Alaska has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+9, and spreadsheet watchers consider Young completely unassailable because of his 45 years in the seat. But over the last five elections, Young's lead has slipped from 68% in 2010, to 64% in 2012, 51% in 2014, and a bare 50.3% in 2016
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In past elections, a libertarian third-party candidate captured a bunch of the vote. But in 2018, for the first time Alaskans will have only two names on the ballot—Don Young's and Alyse Galvin's. Young is going to have to campaign for the first time in decades
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So what did Young accomplish in his 45 years? Alaska doesn't just have the highest health care costs in the country—it has the highest health care costs in the WORLD. Large areas of Fairbanks, the second-largest city, have no Internet. Young brags he has never used a computer
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I am here above 60º N in September, and the leaves have not even begun to turn. There are villages where the fish catch has simply disappeared. Climate change is a reality to Alaskans, not an abstraction. Young believes that human-caused climate change is a myth.pic.twitter.com/H7KRyQcihS
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So why isn't Galvin getting huge national support? A big part of it is that (like most Alaskan voters) she is an independent. While she is a strong progressive who has committed to caucus with the Democrats, the Democratic Party doesn't much want to help her
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Through a heroic effort, Galvin has raised $800,000 for her campaign, the lion's share as small donations from inside the state. She takes no corporate PAC money. And polling shows that she *leads* Young if prospective voters hear a short sentence describing her candidacy.
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I can't think of a clearer example where simply adequately funding a candidate will net us a House seat this November. So it gives me the greatest pleasure to welcome Alyse Galvin to the Great Slate!pic.twitter.com/iRJJCyZ35b
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Finally, as a personal favor to me, please watch this short video of Don Young bragging about how he once shot a sleeping bear. See if you can keep yourself from donating to his opponent. You can't! You won't!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAsMKV6TSRw …
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You can donate to
@AlyseGalvin and nine other underrated progressive candidates on the Great Slate. Be an election hipster! Give to the races no one is talking about!https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …4 replies 13 retweets 21 likesShow this thread -
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Also, donated. Put the money to all the new candidates since my last donation. And a big share to
@AlyseGalvin, due to my whole “born and raised in Alaska” thing.pic.twitter.com/h1kkUUsoYP
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Wow, that is generous! Thank you so much!
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