{"id":2342627,"date":"2024-09-17T23:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T03:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-new-endorsement-in-alaska-house-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T23:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T03:02:02","slug":"trump-makes-new-endorsement-in-alaska-house-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-new-endorsement-in-alaska-house-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump makes new endorsement in Alaska House race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Ftrump-makes-new-endorsement-in-alaska-house-race-washington-examiner%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=2342627&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 President Donald Trump \u2064has endorsed Republican candidate Nick Begich for the House seat in Alaska following the withdrawal of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-petitions-supreme-court-to-halt-lower-court-ruling-on-gop-drawn-voting-map\/\" title=\"Alabama seeks Supreme Court intervention to stop lower court ruling on GOP-drawn voting map.\">preferred \u2064candidate<\/a>, Lt.\u2064 Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom. Trump expressed his support on Truth Social, highlighting that Begich emerged victorious in the primary and is poised\u2064 to challenge incumbent Democratic Rep. \u2063Mary Peltola, who won the previous election. Begich previously indicated\u200b that he would withdraw from the race \u2064if \u200che finished\u2063 third, but Dahlstrom&#8217;s withdrawal has allowed him to consolidate GOP \u200bsupport. The upcoming November ballot will feature Begich, Peltola, Democratic candidate Eric Hafner, and Alaskan Independence Party candidate John\u200d Wayne Howe, with Alaska&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ranked-choice-voting-advocates-are-forced-to-lie-about-fairness-to-get-voters-on-board\/\" title=\"Ranked-choice voting advocates must deceive voters about the concept of &quot;fairness&quot; to gain their support.\">ranked-choice voting\u2063 system<\/a> in play.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump endorses Nick Begich after preferred Alaska GOP candidate drops out<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1762927\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> endorsed Republican House candidate Nick Begich in his race against vulnerable Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mary-peltola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mary Peltola<\/a> (D-AK) after his preferred candidate dropped out after the primary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;America First Patriot Nick Begich won a primary against a Strong and Respected Candidate in Alaska, a State I love won by large margins in 2016 and 2020,&rdquo; Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social on Tuesday night. &ldquo;That Candidate has now withdrawn in favor of Nick, so this time, for the first time in years, we will have a REPUBLICAN against a Democrat &ndash; The Republican, Nick Begich, is outstanding, and he will win!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump endorsed Alaska Republican Nick Begich tonight in his House race against vulnerable Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola<\/p>\n<p>Notable: Trump had endorsed Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom in the jungle primary, but she dropped out after she came in third behind Begich <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l0Jszt56mX\">pic.twitter.com\/l0Jszt56mX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachel Schilke (@rachel_schilke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachel_schilke\/status\/1836219880132984840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Begich placed second in the primaries held last month, with Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom receiving third and Peltola taking first place. Begich had pledged to withdraw from the race should he have received third place, but Dahlstrom, who had the endorsement from Trump and national Republicans, did not.<\/p>\n<p>Dahlstrom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3132833\/trump-backed-nancy-dahlstrom-withdraws-alaska-house-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>withdrew from the race<\/a> on Aug. 23, giving Begich the opportunity to consolidate the GOP vote &mdash; a contrast from 2022, when Republicans were split between former Gov. Sarah Palin and Begich. The split GOP vote, combined with Alaska&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-house-passes-omnibus-election-reform-bill\/\" title=\"Georgia House Passes Omnibus Election Reform Bill\">ranked choice voting<\/a> system, allowed Peltola to sail to victory and become the first Democrat to represent the state&rsquo;s lone House seat in 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Begich and Peltola, as well as Democratic candidate Eric Hafner and Alaskan Independence Party challenger John Wayne Howe, will appear on the November ballot. Under ranked choice voting, voters rank the candidates in order of preference rather than choosing a single candidate. If one candidate receives more than 50% of the first-choice vote count in the initial count, that candidate wins. If not, the votes will be reallocated based on those eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed Hafner&rsquo;s candidacy last week in a split 4-1 vote. Hafner finished sixth place but advanced to the general election after Dahlstrom and Republican Matthew Salisbury, who placed fifth, withdrew from the race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party had sued against Hafner&rsquo;s placement on the ballot, arguing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-attorney-general-sues-st-louis-to-stop-abortions-using-taxpayer-funds\/\" title=\"Missouri Attorney General Sues St. Louis To Stop Abortions Using Taxpayer Funds\">state law prohibited<\/a> the elections division from replacing two withdrawn candidates and that Hafner was ineligible because he is serving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-pushing-trans-surgery-ban-for-minors-black-democrats-much-more-conservative-than-white-democrats\/\" title=\"Democrat Pushing Trans Surgery Ban For Minors: Black Democrats \u2018Much More Conservative\u2019 Than White Democrats\">20-year prison sentence<\/a> in New York for threatening public officials in New Jersey. Hafner is not scheduled for release until 2036, and the party argued he will not be an inhabitant of Alaska when elected or be able to serve out a term in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Begich came in a distant second to U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola in the August primary and clearly knows he has a snowball&rsquo;s chance in hell of winning,&rdquo; Alaska Democrats Executive Director Lindsay Kavanaugh <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAlaskaDems\/status\/1834414811763151062\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a statement reacting to the state Supreme Court ruling. &ldquo;His dirty tactics don&rsquo;t change that fact he&rsquo;s a longshot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1762927\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1762927\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump backs Nick Begich after his favored Alaska GOP candidate exits the race. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican House candidate Nick Begich in his contest against at-risk Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) following the withdrawal of his preferred candidate post-primary. In a Truth Social post on Tuesday night, Trump stated, \u201cAmerica First Patriot Nick Begich won a primary against a Strong and Respected Candidate in Alaska, a State I love that I won by large margins in 2016 and 2020. That Candidate has now stepped aside for Nick, so this time, for the first time in years, we will have a REPUBLICAN facing off against a Democrat \u2013 The Republican, Nick Begich, is exceptional and he will win!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Notably, Trump had previously endorsed Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom during the jungle primary; however, she finished third behind Begich and subsequently withdrew from the race on August 23rd. This allowed Begich to unify GOP support\u2014unlike in 2022 when Republicans were divided between former Gov. Sarah Palin and himself\u2014leading to Peltola&#8217;s victory as the first Democrat to hold Alaska\u2019s sole House seat in half a century.<\/p>\n<p>Begich will compete alongside Peltola as well as Democratic candidate Eric Hafner and Alaskan Independence Party challenger John Wayne Howe on the November ballot under Alaska&#8217;s ranked choice voting system where voters rank candidates by preference rather than selecting just one. If no candidate secures over 50% of first-choice votes initially, votes are redistributed based on eliminated candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Recently affirmed by the Alaska Supreme Court with a split decision of 4-1 was Hafner\u2019s candidacy despite finishing sixth; he advanced after both Dahlstrom and Republican Matthew Salisbury (fifth place) withdrew from contention. The Democratic Party had contested Hafner\u2019s eligibility due to his ongoing prison sentence for threatening public officials but ultimately lost their case.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this ruling regarding Hafner&#8217;s candidacy, Lindsay Kavanaugh from Alaska Democrats remarked that &#8220;Begich came in a distant second&#8221; during August&#8217;s primary and emphasized that he faces significant challenges ahead: \u201cHis dirty tactics don\u2019t change that fact he\u2019s a longshot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2342628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Peltola.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8320,13348,41105,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2342627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alaska","tag-endorsement","tag-house-race","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Peltola.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342627","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}