LaFrance brought in more donations from individual donors, and is spending down those funds more aggressively than Bronson’s campaign is, as the May 14 deadline to vote approaches.
Updated: 47 seconds agoIncumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, left, and former Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance.
Though she received some big four- and five-figure checks, the majority of the $341,183 her campaign reported taking in between March 24 and May 4 in itsto the Alaska Public Offices Commission came from more than 1,000 individual donations of $500 or less, in some cases just $5 or $10. According to campaign manager Katie Scovic, more than 1,600 Anchorage residents have donated to LaFrance’s election efforts since she launched her campaign last year.
Bronson is also trailing in spending by independent expenditure groups. In the last mayoral runoff, $143,450 was spent on his behalf by two large independent expenditure groups. This year, while there are some small independent expenditure groups that have chipped in resources towards his re-election, those contributions are dwarfed by what is being spent in support of LaFrance by outside political groups.
The LaFrance campaign has also spent more on staff than its counterpart. In its latest filing, it showed $24,000 going to Scovic, covering three months of campaign management. It listed $7,000 to Barbara Jones for volunteer coordination work, who retired in 2023 after a long tenure as the“This final week of the campaign is all about getting out the vote,” Scovic said.
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