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Independent Walker Ousts Parnell In Close Alaska Governor's Race
CNN ^ | November 15, 2014 | Sara Fischer

Posted on 11/15/2014 11:31:05 AM PST by Steelfish

Independent Walker Ousts Parnell In Close Alaska Governor's Race By Sara Fischer, CNN November 15, 2014

Walker is the first independent to win the seat in Alaska's statehood He ran as independent after Parnell beat him in the 2010 GOP primary for governor. Democrat Byron Mallott will be lieutenant governor

(CNN) -- CNN projects independent candidate Bill Walker has won the Alaska gubernatorial race, defeating Republican incumbent Sean Parnell. Walker, a lawyer and local politician, is the first independent to win the seat in Alaska's statehood. The former Valdez mayor and city councilor announced that he would run as an independent in 2013 after Parnell defeated him by a wide margin in the 2010 Republican primary en route to becoming governor.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; billwalker; palin; sarahpalin; seanparnell
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1 posted on 11/15/2014 11:31:05 AM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
new paradigm in elections....if you're a liberal and can't win as a rat, just become a pub for the day and if that fails, become "independent" and have a rat lieutenant gov....

way to go Alaska...

2 posted on 11/15/2014 11:34:07 AM PST by cherry
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To: Steelfish

Sarah Palin supported Walker over the corrupt liberal Republican, RINO, business as usual Murkowski machine that got Parnell to do its bidding as governor.

I’m glad Walker won and the crony capitalists of the energy industry that did business with the Murkowskis lost....


3 posted on 11/15/2014 11:37:22 AM PST by Nextrush (OBAMACARE IS A BAILOUT FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY)
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To: Nextrush
we had this argument in the other "walker ousts parnell" thread. I'm being inning to wonder if not duping threads is the exception, rather than the rule.
4 posted on 11/15/2014 11:41:01 AM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Nextrush
"Sarah Palin supported Walker over the corrupt liberal Republican"

That's just silly. Sarah Palin in stupid and has no influence ...Chris Matthews said so.

5 posted on 11/15/2014 11:41:40 AM PST by Baynative (Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
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To: Steelfish

If you can bear to go to the cnn site, check the stats for votes by race and ideology. Pretty revealing. Well, not really when you think about the dhimmiokkkrat lie mobiles that go around passing out false promises.


6 posted on 11/15/2014 11:42:03 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect their rights so they can now try to infringe on mine. Weird huh?)
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To: Nextrush

sounds like you have better info then I ...if Palin supported Walker, then its all good....


7 posted on 11/15/2014 11:45:17 AM PST by cherry
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To: cherry

walker teamed up with the democrat in a “unity ticket” to win. so, it’s a long damn ways from “all good”


8 posted on 11/15/2014 11:50:59 AM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: cherry

No it’s not. Unless you support oweing a debt to democrats. And petty Palin political payback.


9 posted on 11/15/2014 11:51:11 AM PST by vpintheak (Keep calm and Rain Steel!)
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To: cherry

“sounds like you have better info then I ...if Palin supported Walker, then its all good....”

Actually Palin nearly put the oil industry out of business in Alaska through her PUNITIVE TAXES. Parnell tried to fix that...and for that he was taken out.

But since Palin can “do no wrong” all is fine...and we forget that Palin, TO THIS DAY, still has not renounced John McCain’s Amnesty.


10 posted on 11/15/2014 11:53:17 AM PST by BobL (Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
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To: rktman
check the stats for votes by race and ideology. Pretty revealing.

Among 'Latinos', Dems 62/36 over Pubs

Among Asians, Reps 50/49 over Dems.

That was considerably better for the Pubs than in the past.

11 posted on 11/15/2014 11:53:46 AM PST by Praxeologue
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To: Kennard

Still, certain segments remain over 90% ignorant. If I needed a marketing entity, I’d want to know who the dhimmiokkkrats use cause they are GOOD! An empty promise is still a promise.


12 posted on 11/15/2014 11:57:07 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect their rights so they can now try to infringe on mine. Weird huh?)
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To: BobL

Hyperbole much?


13 posted on 11/15/2014 12:03:55 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: Steelfish; Bratch; KC_Lion; Sarah Barracuda

Palin’s revenge.


14 posted on 11/15/2014 12:10:19 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: cherry; All
Sarah Palin endorses Walker-Mallott ticket

Of course, the LSM is ignoring this inconvenient fact.

15 posted on 11/15/2014 12:12:54 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: BobL
Actually Palin nearly put the oil industry out of business in Alaska through her PUNITIVE TAXES. Parnell tried to fix that...and for that he was taken out.

In broad strokes, Gov. Palin brought in a sliding scale royalty that had a higher percentage at high crude prices and a lower percentage at low crude prices. Gov. Parnell brought in a flat rate: a flat percentage. The two plans were revenue neutral at about $100 on WTI. WTI has dropped from $105 to $76 since early July.

So Palin's plan raised less revenue for the State and was easier on the oil companies over the past four months. It could just as easily have been the other way around, of course.

Despite the furor, I think that it was a non-issue.

16 posted on 11/15/2014 12:19:36 PM PST by Praxeologue
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To: BobL
But since Palin can “do no wrong” all is fine...and we forget that Palin, TO THIS DAY, still has not renounced John McCain’s Amnesty.

Yes, she has.

BOOM! Sarah Palin rips GOP Establishment over amnesty bill

17 posted on 11/15/2014 12:20:06 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Timber Rattler

Did she say that she has a problem with Amnesty? I didn’t see it in her postings...


18 posted on 11/15/2014 12:29:58 PM PST by BobL (Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
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To: BobL
Holes in the Border As Big As the Holes in Their Amnesty Bill

Sarah Palin Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road To Majority. FULL SPEECH-- 6/15/2013

19 posted on 11/15/2014 1:04:37 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: BobL

Her earlier positions:

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/node/11795


20 posted on 11/15/2014 2:24:34 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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