By SUZANNE DOWNING
Nov. 11, 2026 — A quickly formed nonprofit that supplied $4.5 million to a super PAC supporting Mary Peltola’s Alaska Senate effort distributed at least $26 million to various Democratic-aligned super PACs, according to a New York Times report published Wednesday.
United Futures Inc. is now the subject of a Campaign Legal Center complaint alleging it served as a straw donor, concealing the people supplying millions for election activity. The nonprofit disputes the allegations.
The Times report describes a network supporting Peltola, Democratic Senate candidates Adam Hamilton in Kansas and Scott Colom in Mississippi, and independent Dan Osborn in Nebraska.
Super PACs disclose their contributors, but a nonprofit donor can leave the original source of the money hidden. In this case, voters could see the United Futures name without knowing who financed it.
Campaign Legal Center filed its complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Nov. 2. It documented $19.71 million in contributions between Aug. 24 and Oct. 8. The newspaper’s account puts the nonprofit’s giving at at least $26 million.
CLC alleges unknown contributors used United Futures as a conduit and that four recipient super PACs knowingly participated.
Lindsay Nathan, a lawyer representing United Futures Inc., denied the allegations in a statement to the Times, saying the organization would address them through the FEC process. Mounce did not respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.
The Times also reported a correction involving approximately $7.6 million in transfers. The complaint had identified contributions that recipient committees attributed to United Futures PAC but that the PAC had not reported making. According to the newspaper, those donations actually came from United Futures Inc., the nonprofit, and the filings are being amended.
The correction changes the explanation for the reporting discrepancy.
The complaint traces United Futures Inc.’s formation to Aug. 12. Its incorporator, Alana Mounce, previously held senior Democratic political roles, including work for Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign. CLC says the corporation used a virtual-office address and had no evident business activity sufficient to explain its political contributions.
Within 12 days of formation, it began giving, distributing $5 million on its first day of contributions, according to the Times and the complaint.
Alaska’s 49th State PAC received $2 million on Aug. 28 and $2.5 million on Sept. 22. That supplied 90% of its reported funding; Green Advocacy Project supplied the other $500,000. CLC says four recipient PACs shared a mailing address, compliance firm and registered agent.
United Futures Inc. and United Futures PAC are separate entities. The complaint lists the corporation as supplying $3 million to the PAC. The national total should not be read as money spent entirely in Alaska, nor should transfers to outside committees be described as direct contributions to Peltola’s campaign.
The Alaska connection puts fresh scrutiny on an argument voters heard repeatedly from defenders of ranked-choice voting: Say no to dark money.
The No on 2 campaign’s website urged voters to “keep dark money out of Alaska politics.” Another campaign page declared, “Right now, Alaska bans dark money.” Its pitch linked preservation of the election system to protecting voters’ ability to identify the sources of political spending.
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This is a great example of the evil that Citizens United has brought to the campaign finance process. But let’s be clear about who brought about that evil. That would be the GOP ecosystem and the conservative legal movement. Because they thought that it would advantage their campaigns. The same folks killed the DISCLOSE Act and the Murkowski-Wyden FOLLOW THE MONEY ACT, arguing that donors have a First Amendment right to anonymity in making their political statements. That is what makes dark money dark. Is it any surprise that the Democratic ecosystem is taking advantage of the gaping loophole. The Campaign Legal Center is spot on in pointing out how political law experts exploit these opportunities for the benefit of their dark money clients. But there is nothing to connect Mary to this effort. Nor would dark money seek her permission even if it were legal to do so, which it isn’t. Look in the mirror conservatives. This is your fault!
Nate, lisa mudskanski is not a republican, she is a self centered egotistical narcissist, she is out for herself, not any citizen of the US or Alaska. She is a RINO, period
outside dark money bought the election
so what we don’t want is still there, blame who you want for that.
greed rules, end of permanent fund and the corpus is gone also in one election.
end of oil, gas and life in Alaska. (nice Park but not sure how it will be accessed)
bloated state government, unions, and the green lobby got what they wanted.
piggy bank will be broken and there is no putting it back together.
Will be a nice ghost park.
Nonsense. You want to hate, that’s your right. You want to cancel? Power to you. Lisa has a right to be Lisa. You have the right to be you. Ain’t this a great country? The Senate Republican Conference recognizes Lisa as a Republican. Joe Miller tried to get her tossed. The Alaska GOP tried to censure her. She knows the meaning of standard your ground. And she is still standing. You know what the RINO label does? It elects more Democrats. Happy now?
Nate, Joe Miller very well DID get her tossed. So she runs the shady write-in campaign, with the stupid little rubber bracelets (and God knows how many cases of Fireball) for all of her dedicated, informed supporters who were apparently unable to spell “Murkowski”, and immediately thereafter starts a campaign to get rid of normal primaries, as she knew very well she wouldn’t be able to withstand another one. Did you think we forgot?? She didn’t “stand her ground”. She ran chickenshit, straight for the cheating, with all of her Washington democrat friends. All the votes she gets are from democrats. She’s NOT a Republican.
Hi Robert. I want to address your comment with the greatest respect. A lot of Alaskans are sick of the boom-bust cycles. And they look at the boom in the Permian and say Why not us. And blaming the feds for everything is a convenient excuse. We still resent the heavy hand of ANILCA and allow ourselves to believe that the environmentalists pull every lever. So let’s remind ourselves of some facts. Both the oil and gas and mining industries saw a resurgence during the Biden administration. Lisa, Mary and Dan didn’t lie down in defeat. They took their case to Biden (same guy who flew to Alaska for TS’ funeral) and got a deal. And that resurgence continues today. It is fueled by stronger prices and depleted supplies on the global market and thanks to the Iran war an imperative to diversify sources. There is also a change in dynamics here in DC. Most of the Ds elected this year were not Bernies, not DSAs, and not climate warriors. That creates an opening for the all of the above energy policy which Lisa has long supported. I know, its dark, it’s cold and we are grumpy. I live in DC but my body clock is still set on Fairbanks time. Defeatism is not a strategy for Alaska’s future. But we better come together and figure out what is. Because grievance is not a strategy.
Robert, you are so right on so many fronts… although I find peace in the work I do to continually questioning’s the Corrupt Institutionalism that lurks beneath the surface of the ( AML’s & NGO’s ) that feed our Local, State & Federal governments ! My recent Op-Ed Opinion: (The skunk returns— AML’s education agenda needs a public price tag ) MRAK Nov. 10th.
Wise up Alaskan’s, the foundation in your own neighborhood’s is shaken with City & Boro. Governments that claim to be ( Nonpartisan ) which means free from party affiliation, bias, or support for a specific political party, candidate, or ideology!
That’s the biggest lie we live with every day! WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO CHANGE THIS ! THEY ARE PARTISAN LIBERALS !
Liberty Ed
“NO on RCV” because of dark money.
Is everybody laughing now?
Alaska cannot regulate dark money in federal elections. That is solely the province of the federal government. But Alaska can regulate the use of dark money in state and local elections. Apples and oranges.