ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A complaint filed to the Alaska Public Offices Commission accuses Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is running for reelection, of engaging in a “scheme to subsidize and coordinate” the activities between his official campaign and an independent expenditure group working on his reelection, and scheming “to improperly subsidize his campaign with public resources.”
The complaint, filed Tuesday, asserts that Dunleavy’s campaign spent a “laughable” sum on staffing while key positions were filled on a “volunteer” basis by people paid tens of thousands of dollars in publicly funded no-bid contracts, with direct and illegal contact between staff in the governor’s office, the governor’s reelection campaign and an independent expenditure group supporting Dunleavy.
Campaign spokesman Andrew Jensen said in response to a list of emailed questions that the campaign is “still reviewing the filing” and has “no comment at this time.”
