More proof that GOP Senate hopeful Dan Sullivan is NOT an Alaskan.

Courtesy of The Hill: 

Alaska Senate candidate Dan Sullivan (R) was a Maryland resident for tax purposes while he lived and worked in the Washington, D.C. area from 2006 through 2008, according to the state's tax assessor. 

The comments come in response to an inquiry from the Alaska Democratic Party into whether Sullivan properly claimed principal residency tax breaks while living in Montgomery County, Md. during that period. 

Sen. Mark Begich's (D-Alaska) allies made the inquiry in order to draw attention to Sullivan's time outside the state. Begich and his allies have long sought to paint Sullivan as an outsider and undercut his state ties. 

"It is the determination of the Department that Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan are deemed residents of Maryland at that property address for the period in question. Therefore, the property tax benefits received were properly granted," Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation Director Robert Young says in an email to the head of the Alaska Democratic Party after reviewing whether the 'principal residence' tax credits were properly claimed at the Montgomery County, Md. home.

The explanation for this by the Sullivan campaign is that he was working for the Bush administration between 2006 and 2008, therefore he  spent the majority of this time in Maryland.

However it should be noted that many Alaskans work outside of the state for extended periods of time, yet they do not change their tax status if they are planning to return and make Alaska their home.

Both Lisa Murkowski and Don Young have worked in Washington longer than Sullivan has, and yet neither of them changed their resident status for tax purposes.

Which is interesting since many of Sullivan's recent ads are attacking Mark Begich for "being out of touch with Alaskans" because he has worked for the last six years in Washington representing Alaska (And accomplishing things like this for our people.), after having lived his entire life in this state.

And by the way, Sullivan's time out of Alaska actually extended from 2002 until 2009, during which time he served with the Bush Administration, which in my mind should all by itself remove him from consideration as a competent representative of the Alaskan people.

The guy is simply not one of us, he is a fucking out of stater.