Dunleavy's state-funded reelection campaign

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has been officially running for reelection for more than a year, spending almost nothing along the way for staff because he relies on state offices, contractors and state employees to promote his cause, ignoring the law that bans using state resources for partisan purposes.

Dunleavy and the state employees beholden to him for their daily bread protest that they are doing nothing wrong, but there has been plenty of proof to the contrary since last year.

The topic has received little news coverage for reasons that I can’t explain, especially because the pattern was obvious from the start of his campaign.

But I’m glad to see that the official complaints filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission and the state personnel board are getting some attention. Here is the Anchorage Daily News report on the matter.

I suggest that you read the entire 17-page document from the Alaska Public Interest Research Group and the 907 Initiative for specifics about how Dunleavy has obliterated the line between state resources and his private campaign.

Dunleavy has paid little attention to the state law that prohibits the use of “state funds, facilities, equipment, services or another government asset or resource for partisan political purposes.”