Alaska's special U.S. House election results show a close race:
U.S. House candidate Mary Peltola speaks with supporters at her campaign’s party at 49th State Brewing on August 16, 2022.
U.S. Congress candidate Nick Begich III waves signs at the Benson Boulevard and Seward Highway intersection on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022 in Anchorage. While proponents of ranked choice voting say it reduces negative campaigning — with candidates vying for their opponents’ second-place votes — this race defied that expectation. Palin and Begich spent the final weeks of the campaign lobbing increasingly negative attacks at each other. Palin called Begich “Negative Nick” in a recent attack ad; Begich spent the final evening before election day at a Wasilla fundraiser hosted by the father and stepmother of Palin’s ex-husband.
U.S. House candidate Nick Begich III, right, has his picture taken with his father Nick Begich II, and son Nick Begich IV, after the polls closed on Election Day on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. “I do not believe in this system. It should not be embraced by enthusiastic participation when we know it’s not right,” she said. While she continued to attack ranked choice voting, she said she would accept the results even if they aren’t in her favor.
Matt Shuckerow, a political consultant who has previously worked for Young, said the results put Palin “in the driver’s seat.” If she remains in second position, he said she will likely get a sufficient number of Begich voters’ second-place votes to propel her ahead of Peltola.Looking to November John-Henry Heckendorn, a political consultant who runs Ship Creek Group, which has advised Peltola’s campaign, said the results are particularly encouraging for the Democrat’s campaign. Rural Alaskans and progressives — two groups that are likely to favor Peltola — have higher turnout in the November election. And Peltola has had less money to spend on getting her name out there, meaning that there are still many voters who aren’t familiar with her, polling suggests, he said.
Begich launched his campaign in October 2021 — the only candidate remaining in the special election field who was in the running for the U.S. House before Young’s death. He has said his greatest challenge has been distancing himself from Alaska’s other Begich political figures, all Democrats. Those include his grandfather, Nick Begich the first, who served in the U.S. House until he disappeared in a plane crash in 1972. They also include his uncles, Mark Begich and state Sen. Tom Begich.
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