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GOP Researcher. Formerly: @Senate_Fund, @OneNationOrg, @NRSC.

Joined September 2008
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Jennifer Welch: “I want to say this Chuck Schumer: we won in spite of you and we will do everything on this channel, everything, to make sure that you are not the Senate Majority Leader. You do not represent us. You’ve made it crystal clear who your loyalties are to. What you did to Angie Nixon, I will never ever forgive you. Quit taking victory laps on Twitter like you won this. Nobody likes you”
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ALASKA: While a lot of Peltola voters told us the “Decoy Dan” ballot scandal did not change their support, this Anchorage voter says it changed his mind. #Alaska #Midterms2026 #Elections2026 @NewsNation
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I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.
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Every time I’ve run for office, I’ve run on my vision for Alaska and my record. Mary Peltola has neither, which is why she plotted to trick Alaskans and cheat in this election. Alaskans care about character, judgment, and integrity. Mary’s plot shows she lacks all three.
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While some may try to write this off as just how politics works now, ballot-stacking should have no place in our electoral process. Run and win on your merits: your views, your policy ideas, and your accomplishments. By contrast, recruiting candidates to manipulate the field and influence voting outcomes is simply wrong. Alaskans deserve the honest truth from Mary and her campaign—what has been revealed is a pattern of lies and coverups and a culture of deception that belongs nowhere in our elections or among our elected officials.
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Utterly horrible response- Exactly what you might expect from a sociopath who physically abuses her staff and says she hopes constituents die of botched abortions.
At a rally in Soldotna today, US Senate candidate Mary Peltola said the media’s focus should be on Alaska’s high cost of living and Sen. Sullivan’s support of the war in Iran — not who is on the ballot. “Nobody at the New York Times cares about affordability in Alaska.”
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This won’t play well with swing voters. Doesn’t matter that it’s all legal. Here’s how it reads to a regular person: They didn’t think they could win fairly, so they did a bunch of backroom dealing to stack the odds, hoping no one would find out. If it’s not accurate, they better get concrete evidence out there in a hurry. The denial statements to the Times won’t cut it.
SCOOP: Democrats have insisted they have nothing to do with the other Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot. But aides with the Mary Peltola campaign and DSCC were part of a monthslong secret plan to recruit him to run -- as well as other candidates. nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
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Fantastic reporting by @nytimes @Kellen_Browning on Alaska Senate race. Extraordinarily great writing too. Will impact the race, I believe. A lot of people seem to have reacted to being exposed by lying. The reckoning will be ugly for @MaryPeltola nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
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In addition to incinerating any “authenticity” @MaryPeltola’s ads may have created for her, this puts the Klieg lights on @marceelias as a lawyer. Time for bar complaints against this sleaze artist.
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The Democrats that cry about threats to democracy spent months working to intentionally undermine it. Mary Peltola is a LIAR and a CHEAT who mooches off taxpayers and thinks Alaskans are stupid. Rank Dan S, Daniel, Gerry, DON’T RANK LYING MARY!
SCOOP: Democrats have insisted they have nothing to do with the other Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot. But aides with the Mary Peltola campaign and DSCC were part of a monthslong secret plan to recruit him to run -- as well as other candidates. nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
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This is exactly what we have been saying since this charade began. I hope every member of the Alaska media are finally ready to ACTUALLY REPORT ON THE SCAM PELTOLA HAS PULLED ON ALASKANS.
SCOOP: Democrats have insisted they have nothing to do with the other Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot. But aides with the Mary Peltola campaign and DSCC were part of a monthslong secret plan to recruit him to run -- as well as other candidates. nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
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Mary Peltola is a liar and a fraud. The New York Times exposed her team mocking voters and plotting with national Democrats to confuse them—all while repeatedly denying involvement. nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
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In other words, Josh Turek will do and say anything to get elected.
If you don’t understand that Josh Turek can be trusted to do what he needs to do in order to win votes in Iowa—including the Republican ones he needs—you haven’t been paying attention. We need to flip the senate. Get on board or log off.
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Iowa Democrat strategist: I would have hoped that Josh would’ve had a better answer for that…
Democrat Josh Turek DODGES when confronted about missing votes to help Iowa families. MODERATOR: "I want to ask again though, why did you miss those votes?" TUREK: "I'm out campaigning."
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WATCH: @RuthlessPodcast calls out @dunlap4congress for voting to raise the gas tax and pushing to let pedophiles off the hook. 😬 @JohnAshbrook: “This guy Matt Dunlap is a lunatic’s lunatic!”
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Josh Turek took the $20,000 per diem when he didn’t show up. He stole from Iowa taxpayers. He should refund that money now.
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Radical @dunlap4congress didn’t just raise the gas tax, he DOUBLED DOWN on his vote to do so 😳 And that’s just the tip of the iceberg: Dunlap voted against freezing property taxes, tried to hike Social Security taxes, and wanted to raise hunting fees Dunlap’s wrong for #ME02!
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Josh Turek skipped the initial vote to create the MEGA program the legislature is now amending to help bring the largest steel plant in the U.S. to Iowa. He couldn’t be bothered to show up, and trust me — that matters to Iowans. Hopefully he isn’t too busy to vote today with thousands of good-paying jobs on the line!
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Banner day for the Party of No.
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.@MaryPeltola “hope[d]” a woman would “die of a botched abortion” Do “most reasonably well-adjusted people” feel sympathetic towards that?
I think most reasonably well-adjusted people would read this and feel pretty sympathetic toward Peltola rather than her annoying staffers.
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