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Sarah Palin faces Alaska voters again in a special election for Congress

Over a decade after she ran for vice president and then resigned as Alaska governor, Palin is in both a special election for U.S. House on Tuesday and a primary for the full term starting next year.

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Here are the key primary election results from Alaska

Voting concludes Tuesday in the Alaska primary elections, including notable races for governor, Senate and a special election for the House seat to fill the remainder of late Rep. Don Young's term.

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Cheney braces for loss as Trump tested in Wyoming and Alaska

Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney, a leader in the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trump, is fighting to save her seat in the House on Tuesday

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Palin, Murkowski highlight Alaska's 2 elections on Tuesday

The Alaska primary on Tuesday will feature two elections

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Liz Cheney news – live: GOP rep, Palin and Murkowski to learn their fate as Trump gloats

Primary voters hit the polls on Tuesday in Wyoming and Alaska

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Elevated rates of incumbent turnover mean more state legislative newcomers in 2023

Welcome to the Monday, August 15, Brew.

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With new Alaska ballot, Murkowski may survive Trump’s wrath in primary

Voters on Tuesday pick four candidates for the November ballot, which may include both Sen. Lisa Murkowski and a Trump-backed challenger.

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Cheney and Murkowski: Trump critics facing divergent futures

Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney hail from their states’ most prominent Republican families

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Alaska election tests weight of Sarah Palin’s celebrity – and Trump’s sway

More than a decade ago, Palin ascended to international fame as a vice-presidential candidate – but now she faces an uncertain political future

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Twenty-two U.S. House candidates file to run in Alaska’s new top-four primary system, a decade-high

The filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House in Alaska was June 1, 2022. This year, 22 candidates are running in Alaska’s At-Large U.S. House district, a decade-high. The candidates running include nine Republicans, one Democrat, nine independents, and three third-party candidates. The 22 candidates running this year…

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Number of contested state legislative primaries in Alaska drops as state introduces top-four primary system

There is one contested state legislative primary in Alaska this year, fewer than in previous election cycles. This decrease comes after the state began using a new top-four primary system, which voters approved in 2020.

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Watch: Humpback whales crash family picnic in ‘unreal’ fashion

A family from Hoonah, Alaska, drove to False Bay recently for a picnic, unaware that acrobatic whales would provide thrilling entertainment.

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What to expect on a cruise to Alaska - epic wildlife, amazing glaciers and bears

Princess Cruises offers Alaska cruises on Discovery Princess - Nigel Thompson packed his superlatives for an epic Alaskan wildlife and glaciers cruise

Daily Mirror

For 2 candidates, Alaska’s US House race is an opportunity to make history

KENAI, Alaska — A day of campaigning on the Kenai Peninsula began for Nick Begich III and Mary Peltola under the gaze of a taxidermied brown bear.

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Alaska governor signs bill to formally recognize federally recognized American Indian tribes

On July 28, 2022, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) signed House Bill 123 (HB 123) into law, which would formally recognize 229 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Alaska. The bill was approved by the state legislature on May 17, 2022, before going to the governor’s desk.

The Independent UK

Alaska officers violated policy in 'white privilege' stop

An Alaska newspaper reports that two Anchorage police officers violated department policy during a traffic stop last month when a woman in town for a rally by former President Donald Trump showed a “white privilege card” instead of a driver’s license and was not ticketed

Tribune News Service

A shrinking workforce is holding back Anchorage’s economic recovery after COVID-19, report finds

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage employers are hiring more workers from outside the city and state to adjust to a severe labor shortage that’s holding back the city’s economic recovery, according to a report released Wednesday by the Anchorage Economic Development Corp.

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Efforts fail to save historic Alaska theater from demolition

Demolition is scheduled to begin this week on a once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood’s famed Pantages Theater

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Shelly Stouffer wins U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur in first USGA event held in Alaska

Canadian Shelly Stouffer and Australian Sue Wooster squared off in the first-ever USGA championship in Alaska.

Tribune News Service

Earmarks in Senate bills favor small states, retiring senators

WASHINGTON — Appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year unveiled in the Senate last week contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion, with Sen. Richard C. Shelby once again the uncontested champion of what senators have rebranded “congressionally directed spending.”

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Earmarks in Senate bills favor small states, retiring senators - Roll Call

Senate appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion.

Tribune News Service

Early voting begins in several Alaska communities ahead of Aug. 16 election

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early voting opened Monday in Alaska ahead of the Aug. 16 primary and special U.S. House general elections.

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Here's Why Riding Buddies Who'll Rescue You And Your Bike Are The Best

When Itchy Boots took a tumble and twisted her ankle, of course it was another rider who kindly came to her rescue, taking her and her bike to get repaired.

Tribune News Service

Fishing for bears in Alaska's wild

KING SALMON, Alaska — Are you lucky enough to be traveling to Alaska this year? I am. If you are too, we’ll be two of an estimated 2.3 million visitors — cruise passengers, fishermen and independent travelers — heading north to “America’s Last Frontier.” After spending two years isolating at…

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Watch bear cub’s ‘brilliant recovery’ after waterfall tumble

A brown bear cub fishing next to mom atop a waterfall in Alaska was caught on video slipping into the turbulence below and briefly disappearing.

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