A new super PAC that has amassed $600,000 from a single group says it will back federal candidates who support protections for Bristol Bay and who oppose the proposed Pebble mine project in Southwest Alaska.
said Monday that it will focus on additional fundraising to support candidates in the upcoming election cycle.
Former Alaska Senate President Rick Halford, a Republican and longtime opponent of the proposed mine, is senior adviser for the new political action committee.The Pebble mine has suffered regulatory setbacks under the Trump and Biden administrations, and the Environmental Protection Agency hasalive.
The new PAC intends to make independent expenditures to candidates and raise funds in unlimited amounts, the group hasthe FEC. Independent expenditure groups are not allowed to coordinate with individual campaigns. “Alaskans have been fighting the Pebble Mine for nearly two decades, and they want it stopped now,” Halford said in a prepared statement. “We are excited that we already have the resources to provide political support for those candidates who are standing up to provide durable protections for Bristol Bay this year.”
The committee will focus opposition on “those who are ignoring the will of Alaskans and the region,” Halford said, such as those who side with Pebble mine.Reached Tuesday by phone, Halford declined to name candidates that the committee might support or oppose.
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