Mr. Rauscher has ample special interest support.  We as inattentive voters have inadvertently given our parties and special interests way too much power in Juneau (and at Federal level as well) by simply not paying attention to what our elected officials are doing - then we depend on the parties to tell us who to vote for instead of making an educated decision. Our parties in turn are heavily motivated by special interests.  The party's influence on the elected official should end after the election - it is ultimately the constituents who are represented.  The campaigning to unseat Mr. Colver has been rift with libel and slander as accusations of voting, affiliations etc., have been made that are outright false yet the voter doesn't know any better, as many don't even know system for looking up a bill.  We need some ethics boundaries for campaigns.