Republicans Just Lost the Alaska House Seat

[okfine]

Aw, shucks.

 

[otto105]

Really? How many votes did she get?

Sarah Palin loses special election for Alaska House seat

 

[JimH52]

Read your own links:






However, I'm pleased Begich didn't win either.

See #13

 

[okfine]

When will she concede?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sarah-palin-loses-alaska-congressional-race/ar-AA11kIgghttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sarah-palin-loses-alaska-congressional-race/ar-AA11kIgg

 

[JimH52]

About 5,000 votes. Thank you voters.

They knew Palin from before, when Governor.

She quit once...why take another chance on a quitter?

 

[okfine]

From the OP's CNN link:

"With her victory, the former state lawmaker will flip the seat held for nearly half a century by the late GOP Rep. Don Young, and is set to become the first Alaska Native in Congress"

How about them apples?

 

[MarcATL]

From the OP's CNN link:

"With her victory, the former state lawmaker will flip the seat held for nearly half a century by the late GOP Rep. Don Young, and is set to become the first Alaska Native in Congress"

How about them apples?

Hoooraaaayyy!! This is FANTASTIC news!

 

[Winco]

She only has the seat until January. The House election for a regular term is in November. You idiots need to learn how shit works in our government.

Noting that Palin LOST, which she did, and you think you are providing useful information about the election in November.
Everyone is pretty observant to the FACT that there will be an election in November you twit, and this seat will be up for grabs again in November.

Where did ANYONE mention otherwise?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

O'rly?

In Arizona, Blake Masters backtracks on abortion and scrubs his campaign website

Masters, the GOP Senate nominee in Arizona, said on his campaign website that he supported a "a federal personhood law" — until Thursday.

www.nbcnews.com

Masters, the GOP Senate nominee in Arizona, said on his campaign website that he supported "a federal personhood law" — until Thursday.

So he took it down, correct?

Wouldn't that require a Constitutional Amendment, that would stand no chance of passing?

 

[g5000]

So he took it down, correct?

Wouldn't that require a Constitutional Amendment, that would stand no chance of passing?

He took it down because GOP candidates are learning from the recent elections and primaries that extremist abortion views are very unpopular with the public.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I predict trump and Palin will start their won political party, MAGA.

Their "won" party dumbass?

 

[rightwinger]

Mark Begich is a Dem.

Murkowski is a RINO. The AK Rep Party won't back her.
Last term she was primaried but ran a write in campaign.

Looks like she will win again

 

[bodecea]

I know. A seat in a reliable red state that you’ve held for 50 years doesn’t mean anything…

Cope excuse making.

 

[rightwinger]

And you people lost a seat in Texas you had held for over 100 years. But that doesn’t mean anything to a hack like you......

Did you hear that both Arizona and Georgia have TWO Democratic Senators?

 

[Tom Paine 1949]

“The Democrat was outspent 4-to-1 by Palin.”

Also, Alaska’s Ranked Choice Voting referendum was passed in 2020 along with a special “transparency” section that forced exposure of all “dark money” contributions over $2,000. This was an important reform in itself. The referendum was pushed by a bipartisan and “independent” group of legislators and “good gov’t” activists which included the Women’s League of Voters and the Libertarian Party.

For more details, see Alaska Ballot Measure 2, Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting and Campaign Finance Laws Initiative (2020)

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Ranked clusterfuck voting elevates yet another schmendrick who didn't win the election.

Like when the republican was elected. Here is all of your whining about that:

 

[g5000]

Supreme Court decided

Republicans have been peddling a "federal personhood law".

 

[Mac-7]

Dear Republicans,

Keep pretending that Dobbs and Trump don’t matter to the electorate.

Sincerely,

The Real World

Democrat Mary Peltola wins special U.S. House election, will be first Alaska Native elected to Congress

Peltola, a former state lawmaker from Bethel, topped Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin after ballots were tallied and votes for third-place GOP candidate Nick Begich III were redistributed to his supporters’ second choices.

www.adn.com

Ok

What are you demanding that repubs do to satisfy blood thirsty lib women who want to kill innocent children?

 

[okfine]

From Mother Jones last June...

"Even for those who aren’t closely following the intricacies of Alaska politics, there are plenty of reasons not to ignore this race. For one thing, although the state is small in population, its congressional delegation helps secure disproportionate amounts of funding (last year, Alaskans got about $24,000 per capita in federal funding, compared to less than $15,000 for other sparsely populated states like Wyoming and Vermont). And whoever wins could have the chance to shape national politics for decades. Young represented Alaska for 49 years, and his seat was pretty much glued to him—even putting a knife to GOP ex-Speaker John Boehner’s throat didn’t threaten his job security. Seniority is power in Congress: If your predecessor coasted to reelection for half a century, you could be looking at the literal gig of a lifetime. Visualize Sarah Palin in Washington well into her eighties. (At the same time, the new ranked-choice voting system may help reduce long stints of incumbency.)"

I for one did not pay much attention to this race. The above explains a huge prize was at stake for Palin.
Winners and losers.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Ok

What are you demanding that repubs do to satisfy blood thirsty lib women who want to kill innocent children?

Mind your business. Nothing more.