Anchorage Political wonk and pollster Ivan Moore has begun a series of articles and interviews for the Anchorage Press, KTUU-TV, the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman and KENI-AM radio. He is polling the political races and commenting on the odds of some of the candidates and offering advice.In the KTUU-TV interview and web article Friday, and in the Anchorage Press article Thursday, Mr. Moore made no disclosure of his very active participation in the AK-AL U.S. House campaign by Ethan Berkowitz against Democrat Diane Benson. He has created an active ActBlue Berkowitz fundraising page, has hosted at least one Berkowitz fundraiser, and has made multiple donations to the Berkowitz campaign. His statement at his ActBlue page is a
Progressive Alaska covered this yesterday and today. PA has posted a week-long poll on whether or not Mr. Moore should disclose in his paid work for these outlets his close ties to Berkowtz fundraising.
Update - 4:30 p.m: a caller observed that should Diane Benson beat Ethan Berkowitz on August 26, Ivan Moore's efforts on behalf of candidate Berkowitz will become moot. However, should Berkowitz beat Benson, either Don Young or Sean Parnell will be very quick to use Moore's inattention (at best) against Berkowitz. Duh. I've predicted Berkowitz can't beat Parnell, so Moore and Berkowitz probably need to sit down and have a talk real soon.
Update - 10:00 p.m: sorry about misspelling disclose! Can't change it after people have started voting...
Disclosure: The author has volunteered for and donated to the 2006 and 2008 campaigns for Diane Benson (multiple donations), and to the 2008 Ethan Berkowitz campaign (multiple donations).
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