Otisville New York federal prisoner Eric Hafner, who is not an Alaska resident, will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, Republican Nick Begich and Alaska Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe in the November race for Alaska’s lone congressional seat.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A federal prisoner in New York, Eric Hafner — who is not an Alaska resident — will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola , Republican Nick Begich and Alaska Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe in the November race for Alaska’s lone congressional seat.
Alaska Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher cited the U.S. Constitution as the reason Hefner, a convicted felon, is able to run in Alaska. In 2018, he filed for Oregon’s U.S. House seat as a Democrat, and in 2016, as a Republican, he ran for Hawaii’s congressional seat.His mother, Carol Hafner, has done the same, running in Wyoming in 2020 and Alaska in 2018.
Under Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system, the top four primary finishers advance to November’s general election.
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