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Democrat Mary Peltola‘s win in a special election on Tuesday night will make her the first Alaska native to serve in Congress. She beat out former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) and Nick Begich (R) to complete Rep. Don Young‘s (R) term, which ends in January. Young died in March after representing Alaska in Congress for nearly 50 years. By Wednesday night, with 93% of the votes accounted for, Peltola had 51.1% of the vote to Palin’s 48.5%. Alaska ran a ranked-choice voting system for the first time. It requires a candidate to receive at least 50 percent of the vote for the special election. If no...
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) advanced in the Alaska Senate race on Tuesday in the all-party primary. She was among the top four vote-getters and will be joined by Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka. When the votes were counted, Murkowski was ahead of Tshibaka by around 5,000 votes. They will be joined by Democratic candidate Patricia Chesbro. The fourth spot is yet to be named. Murkowski, who has represented Alaska in the Senate since 2002 is a relatively moderate Republican. She voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attacks and voted agains...
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) advanced on Tuesday night to the November general election for a chance to represent The Last Frontier state in the House. Palin, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump, is running for Alaska’s single seat which was previously held by Rep. Don Young (R) for 49 years until his death in March. Whoever wins the seat will serve the remainder of Young’s term. Alaska ran a ranked-choice voting system that requires a candidate to receive at least 50 percent of the vote for the special election. If no one does, the candidate with the least amount of votes w...
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Former Alaska governor and 2008 U.S. vice president candidate Sarah Palin is leading in votes in the state’s special primary for the House seat previously held by longtime Congressman Don Young(R), who passed away at 88 earlier this year. Palin is currently leading Nick Begich IIIby a little over 10 points, with the candidates drawing in 29.8% and 19.3% respectively. Begich is the grandson of former Alaska Rep. Nick Begich (D), who was in office when he presumably passed away in a plane crash in 1972. His disappearance led to Young’s election. In Alaska, all candidates of all parties run on th...
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Former vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin(R) announced a bid for Congress on Friday. She will run to fill the House seat held by the late Republican Rep. Donald Young, who passed away last month as the longest sitting member in the history of Congress at 49 years. “Public service is a calling, and I would be honored to represent the men and women of Alaska in Congress, just as Rep. Young did for 49 years,” Palin said in a statement announcing her return to politics. “I realize that I have very big shoes to fill, and I plan to honor Rep. Young’s legacy by offering myself up...
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (West Virginia) crossed party lines and officially endorsed Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) in a joint interview on Sunday. “If these are good people I have worked with, we have accomplished a lot, why in the world wouldn’t I want to work with them and continue to work with them?” Manchin said. “It doesn’t matter whether I’m a Democrat and they’re Republican or vice versa. They have been my dear friends, and we get a lot accomplished. And we — I think the country has fared better with us working together than not.” Manchin and Murkowski appeared on CNN’s Sta...
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Former President George W. Bush maxed out his personal contributions in support of Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney (R) and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski(R). Both of them voted to impeach former President Donald Trump over his handling and possible incitement of last January’s Capitol attack. They will both face Trump-endorsed challengers in the primaries. Bush contributed $5,800 to Cheney on October 28, 2021, according to disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission. The former president also donated to Cheney in 2016, records show. She is currently the lead Republican on the House select comm...
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has announced that she plans to run for reelection next year, taking on President Donald Trump and the GOP base. Murkowski was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump over the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. In her announcement, Murkowski did not mention Trump: “My heart is, and always has been, in Alaska, and that’s why I am proud to announce my campaign for reelection to the US Senate in 2022. I pledged to be Alaska, always. I’m still committed to those values and meeting the challenges Alaskans face today.” Murkowski has held political office since 2...
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State Sen. Lora Reinbold (R-Alaska), a lawmaker from Alaska representing Anchorage suburbs, was banned from flying on Alaska Airlines in the spring after refusing to wear a mask in the airport. She has now been excused from attending floor votes for the remainder of the year after telling the state government leaders she has no access to travel to and from the state capitol floor following the ban from the airline. It is possible to drive from Anchorage to Juneau, but the journey is about 800 miles and takes around two days. Delta Airlines was the only flight option for her that flew between h...
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Former President Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., have endorsed Alaska Republican Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka, even after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hinted that she might join the race to defeat Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in 2022. Murkowski is a centrist Republican who is an outspoken critic of Trump. Sarah Palin NewsTrump Jr. released a fundraising appeal Friday evening showing his support for Tshibaka, the former state commissioner who got the official endorsement from the former President during his rally last month. On Saturday, Palin, the former governor of Alaska w...
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