Sarah Palin seeks comeback as Alaska’s congresswoman

• Sarah Palin is running to represent Alaska in Washington for the first time in ten years.
• Voters will determine on Tuesday whether she will be a member of the US House of Representatives.
• 58-year-old also held the office as governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009.

Sarah Palin, a Republican, is running to represent Alaska in Washington for the first time in more than ten years.

In 2008, Ms. Palin gained notoriety as a vice presidential contender. Voters will determine on Tuesday whether she will be a member of the US House of Representatives.

Before Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, she essentially faded from the public eye. Trump has now emerged as her most important ally and backer.

In the election for the Senate, the former president has also endorsed a candidate.

Senator John McCain of Arizona chose Ms. Palin to be his running mate for vice president. Senator McCain later criticised Donald Trump loudly on behalf of the Republican Party.

The 58-year-old also held the office as governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009.

Sarah Palin, a Republican, is running to represent Alaska in Washington for the first time in more than ten years.

In 2008, Ms. Palin gained notoriety as a vice presidential contender. Voters will determine on Tuesday whether she will be a member of the US House of Representatives.

Before Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, she essentially faded from the public eye. Trump has now emerged as her most important ally and backer.

In the election for the Senate, the former president has also endorsed a candidate.

Senator John McCain of Arizona chose Ms. Palin to be his running mate for vice president. Senator McCain later criticised Donald Trump loudly on behalf of the Republican Party.

The 58-year-old also held the office as governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009.

Mr. Begich is a prominent Democratic family member and a digital entrepreneur. The family of Mr. Begich’s ex-husband, who Ms. Palin divorced in 2020 after 31 years of marriage, staged a fundraiser last weekend, according to the Anchorage Daily News.

Former state legislator Ms. Peltola is a supporter of stronger safeguards for salmon species in Alaska. If she prevails, she will represent Alaska as the nation’s first Native Alaskan in Washington.

The largest state in terms of area in America may not calculate votes until the end of August.

According to the new voting regulations, only the voters’ initial selections will be taken into account. Second choices will be taken into account, the last-place candidate will be dismissed, and the votes will be redistributed if none of the three candidates receive more than 50% of the vote.

The Republican nominee for Alaska in the state’s general election in November, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who supported Mr. Trump’s conviction in his second impeachment trial in 2021, is up against the nominee Mr. Trump has chosen.

She is the only Republican senator up for reelection this year out of the seven who voted to convict Mr. Trump.

Kelly Tshibaka, a former administrator for Alaska, has Mr. Trump’s full support. Last month, he made a trip to Alaska to hold a rally in support of her and Ms. Palin.

On Tuesday, Wyoming Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who is the most senior Republican on the committee looking into Mr. Trump’s involvement in the Capitol disturbance of January 6, will also be up against a candidate backed by the president.