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(The Guardian) Sarah Palin has been knocked back in her attempt to win a seat in Congress. Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election for Alaska’s only US House seat, besting a field that included the Republican former vice-presidential candidate in a state where she was once governor.
Peltola, who is Yup’ik and turned 49 on Wednesday, will become the first Alaska Native to serve in the House and the first woman to hold the seat, the Associated Press reports.
She will serve the remaining months of the late Republican US Representative Don Young’s term. Young held the seat for 49 years before his death in March. In November, Peltola, Palin and others will face off again for a full two-year term.
Palin was looking to make a political comeback 14 years after she was vaulted onto the national stage when John McCain selected her to be his running mate in the 2008 presidential election. In her run for the House seat, she had widespread name recognition and won the endorsement of former president Donald Trump.
But critics questioned her commitment to Alaska, citing her decision to resign as governor in July 2009, partway through her term. Palin went on to become a conservative commentator on TV and appeared in reality television programs, among other pursuits.
Peltola, who is Yup’ik and turned 49 on Wednesday, will become the first Alaska Native to serve in the House and the first woman to hold the seat, the Associated Press reports.
She will serve the remaining months of the late Republican US Representative Don Young’s term. Young held the seat for 49 years before his death in March. In November, Peltola, Palin and others will face off again for a full two-year term.
Palin was looking to make a political comeback 14 years after she was vaulted onto the national stage when John McCain selected her to be his running mate in the 2008 presidential election. In her run for the House seat, she had widespread name recognition and won the endorsement of former president Donald Trump.
But critics questioned her commitment to Alaska, citing her decision to resign as governor in July 2009, partway through her term. Palin went on to become a conservative commentator on TV and appeared in reality television programs, among other pursuits.
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