Democrat Mary Peltola wins Alaska Congress seat, defeating former GOP Gov. Sarah Palin
www.usatoday.com
Peltola’s victory, coming in Alaska’s first statewide ranked choice voting election, means she will replace GOP Rep. Don Young who died in March.

It's a special election, so she'll get a few months in office and then have to run again in November

  • Crowtee_Robot [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    She will be the first Democrat to hold the seat since the late U.S. Rep. Nick Begich, who was seeking reelection in 1972 when his plane disappeared. Begich was later declared dead and Young in 1973 was elected to the seat.

    Peltola ran as a coalition builder while her two Republican opponents — Palin and Begich’s grandson, also named Nick Begich — at times went after each other. Palin also railed against the ranked voting system, which was instituted by Alaska voters.

    Fountain of youth in Alaska confirmed?

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Palin also railed against the ranked voting system, which was instituted by Alaska voters.

      Just calling your voter base stupid hogs who don't know what's good for them

      • TyMan210 [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        "The issues are much too important for the Chilean Alaskan voters to be left to decide for themselves."

        Henry Kissinger

        Sarah Palin

    • AOC_Feet_Pics [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      That entire plane crash is very 👁️ . There was another senator in the plane named Hale Boggs who was a) on the Warren Commission which investigated the JFK assassination and b) gave a speech on the floor of the house decrying the power the FBI and Hoover had at the time. And then he perished in an air crash and his body was never found...