Only one candidate was cut in Alaska's legislative primary election. As AlaskaBeacon reporter James Brooks pointed out on Alaska News Nightly, it makes the primary more like a state-sponsored poll with a nice, big sample size.
: Closest to are independent and former Gov. Bill Walker and the Democratic candidate, a former Anchorage legislator, Les Gara. Both of them have around 22%. And since we have a top-four primary, the person that’s looking likely to fill the fourth spot, is Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, who’s running about 6.8%. So trailing all three, but not out of the running and headed on to November himself.
: Right. And I think the pollsters should be pretty happy with themselves, anyway. The results of the primary were pretty darn close to what the public and private polling was indicating going into August. The general order is spot on. And the same with the other statewide races as well.: Yeah, that’s what I want to talk to you about next.
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