Scott McAdams, Alaska Democratic Senate candidate, wasted no time in responding to the announcement by Sen. Lisa Murkowski that she would be running a write-in campaign.
The full text of his comments is below the fold.
The McAdams campaign has kicked into high gear opening a Juneau office on September 16, 2010 and launching the McAdams campaign headquarters in Fairbanks next week. The campaign has raised almost $300,000 in the past three weeks and has many fundraising events planned through October.
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Anyone doubting the ability of McAdams to win the Alaska Senate race should be paying close attention. McAdams appears to be on an unstoppable roll. For McAdams on the issues and to donate through Act Blue, go to http://scottmcadams.org
McAdams in response to Murkowski write-in campaign:
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"For me this race was never about my opponent. It was about Alaska's future and the vision for building Alaska's economy, supporting our seniors, and creating jobs for Alaska families."
"Washington is not working for Alaska families. The partisan bickering, political grandstanding, and special interest bailouts don't get results for Alaska. The negative campaign Alaskans endured over the last several months is just more of the same."
McAdams is focused upon retaining and creating Alaskan jobs and developing Alaska's energy resources including oil and gas, wind, geothermal and hydro. As U.S. Senator, McAdams will fight for Alaska's fair share of federal investment and energy royalties and will protect Social Security and fight cuts in Medicare.
A write-in campaign is a high hurdle that has been historically unsuccessful in Alaska. In fact, Senator Murkowski finds herself in a situation very similar to Senator Clark Gruening. Gruening was an incumbent senator who lost the primary, launched a write-in campaign, and ended up with only 17% of the vote at a time when it was much easier to mount a write-in campaign. "The race is really between Joe Miller – an extremist candidate funded by outside organizations—and me," said McAdams. "I remain focused on Alaskans and the difficulties and opportunities we face."