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Readers may conclude there are some surprises among those who took the time to respond and some notable exceptions among those who didn't. In four races -- House 15, 19, 28 and 36 -- both major candidates responded. In the others, only one (or in the case of House 22, two) candidate(s) responded. Eight incumbents responded, four Republicans and four Democrats. The remaining 21 are challengers.
A list of those contacted and an indication of whether they responded is available here.
With this as background, we are going to do some polling next week and then make decisions on next steps.
Mr. Keithly - Why was I not sent your questionnaire? As a former elected public official (Mat Su Borough Assembly) with a record of being a budget hawk and the sole opponent to Mike Dunleavy, Senate Finance Committee member of a legislature with record setting budget deficits, one would think you might like to hear what I have to say. I notice Mr. Dunleavy is the only candidate among the 80 or so listed that "opted out" of answering the questionnaire. Will you be contributing again to his campaign as you have in the past?
ReplyDeleteWarren Keogh, Candidate for Senate District E
P.S. My e-mail address, as submitted to the Division of Elections, is: warrenkeogh4senate@gmail.com
P.P.S. There are other Non-affiliated candidates running for state office also not included on your list.
Thank you for your comment. The questionnaire was conducted electronically and, as noted above, was intended to be sent initially to candidates -- both those nominated by party primary and those qualifying through petition -- who provided email addresses to the Division of Elections. Subsequent to publishing the questionnaire on the blog, two candidates -- one a write-in candidate and the second a party nominated candidate who had not listed an email address on their Division of Elections materials -- specifically requested the opportunity also to participate after reading about the effort on these pages and were sent forms as well. In checking today after receiving your comment it appears that you and two other candidates qualifying through petition who have listed an email address on their Division of Election materials (others have not) inadvertently were not included on the original list. You and the other two will receive a copy of the questionnaire by Tuesday, certainly will be provided with the opportunity to participate and the results published. Thank you for bringing the oversight to my attention. As to your second question, my personal contributions are (or will be at the appropriate times) a matter of public record with APOC. I have not contributed to Senator Dunleavy since the close of the most recent legislative session.
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