Palin advances in race for Alaska House seat

The Hill ^ | 8/17/22 | Caroline Vakil

[Libloather]

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) was projected to advance from her primary in the race for Alaska’s at-large congressional district.

The Associated Press called the race at 1:42 a.m. ET.

Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola were also projected to advance.

Palin was among a large group of primary candidates vying for Alaska’s lone House seat, and she only needed to be among one of the top four vote-getters in the state’s new open primary system in order to advance to the general election.

Palin was a part of the 2008 Republican presidential ticket, running as the vice presidential nominee alongside the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) The Alaska Republican previously served as the governor to the state between 2006 and 2009.

Palin received former President Trump’s endorsement and he came to the state last month to rally for his endorsed candidates, which include Palin.

In the general election, which is slated for November, the state will use ranked choice voting, where the candidate to receive more than 50 percent of the vote prevails in the election.

But if no one gets more than half of the votes, the candidate with the fewest votes gets knocked out and any voters who chose that eliminated candidate as their first pick has their second choice votes applied to the applicable candidates. The process continues until one candidate receives more than half of the votes.

[AndyJackson]

I would go for a none of the above category. If that wins, the entire slate is dumped, declared ineligible for 4 years and a new election is held.

[wiseprince]

So if your choice is first you get one vote, if your choice is last you get up to 3 votes? Sounds like this shouldn’t even be legal. What a joke.

[Bshaw]

“Trump/Palin 2024? The entertainment and TDS alone would be worth it.”

I had never considered a Trump/Palin ticket. That would be pretty badass!

[GOP Poet]

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[CarolinaReaganFan]

it will help a lot if she can win the special.
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Sarah did advance to Nov for electing the two year term starting in jan 23..,,but whoever becomes incumbent will be favored. Sarah in second for serving from now to remainder of this term.. about 1/3 remain to be counted and Aug 31 is when final counting occurs after third place is eliminated and the choice#2’s get added in in....
begich is McConnell’s boy. Peltola is the snow indian (D) anchorage news refers to her as a salmon activist
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this could be a lot worse but i’d guess McConnell told his RINO’s to vote for salmon over Palin.so i dunno if they will do that? otherwise Palin would have a chance to pass the D if R’s rank her second.
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Alaska At-Large Special
Votes Percent (67%)
Peltola 56,892 37.8
Palin 48,304 32.1
Begich 43,038 28.6