Sarah Palin is leading the pack in the special primary for U.S. House.
The Division of Elections counted the first batch of ballots on Saturday night – 67,000 of the more than 125,000 ballots cast.
The biggest surprise is that Democrat Mary Peltola is in fourth place with 7%. If that holds, she would make it to the special general ballot, along with the leading three.The ballots counted Saturday night are from all over the state. They include ballots mailed, hand-delivered and cast in person.
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