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In what may be a surprise blow to Democrats’ chances of holding a key red state seat in the U.S. House, Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced Friday she is suspending her campaign for Congress.
Dahlstrom was in what was essentially a three-way race with incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich III, who comes from a prominent political family in The Last Frontier.
While Dahlstrom did not immediately endorse Begich, she suggested in comments announcing her withdrawal that her reason for running was to see Peltola defeated.
“I entered this race because Alaskans deserve better representation than what we have received from Mary Peltola in Washington,” Dahlstrom said in a statement.
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Mary Peltola, left, and Nancy Dahlstrom (Getty Images/Associated Press )
“At this time, the best thing I can do to see that goal realized is to withdraw my name from the general election ballot and end my campaign,” she said.
Dahlstrom added she has always “done what’s right for Alaska, and today is no different.”
Due to the state enacting ranked choice voting by popular vote in 2020, elections in Alaska now differ from most other states in that the candidate to gain the majority of the votes is not necessarily declared the winner.
That aspect was front and center in the first general election race Peltola won to succeed five-decade Republican Rep. Don Young, who died in office in 2022 at 88.
Peltola defeated both Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin, who had both run as Republicans.
Though the two GOP candidates garnered more votes than Peltola, she was named the winner after the hierarchical rounds of ranked choice vote tallying concluded. Under the system, the lowest vote-getter is eliminated, and that candidate’s voters’ “second-choice” votes get tallied instead, and so on.
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Nick Begich, a Republican seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Under the more traditional electoral system, Alaska is a reliably red state, which the Cook Political Report currently placed at R+9. Republicans control the U.S. House, 220-211, with four vacancies. A Republican flip in Alaska could give the GOP more breathing room.
Republicans, including Kelly Tshibaka, who lost to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, in a ranked-choice battle, have condemned the system as “baiting the water for [political] negativity.” However, other proponents have said it helps suppress partisanship and aids more moderate candidates.
Begich, whose uncle Mark was a Democratic senator and whose grandfather, Nick Sr., was Young’s Democratic predecessor before disappearing in a 1972 plane crash, said Dahlstrom ran a “strong campaign” and thanked her for her public service.
Anchorage’s skyline is seen against the Chugach Range (Zihao Chen via Getty Images)
“Today we move forward unified in the effort to replace Mary Peltola, who has proven by her alignment with the left that she is not the moderate she claimed to be. I look forward to continuing to travel Alaska to earn your support and take Alaska’s incredible story to our nation’s capital,” Begich said. “North, to the future.”
In response to the news, Peltola campaign manager Elisa Rios said, “Mary was so proud to have received more than 50% of the vote last Tuesday when many voters probably assumed she would be moving forward to the general election without their votes.”
“Alaskan Democrats, Republicans, nonpartisans/undeclared voted for fish, family, freedom, and Mary’s record as the incumbent in the race who actually delivered Willow, hundreds of millions of dollars for the rail belt energy grid, a ban on Russian trawled fish, and thousands of good-paying Alaskan jobs. We think voters will make the same choice this November.”
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The final round of the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club is gearing up to be a classic.
Keegan Bradley will enter Sunday’s final 18 holes with a one-shot lead over Australian Adam Scott, with Ludvig Åberg and Alex Noren just two shots behind Bradley and local fan favorite Wyndham Clark lurking five shots behind.
Clark will be paired with two-time major champion Xander Schauffele in the third-to-last group of the FedExCup Playoffs event. Bradley and Scott are scheduled to tee off last at 11:30 a.m. Here’s the full list of tee times:
7:25 a.m.: Eric Cole and Sahith Theegala
7:35 a.m.: Max Homa and Justin Thomas
7:45 a.m.: Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Matthieu Pavon
7:55 a.m.: Davis Thompson and Adam Hadwin
8:05 a.m.: Austin Eckroat and Aaron Rai
8:15 a.m.: Jason Day and Stephan Jaeger
8:25 a.m.: Matt Fitzpatrick and Scottie Scheffler
8:40 a.m.: Max Greyserman and Akshay Bhatia
8:50 a.m.: Cameron Young and Tony Finau
9 a.m.: Cam Davis and Thomas Detry
9:10 a.m.: Denny McCarthy and J.T. Poston
9:20 a.m.: Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa
9:30 a.m.: Will Zalatoris and Billy Horschel
9:45 a.m.: Sam Burns and Brian Harman
9:55 a.m.: Chris Kirk and Byeong Hun An
10:05 a.m.: Corey Conners and Shane Lowry
10:15 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay and Sungjae Im
10:25 a.m.: Russell Henley and Tom Hoge
10:35 a.m.: Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy
10:50 a.m.: Sepp Straka and Nick Dunlap
11 a.m.: Si Woo Kim and Taylor Pendrith
11:10 a.m.: Xander Schauffele and Wyndham Clark
11:20 a.m.: Ludvig Åberg and Alex Noren
11:30 a.m.: Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott
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