Posted on 06/27/2022 4:40:20 PM PDT by cotton1706
Moderate Republican candidate Tara Sweeney announced over the weekend that she will run in the general election for U.S. House after a separate effort to get her on the special election ballot came up short with the Alaska Supreme Court.
On Saturday, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that state law forbids Sweeney—who finished fifth in the special election primary—from taking the spot in the special election that was vacated after third-place finisher independent candidate Al Gross suddenly withdrew from the race.
The decision keeps the race a three-way contest between Democratic candidate Mary Peltola and Republican candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich. Sweeney, whose campaign did not personally get involved in the litigation, said she’s focused on the general election now.
“While I am disappointed, I respect the decision by the Alaska Supreme Court not to advance me into the final four for the special congressional election. I hoped to offer voters another choice in filling out the remainder of Congressman Young’s term,” Sweeney said in a prepared statement. “Concerning the regular election for the next two-year term, I am staying in the race. Alaska politics has a history of comeback stories, and I look forward to writing the next chapter by fighting to represent Alaska.”
Sweeney, who was the co-chair of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young’s re-election campaign, finished fifth in the June 11 special primary election with 5.92% of the vote. Following her finish, she said she was considering her next steps and had not yet committed to running in the general election race. Several other candidates who filed in both the special election and the general election ended their bids following the special election,
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1. Don Young dies 2. Candidates announce to replace him 3. Primary held on June 11, top four get to move on to 8/16 general election to replace Young 4. Top four are Sarah Palin (R), Nick Begich (phony R), Al Gross (I), Mary Peltola (D) 5. Al Gross, who came in 3rd drops out, with the hope that Sweeney (5th) would then move to 4th and be allowed to be in the 8/16 general election, but the law doesn't allow that 6. 8/16 general election to fill out the remainder of Don Young's term - hopefully Palin will win, but Establishment would prefer fake Republican Nick Begich
Sweeney is now running for the NEXT congressional term, whose primary is on 8/16 (same day as general election for remainder of Don Young's term) and the top four in THAT primary will go on to the November election. And the winner of THAT will be sworn in in January, 2023.
Whew! What a mess Alaska has wrought!
“Whew! What a mess Alaska has wrought!”
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All in an effort to create opportunities for shenanigans by the likes of toads such as Murkowski.
Funded by Soros no doubt.
Begich is not a fake Republican.
That being said, the “independent” (pinko-leftist) Gross dropped out, hoping to have 1 Dim, and split the Republicans 3 ways so the Dim Peltola would get all the Rat votes and get a majority.
Gonna be way harder with 2 Republicans instead of 3.
For the record I am good with Either Palin or Begich. I’d like someone to tell me how Begich is “fake”. He’s the pack sheep of his family. Are people so dense they can’t see past his family name!? Educate me, please.
Begich is not a fake Republican.
That being said, the “independent” (pinko-leftist) Gross dropped out, hoping to have just 1 Dim, and split the Republicans 3 ways so the Dim Peltola would get all the Rat votes and get a majority.
Gonna be way harder with 2 Republicans instead of 3.
For the record I am good with either Palin or Begich. I’d like someone to tell me how Begich is “fake”. He’s the black sheep of his family. Are people so dense they can’t see past his family name!? Educate me, please.
” He’s the black sheep of his family. Are people so dense they can’t see past his family name!? Educate me, please. “
Just like Arnold Schwarzenegger (whose uncle was Ted Kennedy), he’ll get whispers in his ear by his Democrat Dad and Democrat uncle and the Establishment will have its new Don Young.
No thank you!
So. Nothing then. Thanks.
You’re right about Begich. He’s a decent enough candidate without the cult following Palin has. I hope Palin wins, but pretending that Begich is some kind of leftist is stupid.
If liberal idiot family members were enough to disqualify a candidate from serious consideration by conservatives, then Donald Trump would never have become President, because of Jared and Ivanka — who are WAY more than “whisperers” in Trump’s ear than anyone Begich is related to will ever be.
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