{"id":1814,"date":"2018-08-10T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/rep-don-young-leads-in-campaign-cash\/"},"modified":"2018-08-22T19:36:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T02:36:24","slug":"rep-don-young-leads-in-campaign-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/home\/rep-don-young-leads-in-campaign-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Don Young leads in campaign cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newly released reports from the Federal Election Commission<\/a> show big financial support for incumbent U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, ahead of the Aug. 21 statewide primary election.<\/p>\n

Through Aug. 1, Young’s re-election campaign reported receiving $795,651 in contributions. Based on financial contributions alone, his leading challenger is independent Alyse Galvin, who reported raising $594,646 by Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

Galvin will appear in the Aug. 21 Democratic primary alongside a handful of registered Democrats also competing for the party’s nomination. The leading Democrat in the race is Dimitri Shein, but Shein did not report fundraising totals by the Aug. 9 federal deadline. When reached by email, Shein said he would talk to his campaign treasurer about the issue. He added that he is self-funding his campaign “and a more accurate picture would take into consideration (my) ability to self-fund.”<\/p>\n

Shein reported $190,829 in contributions before June 30, the latest date for which figures are available.<\/p>\n

Among the seven candidates — three Republicans, three Democrats and one independent — the only other candidate to report fundraising is John Thomas Nelson, who has reported raising $4,939 as a Republican challenger to Young. Candidates are required to file FEC reports if they collect or spend more than $5,000 on their campaigns.<\/p>\n

An analysis published by the election commission shows a significant divergence in the way the leading candidates are receiving their money. Galvin has received more than $192,000 in contributions from people giving $200 or less; Young has received a little over $37,000 from small contributors. Looking at large contributors, the situation is reversed: Young has received $164,500 from people donating $2,000 or more, while Galvin has received $112,200.<\/p>\n

Young has also received a significant amount of money from political action committees<\/a>. Forty-seven percent of his fundraising tally, or just under $376,000, has come from organized PACs. Galvin has accepted $9,000 in PAC contributions, or about 1.5 percent of her fundraising total. No other candidate lists any PAC donations.<\/p>\n

Galvin received $4,000 from the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education<\/a>, and another $4,000 from the defunct campaign of Steve Lindbeck, who unsuccessfully challenged Young in 2016. The remaining $1,000 came from the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1496.<\/p>\n

Young’s top corporate contributor is Edison Chouest Offshore, the corporation that recently won the contract to run the tugboats that escort oil tankers into and out of Valdez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The San Diego Union-Tribune this week said<\/a> Edison Chouest is also behind the legal defense fund of a Congressman under scrutiny for illegal campaign spending.<\/p>\n

Young’s No. 2 corporate contributor is telecommunications firm GCI, followed by Trident Seafoods, Lynden Inc. and Carnival Cruise Lines.<\/p>\n

Shein’s statement about self-funding his campaign is mostly accurate; he has pledged more than $142,000 of his own money to his campaign.<\/p>\n

Alaska’s primary election is Aug. 21 and will see the field of seven candidates narrowed to two ahead of the Nov. 6 general election. Incumbent Young is the “Dean of the House,” the longest-serving active Congressman, having been in office since 1973 and re-elected 21 times.<\/p>\n

Young entered the race with a significant financial advantage. Though he has spent more than $630,000 on his campaign so far, he still has almost $435,000 in cash on hand because of prior fundraising efforts.<\/p>\n

Galvin has spent $342,830 and has almost $252,000 on hand. Shein had spent just over $71,000 by June 30.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Contact reporter James Brooks at jbrooks@juneauempire.com or 523-2258.<\/b><\/p>\n

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