Alaska congressional candidates at Fairbanks forum answer questions from panel
August 13th, 2008
Colleen Redman attended to better understand all the candidates, but her votes were already secure with Mark Begich, a Democrat and the mayor of Anchorage, who is running for the Senate seat contested this year, and Ethan Berkowitz, a Democrat seeking the state House of Representatives job, she said. “Begich and Ethan Berkowitz are for quality preschool, which I think is a key issue for our entire country,” she pointed out.
A “Frozen Chosen” congressman in Alaska?
August 12th, 2008
Could we have a Jewish member of Congress from Alaska? Two weeks before the primary, it’s certainly not out of the question. A poll shows state represenative Ethan Berkowitz is looking pretty good in the race to be the Democratic nominee, and in the general election he is up by 15 points on scandal-plagued Republican incumbent Don Young.
Young, Berkowitz lead
August 11th, 2008
A month before the primary, Alaska Rep. Don Young holds a narrow lead in the Republican nomination battle while former State Rep. Ethan Berkowitz has a big lead on the Democratic side. As Young’s popularity plummets, that’s the best outcome Democrats can hope for, according to general election matchups.
Straw Poll
August 10th, 2008
The annual League of Women Voters poll at the fair ended with Democrat Ethan Berkowitz receiving 317 votes, Democrat Diane Benson receiving 245 votes, while Republican Sean Parnell tallied 248 and incumbent Rep. Don Young collected 88.
News from the Votemaster
August 8th, 2008
Alaska will have no fewer than three newbie vs. codger races in the Fall: Barack Obama vs. John McCain for President, Mark Begich vs. Ted Stevens for senator and Ethan Berkowitz vs. Don Young for the House. These races will reinforce each other and in a year where 80% of the voters think the country is heading in the wrong direction, change could hit Alaska big time.
Parnell’s interests don’t seem to coincide with workers
August 7th, 2008
“Did Congressman Don Young knock the snot out of Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in the Congressional debate the other night on Channel 2 or what? It almost seemed an unfair fight,” writes Vince Beltrami, president of the Alaska AFL-CIO. In the U.S. House primaries, the organization has endorsed incumbent Republican Don Young and Democrat Ethan Berkowitz.
Gloves off
August 7th, 2008
At Monday’s House candidates debate Democrats Ethan Berkowitz and Diane Benson were asked if they’d smoked pot (affirmative in both cases), while Republicans Don Young, Sean Parnell, and Gabrielle LeDoux were asked what sport they’d participate in if they were Olympic athletes.
Energy summit brings experts, locals together
August 7th, 2008
Last week, Northwest Arctic community members, Borough leaders, legislatures, and energy experts gathered together for the Northwest Arctic Regional Energy Summit, in Kotzebue. Ethan Berkowitz, Democratic candidate for Alaska’s seat at the U.S. Congress, also was among those invited. Berkowitz, an old friend of Rep. Reggie Joule, D-Kotzebue, has been traveling to the region for over 13 years.
Gloves come off in campaigns for US House
August 6th, 2008
Elbows are flying among Alaska’s U.S. House candidates as the primary election looms. Benson came after Berkowitz on campaign contributions, charging him with receiving money over the years from sources including big tobacco, Veco executives and lobbyists. “I stood up to them on the House floor, as you recall, I was the one who said, ‘This is our floor, no lobbyist is supposed to tell us what to do,” ‘ Berkowitz said.
U.S. House candidates debate
August 5th, 2008
Alaska candidates for U.S. House participated in a debate hosted by Channel 2 News and the League of Women Voters Monday night at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium.
