The former governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee faces Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola in the race to fill the remainder of Rep. Don Young's term.
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska voters got their first shot at using ranked voting in a statewide race Tuesday in a special U.S. House election in which Sarah Palin seeks a return to elected office.
Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee and a former Alaska governor, renewed her"drill, baby, drill" calls for increased oil production and said she would use her connections to the benefit of Alaska. She said the new, voter-approved system under which elections are being conducted this year creates confusion and should be changed.
Peltola, a former lawmaker, most recently worked at a commission whose goal is to rebuild salmon resources on the Kuskokwim River. She has cast herself as a"regular Alaskan" and consensus builder. If successful, she would be the first Alaska Native woman elected to the House. Alaska's elections process, approved by voters in 2020 and used for the first time this year, ends party primaries and institutes ranked voting for general elections. In the primary, all candidates in a race are listed together; each voter picks one candidate per race. The four candidates who win the most votes in each race advance to the November general election, in which ranked voting will be used.
Murkowski told reporters Tuesday there will be four winners in the primary, and she would"absolutely" be among them. But"what matters is winning in November," she said. Kevin Durling, a co-chair of Tshibaka's campaign, said Tshibaka's commitment to business and family and her values are important to him. He said Trump's endorsement of her is an added bonus.
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