|
Post by Admin on Apr 6, 2022 6:13:21 GMT
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has little to say about her state's former governor's nascent bid for Alaska's at-large congressional district. "Why don't you ask an original question?" she quipped to Insider, lamenting that "everybody" is asking her about Sarah Palin's newly-announced campaign to succeed the late Republican Rep. Don Young, who held the seat from 1973 until his death this year, in an upcoming special election. Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and Tea Party leader who served as governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009, said she was jumping into the race after having "watched the far left destroy the country." And she's already received former President Donald Trump's endorsement — a prized asset in Republican politics, and a sort of repaying of the favor for her endorsement of him ahead of the Iowa Caucuses during his 2016 presidential run. "Well, have you looked at the 49 others?" Murkowski said when Insider asked her to weigh in on Palin's campaign. "I have had so many questions in the past two days about one candidate — one individual out of 50 — who has advanced her name to fill our late Congressman's seat." According to the Anchorage Daily News, a whopping 50 candidates have declared to run in the special election. It was initially 51, until one candidate withdrew. The list includes Republican State Sen. Josh Revak, former Republican State Sen. John Coghill, former Republican Interior Department official Tara Sweeney, former independent House candidate Al Gross, Alaska Native leader Emil Notti, and a self-described democratic socialist North Pole city council member named Claus.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Apr 6, 2022 13:11:17 GMT
Sarah Palin says she's prepared for media onslaught 378,638 views Apr 5, 2022 'What more can they do, what more can they say?' Former Alaska governor tells 'Jesse Watters Primetime.' #FoxNews #JesseWatters
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2022 1:30:40 GMT
Matt Gaetz Melts Down at Hearing; Trump Endorses Sarah Palin for Congress: A Closer Look Fundraiser 47,144 views Apr 7, 2022 Seth takes a closer look at Trump endorsing Sarah Palin for a seat in Congress, Matt Gaetz accusing the military of focusing too much on "woke-ism" and Biden proposing a billionaire tax aimed at reining in America’s massive wealth gap. Late Night with Seth Meyers is supporting God’s Love We Deliver to help those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. God’s Love We Deliver is a New York City-based organization that for over 30 years has provided personalized meals and nutrition counseling, free of charge, to those living with severe illnesses. With the help of 17,000 volunteers, God’s Love We Deliver provides over 2 million free meals each year to thousands of New York’s most vulnerable. Click the button on the above/below to donate or visit www.glwd.org.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Apr 16, 2022 21:09:31 GMT
Trump has been traversing the country over the past couple months, hosting rallies nearly every weekend in various states alongside Republican candidates he has endorsed ahead of the upcoming GOP primaries. Some Republicans have expressed concern that some Trump-backed candidates will hurt the party's chances of maintaining or flipping seats in the general election. Several are facing significant pushback and Republican-backed efforts to prevent them from winning their primaries. In Pennsylvania, Trump endorsed physician and prominent television personality Mehmet Oz in his bid to replace outgoing GOP Senator Pat Toomey. "I have known Dr. Oz for many years, as have many others, even if only through his very successful television show. He has lived with us through the screen and has always been popular, respected, and smart," the former president said in a statement last weekend. That decision drew swift backlash from some Republicans who do not view Oz as a real conservative. "I think it was a mistake for Trump to endorse Oz. I'll say it, I'm not afraid to say it," Fox News host Laura Ingraham said on her Tuesday night show. Donald Trump in North Carolina "Wait ? President endoresd [sic] this guy ?" right-wing strategist Roger Stone, a Trump ally who received a pardon from the former president, wrote on Sunday in a Telegram post. Stone included an image of Oz on his television show flexing his bicep as former first lady Michelle Obama, a Democrat, did the same. Sean Parnell, who previously had Trump's endorsement in the Pennsylvania race before withdrawing over a child custody battle with his estranged wife, told Politico that he's been receiving frustrated phone calls from fellow Republicans. "My phone has been ringing off the hook from committee chairs in Pennsylvania saying, 'What the heck is going on? What was President Trump thinking?'" Parnell said. Meanwhile, Republicans in Tennessee's state legislature attempted to legally prevent Trump-endorsed Morgan Ortagus from being allowed to run to represent the state's 5th District in Congress. The former Trump State Department spokesperson, who moved to the state last year, also has the backing of former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The GOP-supported state legislation requires candidates to have voted in three previous statewide general elections. While that legislation passed the Tennessee state House and Senate, Republican Governor Bill Lee did not sign it but sent it back to the legislature. Because it wasn't signed or vetoed within 10 days, the bill automatically became law, but it didn't go into effect until after the filing deadline for candidates.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Jun 11, 2022 22:14:45 GMT
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The special primary for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat moved forward as planned Saturday following a tense legal fight over ballot access issues that had cast a shadow over the election. The legal drama was the latest twist in what has already been an extraordinary election, packed with 48 candidates running for the seat left vacant by the death in March of U.S. Rep. Don Young. Young, a Republican, held the seat for 49 years. The Alaska Supreme Court on Saturday reversed and vacated a lower court order that barred state elections officials from certifying the results of the special primary until visually impaired voters were given a “full and fair” opportunity to participate. Attorneys for the state had interpreted Friday’s order from Superior Court Judge Una Gandbhir as preventing elections officials from concluding voting as scheduled on Saturday. They asked the supreme court to reverse the order. The high court said an explanation of its reasoning would follow at a later time. Gandbhir on Friday ruled that Alaska elections officials could not certify the results of the by-mail special primary until visually impaired voters “are provided a full and fair opportunity to participate” in the election. She did not specify what that would entail. The ruling came in a case filed earlier this week by Robert Corbisier, executive director of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights. Corbisier sued state elections officials on behalf of a person identified as B.L., a registered voter in Anchorage with a visual impairment. Attorneys for Corbisier said the election lacks options that would allow people with visual impairments to cast ballots “without invasive and unlawful assistance from a sighted person.” Attorneys for the state said that adequate methods for secret voting were available. An attorney for Corbisier did not respond to a request for comment. This is the first election under a system approved by voters in 2020 that ends party primaries and uses ranked choice voting in general elections. Prominent candidates include former Gov. Sarah Palin, Nick Begich, Tara Sweeney and Josh Revak, all Republicans; independent Al Gross; and Democrats Christopher Constant and Mary Peltola. A self-described “independent, progressive, democratic socialist” whose legal name is Claus has gotten attention but has not been raising money. Each voter picks one candidate in the special primary, which will whittle the list from 48 to four. The four candidates who win the most votes advance to a special election in which ranked choice voting will be used. The winner of the special election will serve the rest of Young’s term, which ends in January.
|
|