New federal filings show who paid for the late wave of advertising for little-known candidates in Alaska's US Senate primary in August, the Alaska Beacon reports.
Fair Deal Alaska, a Republican-aligned super PAC that spent more than $800,000 promoting fringe left-leaning candidates, received $650,000 from the Senate Leadership Fund, the main Republican Senate group, along with money from a pro-Sullivan PAC and a pro-crypto PAC.
The Democratic-aligned Right for Alaska spent about $2.35 million promoting fringe conservatives who could draw votes from Senator Dan Sullivan. About $1 million came from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which does not disclose its donors, and $1.3 million from a Virginia-based contributor the Beacon could find no trace of online. A campaign finance reform group said rules allowing donors to stay hidden until after voting were an outrageous loophole.
Source: Alaska Beacon
