Posted on 02/10/2022 5:27:11 PM PST by cotton1706
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker has announced her bid for the U.S. Senate seat in Alaska held by Republican Lisa Murkowski.
State Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson, a former Anchorage Assembly member in her first term in the Alaska Legislature, filed candidacy papers with the Alaska Division of Elections on Thursday. Gray-Jackson is the first Democrat to join a field of contenders that also includes Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump and state Republican party leaders. Murkowski is seeking reelection.
Gray-Jackson, in a statement, said Alaskans “need a leader who will truly work to be the bridge between the opposite sides of the aisle.”
She became emotional speaking with reporters about her decision to run. She said public service is her passion.
She cited support for abortion rights and voting rights and concerns with issues related to health care and the economy. She said health care costs are unaffordable and that workers “need living wages.”
Gray-Jackson said she enjoys “helping Alaskans navigate through government, helping them work through drainage issues and potholes.” She said she responds to emails she receives personally, and “my constituents know that when they write to me that they're going to hear from me.”
She said she intends to continue serving out her term in the state Senate while making her run. She was elected to the Alaska Senate in 2018.
An election system, adopted by Alaska voters in 2020, will be used for the first time in this year's elections. It ends party primaries — meaning all candidates will appear on one ballot, with the top four vote-getters in the primary, regardless of party affiliation, advancing to the general election. Ranked choice voting will be used in the general election.
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I don’t like RCV but I do like runoffs. Would Bill Clinton have won a runoff in 1992? We’ll never know for sure, but I doubt it.
We’ve debated that for years, Auh2o and I think it would have been a very close race. 1996 as well in the EC with Dole getting the Lion’s share as opposed to ‘92 when Clinton would have got some (and many would not have voted).
92’ exit polls had Perot second choice even, but I don’t buy that.
1992 would have been really close, with IA and CT being <1% races in either direction, and if Bush carried both he’d get to 270.
1996 would have been more uphill for Dole, but that year practically all Perot voters would have chosen Dole over Clinton (they’re the guys who had voted GOP in 1994). It all would have come down to PA, but I think that Clinton would have held on there.
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