Palin Advances To General Election In AK House Primary

NBC News reports:

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has clinched one of four spots in November’s ranked-choice general election for the state’s at-large congressional seat, NBC News projects, keeping alive her hopes for a political comeback.

She will be joined on the fall ballot by Republican Nick Begich, the namesake grandson of a former Democratic representative who held the seat, Democrat Mary Sattler Peltola, a former state lawmaker, and Republican Tara Sweeney, a former assistant secretary for Native American affairs in the Interior Department.

A separate special election Tuesday to fill the remaining months of the late Rep. Don Young’s term — a race that also features Palin, who has former President Donald Trump’s endorsement — is too early to call.

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TONIGHT: Jim and Faye Palin, Sarah Palin’s ex-in-laws, are hosting an election eve party for Nick Begich, who is running against Palin for Alaska’s lone seat in the House. pic.twitter.com/wvpHY0AGOZ

— Nathaniel Reed (@ReedReports) August 16, 2022

Faye Palin, Sarah’s ex-mother-in-law, tells me it’s not that she doesn’t like the mother of 5 of her grandchildren, but is voting for Nick instead because she “only has one vote”

— Nathaniel Reed (@ReedReports) August 16, 2022