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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMorning Digest: Yes, Sarah Palin's flirting with a House bid--but don't expect her to actually run
By Daily Kos Staff
● AK-AL: Republican Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, who serves as Alaskas top election official, announced Tuesday that the special primary to succeed the late Rep. Don Young as the states lone House member will take place on June 11. The contest, which will be conducted entirely by mail, will be the first election in American history to use the states new top-four primary rules. Under this system, the four candidates who take the most votes in June, regardless of party, will face off in an instant-runoff general election on Aug. 16. The filing deadline is April 1, so Youngs many would-be successors have just a short amount of time to decide whether to run.
To complicate matters, Aug. 16 is the same day as the regularly scheduled statewide primary election, which, until Youngs death, was to have been the first time that Alaska employed a top-four primary. (Unlike in the special primary, voters will be able to vote in person that day.) Another instant-runoff race will take place in November, this time for a full two-year term in the next Congress. The filing deadline for the regular election is June 1, so anyone who wants to replace Young for longer than just a few months would need to file before they learn how they did in the first round of the special election.
This will be the very first congressional race in the state without an incumbent running since Young himself first was elected in a 1973 special election, and it could bring out some notable names. Two were already running: Businessman Nick Begich III, who is the rare Republican member of one of the Last Frontiers most prominent Democratic families, and Democrat Chris Constant, a member of the Anchorage Assembly, had both entered the race against Young before his death on Friday, and they've since confirmed theyll now campaign in both the special and regular contests.
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As for potential candidates on the Republican side, former Gov. Sarah Palin said Monday of Young, If I were asked to serve in the House and take his place, I would be humbled and honored and I would in a heartbeat, I would. Palin, though, has flirted with running for office in Alaska several times since her abrupt resignation in 2009 halfway through her one term as governor, but she has yet to ever go for it.
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Morning Digest: Yes, Sarah Palin's flirting with a House bid--but don't expect her to actually run (Original Post)
ificandream
Mar 2022
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themaguffin
(3,805 posts)1. If you're flirting, you can better grift off of it.
mitch96
(13,816 posts)2. "don't expect her to actually run" I get the impression she wants it "bestowed" on her with all
the perks and none of the work. Just be another MTG or Boebert throwing spit balls into the ring and see what sticks.. Oh did I mention collect a bucket load of money from donations...
What a scam...uff
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ificandream
(9,192 posts)3. That's probably true.
She thinks she's privileged because she ran for VP -- even though she's the reason they lost.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,469 posts)4. Sarah Palin RUNNING for Congress ?
Would be like the second coming of Christ. Ain't happened yet.