Sarah Palin

2022 - 8 - 16

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Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin Survive Primary Battles, but a ... (The New York Times)

The independent streak of Alaskan voters played a part in both races as Ms. Palin's attempt at a political comeback could be threatened.

On Tuesday in Anchorage, hours before the polls closed, she and Ms. Palin since Ms. Palin and Ms. His true ideological opponent over the direction of the state was Ms. Many voters disapproved of the persona and rhetoric that Ms. In a different analysis, the Republican pollster Matt Larkin believed it was most likely that Ms. Michener’s husband became a pastor at Ms. Murkowski’s main challenger, Ms. She and Ms. Murkowski and Ms. Trump, who made a rare visit to the state in July to promote Ms. Palin was governor and Ms.

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Trump-Backed Sarah Palin Advances In Alaska House Race (Forbes)

Palin ran an unabashedly pro-Trump campaign in her first political foray since the 2008 presidential election.

Palin resigned as Alaska governor in June 2009, just months after McCain lost to Democrat Barack Obama, citing rising legal bills incurred due to a series of ethics complaints she [claimed](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna31475715) were “frivolous” maneuvers by her political opponents. Under its system, the second choices on ballots that picked the candidate with the fewest votes will be redistributed and counted as first-choice votes until one candidate secures a majority. That made her the second-ever woman to appear on a major party's presidential ticket, and she remains the only woman to ever run on a Republican ticket. Don Young’s (R) term following his March 18 death, which left Alaska’s House seat open for the first time since 1973. Murkowski—who voted to They will be joined in the November general elections by two other candidates who are yet to be determined.

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Sarah Palin advances to November general election for Alaska ... (CNBC)

Like former President Donald Trump, Palin has worked as a political commentator and a reality-TV figure since she gave up the governorship.

Like the former president, Palin has worked as a political commentator and a reality-TV figure since she gave up the governorship. The special election was conducted using the new ranked-choice voting system. Don Young in March. Results in that race are not expected to be fully tabulated until later this month. - Palin was also competing against both Republican and Democratic candidates to serve the remainder of the term for the seat in Congress that was vacated by the death of GOP Rep. Sarah Palin will advance to the November general election for the state's sole seat in the U.S.

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Sarah Palin's political career in the balance as Alaska holds special ... (The Guardian)

The former governor emerged from a long hiatus to contest the state's sole House seat with Trump's endorsement. Sarah Palin gesturing while speaking as ...

In “pick one” Senate and congressional primaries, voters also choose their favorite candidate from a longer list of choices. Peltola, the Democratic candidate, has presented herself as a fiercely amicable moderate who was willing to collaborate with conservatives and progressives. “I knew who Sarah was before I became an Alaskan,” said Kari Jones, 47, who moved to the state five years ago after her husband, who is in the military, was posted there. She was briefly reputed for her bipartisanship, creating a sub-cabinet on climate change and taking on the oil and gas industry, before she leaned into more rightwing politics. Palin, 58, first shot to prominence as McCain’s running mate in the 2008 elections, when she branded herself a “mama grizzly” and built a persona as a loose-lipped loose cannon. After leaving politics, she launched a career in reality TV, showcasing her life and state in shows such as Sarah’s Alaska and belting out Baby’s Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot while dressed in a pink and blue bear outfit on an episode of The Masked Singer.

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Sarah Palin advances to November's general election for Alaska's ... (NBC News)

In the Senate all-party primary, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka are among the candidates advancing to the general election.

[finished first](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/sarah-palin-advances-special-alaska-house-race-primary-rcna33151) in a nonpartisan June primary to secure one of the four spots on Tuesday's special election ballot. Al Gross, an independent who finished third in the June primary, [later withdrew](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sarah-palin-alaska-campaigns-government-and-politics-f234dea296e5b808f7b5b8940c9eedfc), leaving three candidates. The candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and ballots cast for that candidate are recast for the voter’s second choice. That contest is the state’s first to use ranked-choice voting, and NBC News projects no candidate will receive a majority of the vote in the first round. Don Young’s term](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-rep-don-young-alaska-longest-serving-member-congress-dies-88-rcna20719&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1660697433888064&usg=AOvVaw3P9N0rOq7jnmt835ZlCmRk) — a race that also features Palin, who has Trump's endorsement — is too early to call. It was too early to call the fourth finisher in that contest, as well.

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Sarah Palin advances to November election for Alaska's U.S. House ... (Axios)

The former Alaska governor, capitalizing on support from fTrump, is mounting a political comeback.

[Palin finished first](https://www.axios.com/2022/06/15/sarah-palin-alaska-house-special-election)last June in the crowded primary field of 48 candidates to advance in the special election. [Sarah Palin](https://www.axios.com/2022/06/15/sarah-palin-alaska-house-special-election), the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee, has advanced to the November general election for the state's sole seat in the U.S. What to watch: Palin, Begich and Peltola also competed in a special election to replace Young and serve the remainder of his term. [full normalization of relations](https://www.axios.com/2022/03/09/israel-herzog-visits-turkey-erdogan) and the return of their ambassadors to Ankara and Tel Aviv. The results of that race won't be known until at least Aug. [rallies](https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-sarah-palin-rally-fbi-raid-another-day-paradise-2022-8) on the same day [the FBI searched](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/09/trump-raid-mar-a-lago-fbi) his Mar-a-Largo residence.

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Sarah Palin Still Has Two Shots at Going to Congress (New York Magazine)

Sarah Palin faced another primary on August 16, and she has yet to be eliminated in Alaska's complex new voting system. The former governor's celebrity ...

[Liz Cheney and the Demise of Anti-Trump Republicanism](//nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/liz-cheney-demise-anti-trump-republicanism.html) [2022 Midterms: A Guide to the Races Worth Watching](//nymag.com/intelligencer/article/2022-midterms-guide.html) [Biden’s on a Roll. [dropped out](https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/al-gross-drops-out-alaska-special-house-race/index.html) of the general election, making the top four a top three; that means the third-place finisher on August 16 would be eliminated before the winner was determined by the ranked-choice process. In that contest, the top-four primary on August 16 showed Peltola, Palin, Begich, and a third Republican, Tara Sweeney, clearly nailing down general-election positions. On the same day in August, the state would hold another top-four primary to determine the finalists for a full two-year term in the House. There was yet another wrinkle: For the first time, Alaska voters choosing among the top four for each office would have the opportunity to rank the candidates by preference. But Palin is controversial enough that if she makes the cut, Peltola could win when it’s all added up. It’s this mixed baggage — along with a [prize endorsement from Donald Trump](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/trump-endorses-palin-in-house-race-returning-her-favor.html) — that Palin brought to her surprise political comeback this year. House member with the unveiling of a new and unique election system has made it unclear whether Sarah Barracuda is actually headed to Washington. But at the same time, she’s built up a lot of resentment among voters and Alaska Republican activists who are tired of her shtick and would prefer their sole House member be a workhorse rather than a showhorse. A 48-candidate field, including Palin, formed for the special election to fill the remaining months of his current term. It’s the celebrity status she obtained as a shock vice-presidential nominee in 2008, which she parlayed (after she abruptly But the conjunction of a special election to replace Alaska’s lone, longtime U.S.

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Todd Palin's Family Is Supporting the Republican Running Against ... (Slate Magazine)

Polls closed Tuesday night in the special election to replace the late Alaska Rep. Don Young in the House, and Sarah Palin's comeback effort to win a seat ...

(Not surprisingly, wildlife is an issue in the race: Peltola, the Democrat, is described in [Alaska Public Media’](https://alaskapublic.org/2022/08/16/peltola-leads-in-alaskas-u-s-house-race-followed-by-palin-and-begich/)s writeup of results as “a salmon advocate.” As in, that is her listed profession.) [told the New York Post in April](https://nypost.com/2022/04/21/sarah-palin-on-trump-her-congress-run-love-with-ron-duguay/) that she began dating former NHL hockey player Ron Duguay when she was in New York City for the [trial of her libel case against the New York Times](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/02/sarah-palin-loses-new-york-times-lawsuit-verdict.html). (A jury ruled against Palin in the matter, but she could potentially pursue it further in appeals court.) According to the Post, she appreciates that Duguay respects the United States’ “freedoms and private enterprise” despite his French Canadian origins. (The elder Palin is known to be [pro-choice](https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1838781-2,00.html).) Her stepson and Sarah Palin have been [divorced for more than two years](https://people.com/politics/sarah-todd-palin-quietly-divorced/), and Todd has not commented on the divorce at any length publicly or made any salacious allegations against Sarah via the legal system. Todd Palin, she says, has been spending a lot of time in “the lower 48” with a romantic partner of his own. [involved in state politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Begich) for many years, he’s running as a conservative, but a slightly less bombastic one than Palin. Confusingly, Peltola/Palin/Begich are also competing in the regularly scheduled House election in November—the winner of the special election runoff will only serve until January.) [notes](https://www.businessinsider.com/sarah-palin-in-laws-alaska-donated-nick-begich-special-election-2022-5), Faye Palin is a registered independent, and she’s been involved in local politics before; she said in 2008 that she was still considering voting for Barack Obama even after her then-daughter-in-law was chosen as John McCain’s running mate. [ranked-choice runoff votes](https://www.elections.alaska.gov/RCV.php) are tabulated, a process which starts Aug. Don Young in the House, and Sarah Palin’s comeback effort to win a seat in Congress is Begich isn’t out of it either, though. [Todd Palin Crashes a Snowmobile](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/todd-palin-home-hospital-after-snowmobile-accident-n549116), [Bristol Palin Gets Involved With a Sexy Local Ne’er-Do-Well](https://www.wonkette.com/did-bristol-palin-marry-that-nice-boy-levi), and [Sarah Palin Spontaneously Quits Her Job as Governor Because She Is Tired of Responding to Ethics Complaints](https://www.wonkette.com/palin-was-driven-out-of-office-by-paperwork).) The highlight of [Must Read Alaska](https://mustreadalaska.com/jim-and-faye-palin-host-big-election-eve-bash-for-begich-in-wasilla/)’s writeup of the Begich party is its note about Faye Palin serving “moose sausage” to guests.

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Alaska's New Voting System Will Help Lisa Murkowski—but Sarah ... (Slate Magazine)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The polls were just beginning to open in Anchorage on Tuesday morning when Mary Peltola, a candidate in the special election for Alaska's ...

In a buffalo plaid jacket and boots with octopus-print cuffs, next to a supporter in a purple top hat and snow-white mutton chops, Tshibaka said the new voting arrangement was set up to “deceive Alaskans and manipulate our election system” in favor of Murkowski. For example: Carson came to the polls with a friend, Gina Schumaker, a 56-year-old home stager. (A fourth candidate who advanced from the special election primary to the special election itself, independent Al Gross, dropped out in June.) As of Tuesday night, Peltola, Begich, and Palin had all additionally qualified for November’s general election for the full congressional term, with the final candidate yet to be determined. “If you vote for the same candidate only once, or you vote for the same candidate all four times, your end result is the same,” she said. House and Senate (to decide who will be on the ballot in November), and rank all three candidates running in the special general election for the open House seat. Bernadette Wilson, the state director of Americans for Prosperity–Alaska, has made it her mission to teach voters how to work the new ranked choice system. The unexpected vacancy in Congress coincided with the debut of a new election system in Alaska. Peltola was out of the question, obviously, because she herself is a Democrat. First, Alaskans will choose a representative to fill the seat for the remainder of the current congressional term—that’s what they’re voting on now. Don Young, the longest-serving Republican in the history of Congress, died in March, triggering a multipart election to replace him. Peltola, a Democrat who is running against two Republicans, had served in the state Legislature during part of Sarah Palin’s tenure as governor.

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