Rep. Young’s legal fees mount, new report shows
February 1st, 2008
FINANCE STATEMENT: Report says Alaska congressman paid $854,035 for lawyers in 2007; why is unknown
Over the course of 2007, U.S. Rep. Don Young’s re-election campaign spent $854,035 on legal fees, according to a new report filed on Thursday. And Alaska’s lone congressman still isn’t saying what the lawyers are doing for the money.
Meanwhile, three of Young’s challengers in this year’s elections — Democrats Diane Benson and Ethan Berkowitz, and Republican Gabrielle LeDoux — appear to have raised more money in campaign contributions than Young in the last three months of the year, although he still has more far more money in the bank.
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Young’s leading Democratic challenger, former state House minority leader Ethan Berkowitz, has raised $124,201, but has spent little of it so far.
“We’re spending some, but we’re preparing for a long, expensive battle,” Berkowitz said. “Don Young has a lot of money in the bank and a lot of accounts to draw on. He has a lot of resources he can deploy.”
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