{"id":1415721,"date":"2022-04-02T00:14:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T04:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1415721"},"modified":"2022-04-02T00:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T04:14:48","slug":"sarah-palin-announces-run-for-congress-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-palin-announces-run-for-congress-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin Announces Run for Congress in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsarah-palin-announces-run-for-congress-in-alaska%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1415721&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) announced on Friday that she is running for Congress to fill the vacant seat left by late Rep. Don Young (R-AK).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I\u2019m announcing my candidacy for the U.S. House seat representing Alaska. Public service is a calling, and I would be honored to represent the men and women of Alaska in Congress, just as Rep. Young did for 49 years,\u201d Palin said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Join our campaign -> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CrlfiG8MJn\">https:\/\/t.co\/CrlfiG8MJn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I\u2019m announcing my candidacy for the U.S. House seat representing Alaska. Public service is a calling, and I would be honored to represent the men and women of Alaska in Congress, just as Rep. Young did for 49 years.\u201d \u2013 SP <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pdMpeDGlRV\">pic.twitter.com\/pdMpeDGlRV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahPalinUSA\/status\/1510057675316416512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Palin\u2019s announcement comes one week after <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/599140-sarah-palin-says-shed-serve-in-don-youngs-seat-in-a-heartbeat\/\">telling<\/a> Newsmax she would fill the vacant seat \u201cin a heartbeat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alaska\u2019s sole representative Don Young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/18\/don-young-longest-serving-member-current-congress-dead-88\/\">died<\/a> last month at the age of 88. Young was the longest-serving member of the current Congress after representing Alaska since 1973.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI realize that I have very big shoes to fill, and I plan to honor Rep. Young\u2019s legacy by offering myself up in the name of service to the state he loved and fought for, because I share that passion for Alaska and the United States of America,\u201d Palin continued.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI first entered politics 30 years ago, when I was elected to city council in Wasilla. I still live in Wasilla; my family is here; my son goes to school here. My heart will always be in Alaska, even when I\u2019m representing this great state in Washington, D.C,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20492768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrives to file her paperwork to run for Alaska\u2019s U.S. Congressional seat on April 1, 2022, in Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2006, Palin was elected as Alaska\u2019s ninth and first female governor, after defeating Alaska\u2019s incumbent Republican governor and long-time U.S. senator Frank Murkowski, the father of Alaska\u2019s current Sen. Lisa Murkowski, in a packed Republican primary. Prior to her run as governor, Palin served as the chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the state\u2019s top oil and gas regulatory body \u2014 a politically powerful position in the energy-dependent state. In her capacity as Alaska\u2019s top energy regulator, Palin earned bipartisan praise for blowing the whistle on corruption in her own party. Her proven record of fighting corruption was welcomed by Alaska voters at a time when a number of the state\u2019s lawmakers were under federal investigation for corrupt pay-for-play dealings with major oil companies doing business in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>Palin rose to national prominence in 2008, when the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) chose her to serve as his running mate on his presidential campaign. Her vice-presidential debate against then-Sen. Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-politics-ratings\/palin-biden-debate-sets-tv-ratings-record-idUSTRE4927XF20081004\">drew<\/a> a record-shattering nearly 70 million viewers, surpassing the prior week\u2019s presidential debate between McCain and then-Sen. Barack Obama. Though the McCain\/Palin ticket lost that year, as the Republican Party at large was tarnished by the financial collapse and the unpopular wars ushered in by the previous Republican administration of George W. Bush, Palin remained a popular figure in national politics after the election.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the governorship, Palin became active during the historic 2010 midterm election, using the considerable power of her endorsements and the momentum of the Tea Party movement to usher in a red wave that returned the majority in the House of Representative to Republicans. Palin\u2019s endorsement was often referred to as \u201cthe gold standard\u201d for conservative voters, prompting Politico to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2013\/03\/27\/sarahpac-video-rallies-independents-and-tea-partiers-for-2014-elections\/\">call<\/a> her the GOP\u2019s \u201ckingmaker.\u201d In 2012, former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/07\/19\/sarah-palin-convention-2012_n_1686542.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>\u00a0Palin\u2019s endorsement \u201chas more influence in primaries than any other endorsement right now.\u201d Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who was endorsed by Palin in his first come-from-behind senate campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2013\/03\/27\/sarahpac-video-rallies-independents-and-tea-partiers-for-2014-elections\/\">said<\/a> in 2013, \u201cSarah Palin picks winners.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Palin would later be among the first and most high profile political figures to endorse Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In her announcement today, she pointed to President Joe Biden\u2019s economic failures as reasons for her decision to run for Congress.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Palin said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>America is at a tipping point. As I\u2019ve watched the far left destroy the country, I knew I had to step up and join the fight. The people of the great State of Alaska, like others all over the country, are struggling with out-of-control inflation, empty shelves, and gas prices that are among the highest in the world. We need energy security for this country, and Alaska can help provide that \u2013 but only if the federal government gets out of the way and lets the free market do what it does best.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAt this critical time in our nation\u2019s history, we need leaders who will combat the left\u2019s socialist, big-government, America-last agenda,\u201d Palin said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis country was built by heroes, and the radical left dishonors their legacies by opening our borders to illegal immigrants, mortgaging our children\u2019s future, and selling out our nation\u2019s interests to the highest bidder,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Alaska Division of Elections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/01\/us\/politics\/sarah-palin-running-congress-alaska.html\">received<\/a> submissions from Palin and 36 other candidates by Friday\u2019s filing deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Alaska Gov. 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Don Young (R-AK).\u00a0 \u201cToday I\u2019m announcing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1415721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}