In the month before ballots are due several conservative candidates outperformed rivals, boosted in part by the end of donation limits in Alaska elections.
In five of the seven Assembly races, the conservative candidates outraised their opponents during the March reporting period, in some cases drastically so.
In the East Anchorage race to replace Pete Petersen, who is barred by term limits from running again, Moore took in, a lot of it from large donations, including $5,000 from Republican donor Lucy Bauer and $1,000 from Jerry Prevo, the former interim president of Liberty University and leader of Anchorage Baptist Temple, where Moore works as the director of outreach .
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