'We’ll soon know if she’s going to run a serious campaign for Congress, or is just reminding people once again that she just won’t go away,' observes Ed_Kilgore
She’s back, again. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Move over, Marjorie Taylor Greene: Sarah Barracuda could be going to Washington, too.
Her public statement announcing her candidacy showed that she hasn’t lost her signature word-salad mix of outlandish assertions. Indeed, she sounds just like most Republicans these days: The huge field of rivals Palin faces is partly the product of Alaska’s only House seat being in one man’s grip for so very long. But in addition, the special election to replace Young is the first contest to be held under an unusual new election system that voters approved in 2020. It includes a nonpartisan primary in which the top four vote-getters proceed to a general election whose results will be resolved by ranked-choice voting.
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