A bizarre election fraud case involving a nearly forgotten Alaska state representative will possibly begin Monday, after dozens of delays.
The trial for former Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux has been postponed and rescheduled numerous times since she and two others were indicted for voter misconduct for actions they allegedly took during the 2018 election involving LeDoux’s reelection campaign.
As of Friday, the trial is now set for Nov. 18 at 8:30 a.m. in Room 603 of the Nesbett Courthouse in Anchorage, with Judge Kevin Saxby presiding. She is represented by attorney Kevin Fitzgerald.
In July, Lisa Simpson, formerly Lisa Vaught, signed a plea agreement for her role in the fraud. Simpson is the former chief of staff and was the campaign manager for LeDoux. Simpson had faced five charges of voter misconduct, some of them felony charges. She may be a witness in the case against LeDoux, should it proceed.
In 2018, LeDoux won the Republican primary against challenger Aaron Weaver and then the general election against Democrat Lyn Franks and write-in candidate Jake Sloan. She then lost the Republican primary in 2020 to David Nelson. But there was evidently some illegal voter registrations being done on her behalf to get more votes secured for her.