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Sarah Palin: "If I were asked to serve in the House and take his place I would be humbled and honored. In a heartbeat, I would.
“We will see how this process goes in filling that seat – it would be an honor.”
Palin wants to be appointed to fill Young's vacant seat -- there's no way in hell that she has any intent to actually run for it …
Sarah Palin: "If I were asked to serve in the House and take his place I would be humbled and honored. In a heartbeat, I would.
“We will see how this process goes in filling that seat – it would be an honor.”
Palin wants to be appointed to fill Young's vacant seat -- there's no way in hell that she has any intent to actually run for it (or for its regular successor term)
Too bad for her that AK Gov doesn't appoint a replacement rep to fill a vacancy -- they call a special election
Interesting to me that the special election will run concurrently/overlap with the regular election for that seat's next full term, with the special election's general election occurring on the same day as the primary for the regular election
CBSNews, 22 Mar: "A special election to fill the seat of Republican Congressman Don Young of Alaska, who died earlier this month, is set for this summer, with a [open] primary slated for June 11 and a special [ranked-choice voting] general election on August 16, the same date as Alaska's regularly scheduled primaries.
"The winner of the special election will finish the remainder of Young's term, which ends in January 2023."
So there will be two overlapping races for AK's House seat --
(1) the special election to fill the seat thru the end of Young's term in Jan 2023 with an 11 Jun open primary and a 16 Aug ranked-choice general election and
(2) the regular election for a two-year term with an 16 Aug open primary and an 8 Nov ranked-choice general election
I imagine Alaskans are feeling grateful for mail-in voting -- or will
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Sarah Palin: "If I were asked to serve in the House and take his place I would be humbled and honored. In a heartbeat, I would.
“We will see how this process goes in filling that seat – it would be an honor.”
Palin wants to be appointed to fill Young's vacant seat -- there's no way in hell that she has any intent to actually run for it (or for its regular successor term)
Too bad for her that AK Gov doesn't appoint a replacement rep to fill a vacancy -- they call a special election
Interesting to me that the special election will run concurrently/overlap with the regular election for that seat's next full term, with the special election's general election occurring on the same day as the primary for the regular election
CBSNews, 22 Mar: "A special election to fill the seat of Republican Congressman Don Young of Alaska, who died earlier this month, is set for this summer, with a [open] primary slated for June 11 and a special [ranked-choice voting] general election on August 16, the same date as Alaska's regularly scheduled primaries.
"The winner of the special election will finish the remainder of Young's term, which ends in January 2023."
So there will be two overlapping races for AK's House seat --
(1) the special election to fill the seat thru the end of Young's term in Jan 2023 with an 11 Jun open primary and a 16 Aug ranked-choice general election and
(2) the regular election for a two-year term with an 16 Aug open primary and an 8 Nov ranked-choice general election
I imagine Alaskans are feeling grateful for mail-in voting -- or will
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/special-election-alaska-congress-don-young-death/
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