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I did the cover art for the Anchorage Press which should be hitting newsstands on Thursday. Let me know when you spot it in the wild!

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 24/09/2026

Reddit comments running that way as well.

Reddit comments. I'd literally vote for Gollem over the current batch of traitors.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 23/09/2026

... And take the divisive junk flags with you.

A couple "pro-life" flags hanging at the Alaska Governor's Mansion.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 23/09/2026

A heart warming sight after eight years of terrible governance. A GTFO moving truck parked in front of the Alaska Governor's mansion.

Moving truck in front of the Alaska Governor's mansion.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 22/09/2026

It's this kid's birthday. 49 years in the 49th state.

Pat dressed as Superman with a b-day hat on.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 18/09/2026

If you're in Juneau and need one of these Juneau Yes signs for the CBJ Elections, I have a few stashed away at the gallery.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 14/09/2026

Had a great time at the Klondike Road Relay. Big thanks to all the organizers and participants, it's just an outstanding event.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 14/09/2026

Ohh. We got our Lucas Elliott "Spy Grandma" standee!

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 11/09/2026

Klondike Road Relay weekend. Taylor is working and Nick is sewing pants.

#sketches Taylor working away on her computer and Nick sewing pants.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 06/09/2026

Tessa Hulls received a legislative citation today! #akleg

Senator Jesse Kiehl presents Tessa Hulls with a citation from the Alaska Legislature.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 05/09/2026

It should be made clear that the "Political insiders" Treg is talking about here are his colleagues in the Dunleavy administration who he advised as Attorney General. The same people clearing the way for him despite elections law violations... Which he committed repeatedly and intentionally.

“Man, I’m getting whiplash,” he wrote. “This campaign has always been about standing up to political insiders and special interests who think they get to decide what’s best for Alaska. Then they tried to take me off the ballot. They realized that if they applied the same standard they used against me, they’d have to remove multiple candidates from the ballot, throwing our election into chaos. So they put me back on. That tells you everything you need to know.”

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 04/09/2026

Sigh. Probably for the best.

Surprise, the Senator who can not be bothered to meet with constituents also sends a bunch of campaign junk mail from his senate address which (unnecessarily) can't be replied to.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 03/09/2026

It's Thor and Vision in the morning 🎵

Avengers Doomsday Directors: “We always view the script as a living organism. We’re improvisation-based, rehearsal-based directors. We like to see what the actors bring to the characters, and sometimes you don’t get the actors until a few days or few weeks before you shoot them. And a lot of the time, that’s when the magic happens.”

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 03/09/2026

#akleg I wonder if this has anything to do with outstanding subpoenas?

The Republican Governors Association, meanwhile, has not issued a statement on the Alaska gubernatorial race since primary voting took place last month. Officials there did not respond to a request for comment this week.

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Alaska in Brief
National Republican campaign group must comply with subpoena, Alaska Supreme Court says
By James Brooks -
October 10, 2025 5:08 pm
(Photo by Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Getty Images)

(Photo by Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Getty Images)

A national group that backed Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s re-election campaign in 2022 must comply with a subpoena issued as part of a yearslong investigation, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday.

In a 13-page decision, the court rejected a series of arguments offered by attorneys representing the Republican Governors Association, and it ordered the organization to comply with the subpoena.

The decision was authored by Justice Dario Borghesan, a Dunleavy appointee.

Attorneys representing the RGA did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.

Since 2022, the Alaska Public Offices Commission has been seeking documents from the RGA — a national group that backs Republican candidates for governor — to determine whether or not the group illegally colluded with Dunleavy’s 2022 campaign.

The RGA is considered an “independent expenditure” group and thus is barred by law from coordinating with a political candidate’s campaign. In 2022, two progressive groups filed complaints against the RGA.

The state watchdog agency APOC, which regulates political campaign spending, began an investigation, but the RGA refused to comply with a subpoena seeking banking information and relevant communications.

Anchorage-based attorney Scott Kendall, who represents the political groups that filed complaints against the RGA three years ago, said that if RGA now complies with the subpoenas, APOC can actually judge the original complaints on their merits.

That could have implications for next year’s governor election, Kendall said on Friday.

“Are they going to participate (in the 2026 election)? If they’re going to participate, are they going to disclose thei…

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 02/09/2026

It's ok. Probably nothing happens to the mice.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 01/09/2026

The photo of the guys carrying out banker boxes full of papers really struck me at the time.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 01/09/2026

FBI raids lawmakers. Agents search for VECO ties in 6 legislators' offices... Also, check out that amazing poll!

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 01/09/2026

This day in news. Twenty years ago the FBI raided the capitol. Veco is named in the warrants. #akleg

Anchorage Daily News: FBI raids legislative offices. Veco is named in the warrants.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 31/08/2026

#akleg I was looking for updates to APOC filings and noticed Natasha Von Imhof appears to have filed to run for Anchorage Mayor yesterday.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 29/08/2026

Just got the bread report from @mariancall.bsky.social. Also, she's asking how to become a pie judge.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 28/08/2026

#akleg Another day, another Dunleavy AG fallen on hard times.

On August 26, 2026, the Alaska Public Offices Commission considered the matter
of Mr. Taylor’s public official financial disclosure statement. The Commission finds that
Mr. Taylor’s 2026 financial disclosure statement did not substantially comply with AS
39.50 “within 30 days after the due date.”1 As a result, the Commission recommends that
the lieutenant governor not certify Mr. Taylor’s nomination for the office of governor.2 A
full written order explaining the Commission’s reasoning will be issued by August 31,
2026

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 27/08/2026

The "loophole" in S-corp taxation is simply that we have no income tax. #akleg

https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=33&docid=13972

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 22/08/2026

#akleg So yeah. It looks like Ballot Measure 2 would repeal all the limits on gubernatorial race that 71% of Alaskans just approved.

Here's the language from Ballot Measure 1 that puts restrictions on contributions to joint campaigns for Gov and Lt. Gov.

Section 5. AS 15.13.070(g) is amended to read:

(g) Where contributions are made to a joint campaign for governor and lieutenant governor, (1) an individual may contribute not more than $4,000 each election cycle; and (2) a group may contribute not more than $8,000 each election cycle.

Here's the part of ballot measure 2 that says, "AS 15.13.070(g) is repealed."

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 21/08/2026

Here's the vintage ciggy advert that inspired the line.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 19/08/2026

#akelect #akleg Ballot Measure One currently at 85.3% approval in Juneau. 🤩🤩🤩

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 19/08/2026

YES. We are off to a good start here with about a quarter of the precincts reporting. A massive relief.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 18/08/2026

#akleg Bronson supporters are placing unauthorized signage on private property. If you see one of these in a conspicuous location, let the property owner know someone dumped garbage on their lot.

A Bronson sign popped up on this lot, the owner didn't put it there and will be taking it down.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 15/08/2026

... Ok, to be fair, I'm probably a hypocrite on this one. Because I do think it's hilarious that some PAC is burning hundreds of thousands on boosting a "spoiler" candidate who is just going to bail.

Even if the PACs succeed in elevating little-known candidates into one of the top four spots in the primary, they are not guaranteed to accept a spot on the November ballot.

A candidate who finishes among the top four in the primary can withdraw from the general election, potentially allowing the fifth-place finisher to advance.

That is exactly what Grayson intends to do, he said Wednesday from his home in Arizona.

“I won’t be on the ballot in Alaska because if I do finish at the top four, I’ll just do what Nancy Dahlstrom and Matthew Salisbury did in the House race two years ago,” said Grayson, referring to the 2024 U.S. House race, when the third- and fourth-place finishers dropped out of the race amid pressure from the Alaska Republican Party, elevating the fifth- and sixth-place finishers onto the general election ballot.

“You just withdraw. That’s why I don’t understand this now,” said Grayson.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 11/08/2026

So they've paused the process they recently completed? Or is this an admission that they intend to resume removing voters based on outdated data? #akleg

The division has paused additional DMV comparisons while it evaluates this initial effort...

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 11/08/2026

I don't hate their platform... I thought it would be more about big shoes and honka honka noses.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 11/08/2026

Hello Alaska w/ Matt & Pat - This episode we get into the recent voter purge. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0... #alaskasky #akleg

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 11/08/2026

The Alaska Neighbors Party (Q) is already out of the cellar, we're the 4th smallest party in Alaska!

The Alaska Neighbors Party (Q) reports 13 members as of 8/3/26

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 10/08/2026

Also, we're into the 24hr reporting window for the primary. Just a couple of those have landed so far.

Elvi Gray-Jackson and Alaskans for Lesil McGuire reporting 24hr activity.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 10/08/2026

#akleg Looks like 7-day reports are already spilling in. Pepper McFarland (N) running against Prax in district 33 has some incredible comparative momentum amongst the got-their-homework-done-early crowd. They're due midnight on the 11th.

List of seven day reports at APOC. Pepper McFarland leading the pack so far for this reporting period.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 09/08/2026

Here's a JKT quote from 2021. Tom has gone as far as sponsoring income tax legislation during his time in office.

JKT says taxes are mathematically necessary.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 08/08/2026

Fascinating... Are they trying to sell some kind of ai bottle reality for authors who crave gentle academic exploration of their work?

"Read as instruction it is calm, Read as argument it is demanding."

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