Palin’s not running away with it
My oh my:
Ms. Peltola, 48, took 37.8 percent of the vote in the special election to fill Alaska’s lone congressional seat through January, putting her more than five percentage points ahead of Ms. Palin, the state’s former governor and 2008 vice-presidential Republican nominee. Ms. Peltola was also leading Ms. Palin by nearly four percentage votes in the primary race to fill that seat beyond 2023.
A win in the special election could provide a major boost in name recognition and momentum for Ms. Peltola, who has quickly risen to prominence since placing fourth in a June special election primary. On Tuesday, Ms. Peltola mingled with supporters at an Anchorage brewery as the results rolled in.
“It’s just really overwhelming to see the kind of support that I’m getting,” she said. “I am hopeful.”
It will make my year if Peltola beats Palin and Begich. They are both phony Republican hacks and it’s possible that their voters hate the other one enough to vote for Peltola as their second choice.