Lieutenant governor candidates Heidi Drygas and Jessica Cook appear in a campaign ad together urging voters to “rank the other team second.”
that Dunleavy has a better chance at beating Gara than Walker in a match-up. Dunleavy campaign spokesperson Andrew Jensen, who also works for Dunleavy’s official office, said in response to a question about the mailer that it “speaks for itself.”
“It was like free advertising,” she said. “I looked at it and I was like, yeah, that’s what Les stands for... It was absolutely a mailer that our campaign did not have to fund.” Lottsfeldt compared the relationship so far between Gara and Walker to that between Republican U.S. House candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, who for months have subtly and not-so-subtly attacked each other even while instructing voters to “rank the red” in an effort to beat Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola.
“The worst thing that could happen in this election is for somebody to not rank their ballot,” Drygas said. “which really means to lose out on the opportunity to vote if your candidate is eliminated.”