{"id":1519187,"date":"2022-06-16T14:34:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T18:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1519187"},"modified":"2022-06-16T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T18:34:51","slug":"sarah-palin-makes-it-to-the-next-stage-of-alaska-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-palin-makes-it-to-the-next-stage-of-alaska-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin Makes It To The Next Stage Of Alaska Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-makes-it-to-the-next-stage-of-alaska-race%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=1519187&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>Former Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin advanced to the August special election for the state\u2019s single House seat, The Associated Press reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/04\/trump-endorses-sarah-palin-alaska-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palin<\/a> competed against 47 other candidates in the special primary, advancing to the special election alongside Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross, the AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-sarah-palin-alaska-government-and-politics-35d4e10f112fa2551aa63d3680dd0dbd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Only the top four candidates will secure a spot in the special election to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/02\/sarah-palin-congressional-run-announces-alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">replace recently deceased Republican Rep. Don Young<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state, which conducted the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/13\/sarah-palin-primary-first-round-alaska-don-young-begich-gross-petola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">primary<\/a> largely by mail-in ballots, has counted 132,730 votes since the special primary was held Saturday, the AP reported. Palin led with 28.3%, followed by Begich with 19.3%, Gross with 12.8%, Democrat Mary Peltola with 8.7% and Republican Tara Sweeney with 5.5%.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7452562\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7452562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Don Young (R-AK) reads over an amendment he plans to offer to the National Defense Authorization Act for approval so they can be debated on the floor of the House on July 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Pete Marovich\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The election did away with party primaries after voters approved eliminating them in 2020, the AP reported. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/15\/jury-rules-new-york-times-sarah-palin-defamation-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Jury Rules For New York Times In Sarah Palin Defamation Case)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The winner of the August special election will serve in the position until January, with the winner of the November general election holding the seat for a full term, the AP reported. The general election will implement ranked-choice voting, which was similarly passed by the voters.<\/p>\n<p>Both Begich and Gross have sought to remind voters that Palin resigned as governor of the state after campaigning as the vice-presidential nominee on the 2008 Republican presidential ticket, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had a chance to stay in the fight for Alaska, but she chose to chase cheap fame,\u201d Begich\u2019s campaign said in a fundraising email, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Palin has \u201creally not made herself available to the people of Alaska to get to know her again,\u201d Begich told The Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cWe\u2019re excited about the race in front of us and looking forward to a very competitive, spirited debate about the issues over the next two months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Palin said since announcing her campaign that her resignation was the consequence of frivolous records requests and ethics complaints that impeded her tenure as governor, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so Alaskan I hit a moose the other night,\u201d Palin said in response to the criticism, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Palin and Gross did not immediately respond to TheDCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republican Alaska Gov. 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