Shady Super PAC Fair Deal Alaska's Postcard Mailers Supporting Richard Grayson's Campaign for the U.S. Senate from Alaska

 

Note: We had nothing to do with these mailings, sent out to many Alaska households by a shady Super PAC whose goal is to split the Democratic and progressive vote and hurt Mary Peltola, who is the subject of false charges and vicious disparagement on many of the mailers, which we do not wish to show here.

Juneau Independent publishes column, "How campaigns show they don't respect voters," attacking Richard Grayson, Alaska's Green Party candidate for U.S. Senator

Today, Friday, August 14, 2026, the Juneau Inddependent published a column by Rich Moniak, "How campaigns show they don't respect voters," attacking Richard Grayson, the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senator from Alaska, writing, "(T)he fact Grayson is also on the ballot for Arizona House District 7 this year is proof his Alaska campaign is a sham."

Alaska Public Media publishes article, "Super PACs try to game Alaska’s open primary for U.S. Senate by elevating political unknowns," about super PAC spending for Richard Grayson and other candidates

Today, Friday, August 14, 2026, Alaska Public Media published an article by Liz Ruskin, "Super PACs try to game Alaska’s open primary for U.S. Senate by elevating political unknowns," about super PACs spending for Richard Grayson and other candidates.

Anchorage Daily News publishes article, "Millions pour into Alaska to boost fringe U.S. Senate candidates," about super PAC spending for Richard Grayson and other candidates

Today, Thursday, August 13, 2026, the Anchorage Daily News published an article by Iris Samuels, "Millions pour into Alaska to boost fringe U.S. Senate candidates," about super PAC spending for Richard Grayson and other candidates.

Alaskans for Mary PAC website They Are Not From Here attacks super PAC Fair Deal Alaska for supporting Richard Grayson & Carol Hafner for U.S. Senator

They Are Not From Here

Shady Super PAC "Fair Deal Alaska" Sends Out Mailings Supporting Richard Grayson for the U.S. Senate from Alaska without Candidate's Knowledge

-- Reddit post, "Lower 48 candidates in Alaska's 2026 U.S. Senate election," April 12, 2026

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late July, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late July, 2002 | Richard Grayson

Alaska Beacon publishes article, "Why super PACs are suddenly spending big on Alaska’s US Senate underdogs," about money given to Richard Grayson and other candidates

Today, Wednesday, August 12, 2026, the Alaska Beacon published an article by Joedy McCreary of Open Secrets, "Why super PACs are suddenly spending big on Alaska’s US Senate underdogs," about money given to Richard Grayson and other candidates

Shady Super PAC "Fair Deal Alaska" Spends $330,474 on the Campaign of Alaska's Green Party U.S. Senate Candidate Richard Grayson

According to Capitol Hill Access and our own somewhat suspect mathematical skills the shady, presumably right-wing Republican super PAC Fair Deal Alaska has spent $313,431 $330,474 on the Alaska U.S. Senate campaign of Green Party candidate Richard Grayson.

Update, Friday, August 14, 2025: More recent spending on Grayson's campaign: 

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-July, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-July, 2002 | Richard Grayson

Super PAC Fair Deal Alaska Has Now Spent Over $200,000 Supporting Richard Grayson for U.S. Senator from Alaska

Richard Grayson Wins Green Primary for State Representative in Legislative District 7

Today, Thursday, August 6, 2026, the official statewide canvass of the July 21, 2026 Arizona primary, was released, showing that Richard Grayson had won the Green Party primary for State Representative in Legislative District 7. A write-in candidate, Grayson received one vote, and will be on the general election ballot with Democrat Samuel "Sam" Martin and Republicans Walter "Walt" Blackman and David Cook. Each legislative district elects the top two candidates for State Representative in November.

The Super PAC Fair Deal Alaska releases TV advertisement supporting the campaign of Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Richard Grayson

The super PAC Fair Deal Alaska has released a 30-second TV/video advertisement supporting the campaign of Richard Grayson, a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Alaska in the August 18 primary.

Alaska Beacon article by the Northern Journal-Anchorage Press's Nathaniel Herz, "As Alaska’s U.S. Senate campaign heats up, super PACs boost out-of-state candidates," mentions U.S. Senate candidate Richard Grayson

An Alaska Beacon article by the Northern Journal-Anchorage Press's Nathaniel Herz, "As Alaska’s U.S. Senate campaign heats up, super PACs boost out-of-state candidates," published today, Monday, August 3, 2026, mentions U.S. Senate candidate Richard Grayson.

The article begins:

Richard Grayson lives in Arizona and has been a fringe candidate in a number of federal elections. That includes in New York, where records show he’s established campaign committees named “The Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party Supports NY-21 Write-In Candidate Richard Grayson,” and “Write In Richard Grayson New York’s Cutest Communist.”

This year, Grayson is on the ballot in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, where two heavyweights, Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola, are running in a contest that could help decide control of the chamber.

And now, two weeks before the primary election determines which four candidates advance to  the general, Grayson, who’s running under the Green Party label, is getting an unexpected boost: A new super PAC has spent more than $100,000 on his behalf.

Fair Deal Alaska registered with federal campaign finance regulators a few days ago and lists as an address a suite in a Wasilla office building that offers “virtual office and mail services.”

In multiple filings with the Federal Election Commission, it has since reported spending some $180,000 on mailers, phone calls and other media supporting Grayson . . .

The Vote411 League of Women Voters Guide to Alaska's U.S. Senate Candidates Includes Responses to Policy Questions by Candidate Richard Grayson

The League of Women Voters' Vote411 guide to Alaska's U.S. Senate candidates' policy positions includes responses to five questions by all candidates, including the Green Party's candidate Richard Grayson.

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late June, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late June, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-June, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-June, 2002 | Richard Grayson

"Richard Grayson: Green Party Politics" in Lake Havasu City's Today's News-Herald

Today, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, Lake Havasu City's Today's News-Herald/HavasuNews.com published a letter by Richard Grayson, "Green Party politics":

As a Green Party voter who feels differently about who the best candidates in our primary are, I would only like to point out that in the last contested statewide Green Party primary -- for U.S. Senator in 2024 -- only 11 people voted in Mohave County, according to the official canvass of that primary. The two on-ballot "Actively Opposed" candidates got 4 votes each, and the "Endorsed" write-in candidate got 3 votes. Rather than write a letter to a newspaper, it would have been easier for Mr. Swing to send each Mohave County household with a Green Party voters a mailing, the way "Actively Opposed" on-ballot candidates Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier have.

Richard Grayson

Apache Junction

Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent publishes article on Arizona Legislative District 7 candidates, including Richard Grayson for State Repressentative

Today, Wednesday, July 15, 2021, the Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent published an article by Janet Perez, "LD 7 representative GOP primary is competive," featuring all the primary candidates in Arizona's Legislative District 7, including Richard Grayson: 

Most of the candidates in the Arizona Legislative District 7 July 21 primary are running unopposed, except in the GOP race for state representative.

In the Senate race, incumbent Wendy Rogers faces no challengers in the Republican primary. Michiel “Mike” Montiel likewise faces no challengers in the Democratic primary.

In the race for LD 7 representative, the field is crowded in the Republican primary. Incumbent Walter “Walt” Blackman will face former state Rep. David Cook Sr., Andrew Costanzo and Barby Ingle. The top two vote-getters will move onto the general election in November.

In the Democratic primary, Samuel “Sam” Martin is running unopposed.

Richard Grayson of the Green Party is a write-in candidate.

LD 7 encompasses Apache Junction, Gold Canyon Flagstaff, Page, Winslow, Show Low, Sedona and Pinetop-Lakeside. Here’s a look at the candidates:

Richard Grayson is running as a write-in candidate in the Green Party primary

Grayson, 75, hails from Apache Junction and works at the Central Arizona College Superstition Mountain Campus Library.

He is also co-chair of the Pinal County Greens.

"Unfortunately, only one Democrat, Sam Martin, qualified to run for the two seats as LD7 state representative," Grayson stated. "I am running in the Green Party primary to give Democratic and other progressive voters who want to use their second vote in the general election another candidate to vote for."

Grayson stated that the single biggest issue facing Arizona heading into the next legislative session is water — specifically long-term water security tied to growth, housing and the Colorado River.

"Recent polling found Arizona voters ranked “water and Colorado River protection” ahead of inflation, border security, taxes and education as the top priority for lawmakers," he stated.

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early June, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early June, 2002 | Richard Grayson

Cochise County's Herald-Review Media publishes a letter about Richard Grayson's Arizona campaign in Arizona, "Sham Green Party candidate should withdraw"

Today, Thursday, July 9, 2026, Cochise County's Herald-Review Media published a letter from an admirer about Richard Grayson's Arizona campaign:

We don't think so.

Arizona Daily Star publishes letter on the Green Party by Richard Grayson

Today, Tuesday, July 7, 2024, the Arizona Daily Star published a letter,"Green Party," by Richard Grayson.

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late May, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late May, 2002 | Richard Grayson

Cochise County's Herald-Review Media publishes a letter by Richard Grayson, "A spoiler candidacy isn't a protest, it's a risk," about the Arizona Green Party

Today, Thursday, July 2, 2026, Cochise County's Herald-Review Media publishes a Letter by Richard Grayson, "A spoiler candidacy isn't a protest, it's a risk," about the Arizona Green Party in response to an earlier letter:

Gary Swing's letter highlights Green Party values – but Democrats share those values, too. The real question is electoral consequence.

In the entire history of the State of Arizona, no candidate not a Republican or Democrat has ever won a contested partisan election, and there is no reason to believe this year will be different.

With Arizona's governor, Secretary of State, and 6th Congressional District races all potential tossups, Green candidates can tip outcomes towards the Republicans. The Green Party establishment dismisses both major parties as a "uniparty" or "corporate duopoly," but that framing ignores real differences. Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are not Andy Biggs, JD Vance, or Kari Lake. Those differences matter enormously under an administration many Arizona Green Party members find authoritarian and corrupt.

The CD6 race between Republican Juan Ciscomani and Democrat JoAnna Mendoza could help determine control of the U.S. House. A spoiler candidacy by Mr. Swing there isn't a protest – it's a risk. The vast majority of voters, Democrat and Republican alike, will reject the Green Party's refusal to reckon with political reality no matter who their candidates are.

Richard Grayson

Apache Junction

"The Inoculations," a story by Richard Grayson, published at Thirteen Bridges Review: The Literary Arts Journal of Auburn University at Montgomery

Today, July 1, 2026, Thirteen Bridges Review: The Literary Arts Journal of Auburn University at Montgomery, published a short story by Richard Grayson, "The Inoculations."

Alaska U.S. Senate Candidate Ballot Finalized at Close of "Dan Sullivans" Litigation; Richard Grayson is the Green Party Candidate

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-May, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-May, 2002 | Richard Grayson

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner publishes letter by Richard Grayson, "Hope this clears things up"

Today, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner published a letter by Richard Grayson, "Hope this clears things up," responding to a letter that questioned Alaska's U.S. Senate candidates' motives for running:

I agree with the letter writer who argued that if the Alaska Division of Elections is going to examine and judge the motives of one candidate for the U.S. Senate and purport to remove him from the ballot -- something I believe is unconstitutional -- then all candidates' motives for running need to likewise be judged. As a Senate candidate, my Arizona address provoked a question about my motives, so I will answer it now: The average high temperature each day in Apache Junction in August is between 104 and 114 degrees Fahrenheit. Just as our town is filled with seasonal residents from Alaska and other Northern climes, I now have a good excuse to visit my snowbird neighbors and mooch off them for a while. That great politician Harry S. Truman may have said, "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen," but at age 75, I prefer to spend time in Alaska.

Richard Grayson's "The Iran Joke Book" mentioned in Walter Kaner's column in the New York Daily News

Today, June 4, 1980, Walter Kaner's column in the New York Daily News, ends with a mention of Richard Grayson's newest book:

IRANIC: There's nothing funny about the situation in Iran, but that hasn't stopped a Rockaway Park author, Richard Grayson, from putting together a paperback of puns, published this week, called "The Iran Joke Book." Samples: "How do Iranians phone each other?" "Persian to Persian." "How do Iranian clergymen make a decision?" "They mullah it over.".

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early May, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early May, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late April, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late April, 2002 | Richard Grayson

Richard Grayson in Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent survey of candidates in Arizona's Legislative District 7