Post by Logan on Jun 8, 2016 1:28:30 GMT -6
Top Alaska union official Beltrami to run against GOP state Sen. Cathy Giessel
Vince Beltrami, the state's most prominent union official, filed to run for an Alaska Senate seat Tuesday, saying he was compelled to mount a campaign because of "hyperpartisanship that's had Juneau in a perpetual gridlock."
Beltrami, a lifelong Democrat until he changed his registration to nonpartisan two years ago, said he would run as an independent. And he railed against his likely opponent, incumbent Anchorage Republican Sen. Cathy Giessel, calling her one of the biggest contributors to the Legislature's partisan divide.
"She's catering to the furthest right element in the Alaska political landscape," Beltrami said in a phone interview Tuesday. "I intend to offer bold leadership, not blind partisanship."
Giessel, in a phone interview Tuesday, declined to specifically address Beltrami's comments, and she said she didn't need to hear them relayed by a reporter.
Read more: www.adn.com/politics/2016/05/31/top-alaska-union-official-beltrami-to-run-against-gop-state-sen-cathy-giessel/
Vince Beltrami, the state's most prominent union official, filed to run for an Alaska Senate seat Tuesday, saying he was compelled to mount a campaign because of "hyperpartisanship that's had Juneau in a perpetual gridlock."
Beltrami, a lifelong Democrat until he changed his registration to nonpartisan two years ago, said he would run as an independent. And he railed against his likely opponent, incumbent Anchorage Republican Sen. Cathy Giessel, calling her one of the biggest contributors to the Legislature's partisan divide.
"She's catering to the furthest right element in the Alaska political landscape," Beltrami said in a phone interview Tuesday. "I intend to offer bold leadership, not blind partisanship."
Giessel, in a phone interview Tuesday, declined to specifically address Beltrami's comments, and she said she didn't need to hear them relayed by a reporter.
Read more: www.adn.com/politics/2016/05/31/top-alaska-union-official-beltrami-to-run-against-gop-state-sen-cathy-giessel/