Kendall also filed a lawsuit challenging the homeschool reimbursement program. He draws a lot of right-wing ire.
“Yeah, ‘the Soros-funded, Marxist attorney,’ — and I’m not Marxist. Obviously. That’s an anti- Semitic trope,” Kendall said recently. “I’m not funded by George Soros. Never met him. Never met anyone associated with him.”
Alaska’s right wing says Kendall is undermining them. On social media, furious Alaskans allege Kendall is trying to transfer their parental authority to the government and weaken the bonds of family. That event is just one of many indicators that Kendall is out of step with the Republican Party. He has long been a voice for moderate Republicans, and moderation in general. As Alaska and America have become more polarized, it’s hard to occupy middle ground, and Kendall’s willingness to take on cases that are unpopular on the right has made him a lightning rod.
Kendall honed his expertise in election law in 2010, when he defended Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in victory before the Alaska Supreme Court. He helped her win re-election over Tea Party-aligned conservative Joe Miller. These days, Kendall spends some of his time defending the system the ballot measure created. He’s pursuing a lawsuit to block a repeal initiative. He also filed a campaign finance complaint last year against opponents of ranked choice voting, accusing them of misusing a religious organization they created.
Mathias referred questions to another leader of the anti-ranked choice movement, Phil Izon. Izon said it’s fair to link Kendall to Soros, because Soros has donated to aMathias could’ve focused on other billionaires who more directly support ranked choice voting in Alaska, but Izon says Soros is better known.
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