 including money and opinion polls. Kathy Murdoch, an author from New York and founder of an organization focused on reducing political polarization, donated $100,000. Marc Merrill, president and co-founder of video game company Riot Games, gave another $100,000. Merrill is also co-chair of Unite America, which supported Ballot Measure 2 in 2020.Data drawn from APOC Campaign Disclosure Reports using all income disclosures for report year 2022 until Nov. 3, 2022.
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. Putting Alaskans First has spent $80,000 in support of Walker as of Nov. 3, 2022. They are supported primarily by the Laborers’ International Union of North America Political Fund. The same group spent $170,000 opposing Mike Dunleavy.
Charlie Pierce
Republican candidate for Governor
Pierce and his wife, Vonnie, are the campaign’s biggest donors. They gave a combined $28,633 in monetary and in-kind donations. Shelia Pollard, owner of Pollard Wire, donated $10,300.Data drawn from APOC Campaign Disclosure Reports using all income disclosures for report year 2022 until Nov. 3, 2022.
Les Gara
Democratic candidate for Governor
Gara’s largest donors are himself, with a donation of $25,514, and independent Anchorage-based consultant Mark Foster gave $25,500. Anchorage attorney Robin Brena gave $19,500.
Data drawn from APOC Campaign Disclosure Reports using all income disclosures for report year 2022 until Nov. 3, 2022.
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. Alaska March On has spent $51 in support of Gara and the ENSTAR Employee PAC spent $250 as of Nov. 3, 2022.
Mike Dunleavy
Republican candidate for Governor
Dunleavy’s largest donors are Francis Dunleavy, the candidate’s brother from Houston, Texas, who gave $300,000. Robert Penney, a developer from Anchorage donated $200,000. Armand Brachman, who the campaign describes as “a hunting and fishing buddy” from Corcoran, Minnesota gave $100,000. He also received $50,000 each from GCI’s CEO Ron Duncan, GCI’s President and COO Greg Chapados, and Texas-based investor Darwin Deason. Terry Urbanczyk, a contractor in Texas with Urban Concrete, gave $51,500.
Data drawn from APOC Campaign Disclosure Reports using all income disclosures for report year 2022 until Nov. 3, 2022.
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. A Stronger Alaska has spent $441,107 in support of Dunleavy as of Nov. 3, 2022. They spent an additional $134,306 opposing Gara and Walker. The Alaska Correctional Officers Association spent $10,578 in support of Dunleavy.