In the case of Seaton, The legislative majority put money into running Beth Wythe against him in the primary.  She is even worse so she failed miserably.  No one ran against him in the primary.  

Same with Gary Stevens in Kodiak who helped purchase the new LIO.
Everyone was wondering, why is that guy still in there.  No one ran against him.

With state workers being let go, it seems all kinds of people would run.  Where else can you 'work' 3 months out of the year but get a full salaary and benefits, plus obsene daily per diem as well as spending your yearly  office supply money on whatever you want.  There there is the free money & lunches from lobbyists, free trips all over the world to 'study' stuff, special legilsation to fund your pet project(perhaps on your land) as well as special happy endings from oil lobbyist Kara Moriarty. What's not to love?

Apparently we don't have enough corrupt bastards to run for office in Alaska so we keep recycling the same ones.