AK-AL: Challenger says Alaska's US Rep. Young is ducking debates
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. House candidate Alyse Galvin is frustrated because she says the incumbent in the race, who is also the longest-ever serving Republican in the House, has not agreed to participate in many debates or forums this fall.
There are two in-person debates scheduled this month between Galvin, an independent, and U.S. Don Young, her campaign said. They both will also appear virtually at a chamber forum in Fairbanks.
Galvin’s campaign says Young has declined to attend four other events in the weeks leading to the Nov. 3 general election.
“He’s dodging. He’s ducking debates because he’s afraid to talk the issues that Alaskans really care about most,” Galvin said Thursday of her 87-year-old opponent who has been in office since 1973. “He can no longer deliver, and he can’t be bothered to show up.”
Young’s campaign manager, Truman Reed, disputed those numbers.
“We are scheduled to participate in more than a half dozen debates/forums this month. Additionally, we’re meeting with Alaskans all across the state,” he said by email.
Reed did not respond to a follow-up request seeking details of those events, and there’s no calendar of events on Young’s campaign web page.
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