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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has jumped out to a commanding lead in the early results of the Alaska primary for the state’s only House representative.
There are 48 candidates campaigning for the job that was previously held for 49 years by the late Rep. Don Young, Fox News reported .
The early results showed Palin, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, with 29.8% of the votes counted so far; Republican Nick Begich had 19.3%; independent Al Gross had 12.5%; Democrat Mary Peltola with 7.5%; and Republican Tara Sweeney had 5.3%.
A candidate whose name is Santa Claus, a self-described “independent, progressive, democratic socialist,” had 4.5%.
The initial results released by the state Division of Elections included 108,729 votes. It was not immediately clear how many ballots were outstanding. The division reported late Saturday that it had received about 139,000 ballots so far. Ballots had to be postmarked by Saturday.
The Associated Press has not called any winners in the special primary. The way that it works is that the top four vote getters, regardless of party, will face each other in a special election in August using ranked choice voting. The winner will then serve the […]
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