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Republican Sarah Palin re-emerged in Alaska politics over a decade after resigning as governor with hopes of winning the state’s U.S. House seat.
Neither gained the majority of votes needed to claim the seat outright under Alaska’s ranked choice voting system.
“Alaskans want Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi?” the former Alaska governor asked after Democrat Mary Peltola won the state's runoff election.
The former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate will see a rematch, though, in a separate vote to win a full House term.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Democrat Mary Peltola & Republican Nick Begich will compete with Sarah Palin in the November election for Alaska’s sole House seat.
Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and her Trump-endorsed Republican rival Kelly Tshibaka have also advanced from Tuesday’s primary.
Here’s something we never thought we’d see. In the latest episode of The Masked Singer, a mystery celeb in a fuzzy pink bear costume who rapped to Sir Mix-A-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back’ was revealed to be former US governor Sarah Palin. Palin declared it was the “weirdest thing I’ve ever done”, before treating shocked fans to an unmasked performance.
The election was conducted primarily by mail and the former vice-presidential nominee beat out a candidate named Santa Claus.
Alaska elections officials have released initial vote counts in the special primary for the state's only U.S. House seat.
Alaska voters are facing an election unlike any they’ve seen, with 48 candidates running to succeed Don Young, who held the state’s only U.S. House seat for 49 years.
