{"id":1595123,"date":"2022-08-08T17:04:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T21:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1595123"},"modified":"2022-08-08T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T21:04:09","slug":"palin-begich-battle-in-alaska-special-election-for-late-congressmans-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palin-begich-battle-in-alaska-special-election-for-late-congressmans-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Palin, Begich Battle in Alaska Special Election for Late Congressman\u2019s Seat"},"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%2Fpalin-begich-battle-in-alaska-special-election-for-late-congressmans-seat%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=1595123&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>Donald Trump-endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-sarah-palin\">Sarah Palin<\/a>, her Republican rival Nick Begich III, and Democrat Mary Peltola will go head-to-head in Alaska\u2019s special general election on Aug. 16 to serve out the remainder of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young\u2019s term.<\/p>\n<p>In a 48-way special primary on June 11 following the Republican Young\u2019s death in March\u2014Palin, Begich, Peltola, and Al Gross, an independent, were the top four finishers in the election.\u00a0While the result sounds confusing, it reflects the state\u2019s non-partisan primary system in which all candidates appear on the ballot regardless of party affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>That allowed them to move on to the special election, with the winner to serve out the remaining three months of Young\u2019s term. Meanwhile, all three of the party contenders are also on the regular primary ballot on Aug. 16 for the same seat for the next two years.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/11\/11\/al-gross-1200x798.jpg\"><\/a> Dr. Al Gross (C)\u00a0 pauses for a photo with supporters during a sign-waving along Seward Highway, on Election Day in Anchorage, Alaska, on Nov. 3, 2020. Gross dropped out of the race to fill the unexpired term of U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) in the regular primary election on Aug. 16, 2022. (Michael Dinneen\/AP Photo) <\/p>\n<p>The ballot for the primary election features 22 candidates; the top four will advance to the Nov. 8 general election for a two-year seat in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n<p>Gross, who finished third in the June 11 special primary, has since dropped out of the race, endorsing Peltola and Republican contender Tara Sweeney in the non-partisan \u201cPick One\u201d regular primary on Aug. 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Non-Partisan Pick One primary is used to determine the top four vote-getters that will advance to the general election, regardless of political affiliation,\u201d according to the Alaska Division of Elections.<\/p>\n<p>Under the state\u2019s laws, a candidate in a primary \u201cdoes not have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump-endorsed Sarah Palin, her Republican rival Nick Begich III, and Democrat Mary Peltola will go head-to-head in Alaska\u2019s special general election on Aug. 16 to serve out the remainder of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young\u2019s term. In a 48-way special primary on June 11 following the Republican Young\u2019s death in March\u2014Palin, Begich, Peltola, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"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-1595123","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\/1595123","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\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595123\/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=1595123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}