Nancy Dahlstrom’s run in the race for U.S. House now has a strong supporter from Washington, D.C.: Speaker of the House.
The Grow The Majority, a committee for fundraising associated to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. The committee has was granted documents permitting it to raise money jointly to support Dahlstrom who is a Republican and Alaska’s lieutenant governor of Alaska.
Republican consultant for the campaign Art Hackney calls the move significant, and said it indicates that the national GOP funds will be focused on Dahlstrom rather than the other Republican running for the same office, Nick Begich III.
“She’s simply a very solid, straight-forward, hardworking individual,” Hackney said. “So she clearly amazed the hell out of the other contestants.”
Dahlstrom revealed last month that she’s vying to remove Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska from the chamber that is lower in Congress. Dahlstrom’s political campaign did not respond to requests for an interview to be included in this story and neither did Begich.
Turning around of the Alaska seat is the major goal by the National Republican Congressional Committee. Dahlstrom is one of the 16 Republican candidates from across the nation Grow the Majority chosen for a joint fundraising.
Hackney who has been involved in campaigns throughout every Alaska congress since 1982, has said that the support of national politicians can be a major factor in Alaska. The race next year is, according to him, going to differ from the last race, as Peltola will have a history to defend.
“What she’s has going for her is that she doesn’t cover herself from situations,” he said. “She is, as you can imagine quite real in what she’s doing. And, as you’ve guessed authenticity can take you quite a distance.”
In the past, Hackney worked on Nick Begich’s campaign, but the two have since parted ways. Begich was largely self-funded for his campaign for 2022. In the last few years, he’s secured significant contributions from well-known Alaska Republicans.
Peltola has reported greater than one million dollars in cash in his bank account over four times the amount than Begich in the period of last reporting. Dahlstrom’s team hasn’t been required to submit reports on campaign finance until now.
