We now have more than 50 candidates who have signed up to run in Alaska's special U.S. House election:
Thistle is a regular participant in out-of-state elections across the country and has previously run for president. By phone, he said he believes it’s important to hold states accountable to the language of the Constitution, which allows Americans to run for office in other states.
The former Republican state lawmaker made an argument against running in both races, saying a candidate elected in the special election would then spend the remainder of Don Young’s term campaigning. Halcro considered a run against Don Young in 2010 but ultimately decided against it. He ran for governor in 2006 as an independent candidate, finishing third with less than 10% of the vote.Former state Rep. Mary Sattler in 2014. Mary Sattler Peltola, a Democratic former state legislator from Southwest Alaska, said Friday that she will run in the special and regular elections for Alaska’s U.S. House seat.
Peltola has lifelong connections with the late U.S. Rep. Don Young, whose death in office last month led to the special election that Peltola has now entered. Her father was a schoolteacher with Young in the village of Fort Yukon, then went into the aviation industry and flew Young around the state during his first runs for office — while her pregnant mother campaigned for Young in the Yup’ik language.
Wool had not decided as of Friday if he would run for the regular November election or just to fill the remainder of Young’s term.Wool, who is running as a Democrat, said he was endorsing Lisa Murkowski for the U.S. Senate race and hopes to draw support from across the aisle.
Indonesia Berita Terbaru, Indonesia Berita utama
Similar News:Anda juga dapat membaca berita serupa dengan ini yang kami kumpulkan dari sumber berita lain.
Palin files paper work to run in Alaska House raceThe field of almost 40 candidates includes current and former state legislators and a North Pole city council member named Santa Claus. The deadline to file was 5 p.m. Friday.
Baca lebih lajut »
4 people found dead following house fire in Western Alaska - Alaska Public MediaThere is no organized fire department in Selawik. When residents of the community learned of the early morning fire, they tried to put it out using snow and shovels.
Baca lebih lajut »