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The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that will keep Republican Tara Sweeney off the ballot for the August special election in Alaska’s U.S. House race.

Ranked-choice voting means Palin will need more than her base to be elected, and some Alaskans say they want compromise in Congress.

A top Alaska elections official said Tuesday that the fifth-place finisher in the special primary for Alaska's U.S. House seat will not advance to an August special election following the withdrawal of independent Al Gross, who was in third place. Gail Fenumiai, director of the Division of Elections, said that's because the withdrawal occurred less than 64 days before the scheduled Aug. 16 special election. In a letter to an attorney for Republican Nick Begich's campaign, she pointed to a provision of law laying out the timeline.

Election 2022-House-Alaska FILE - Sarah Palin, a Republican seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Palin and Republican Nick Begich have advanced to the August special election for the state's only U.S. House seat. She said she hopes the next stage of the race, an August special election featuring ranked choice voting, will help discourage that. But in the House special primary, Alaska Democratic party leaders urged voters to pick from among the six Democrats running. She served five terms in the Alaska House and cited her experience in elected office and public policy.

The race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is taking shape.

The race for Alaska's U.S. House seat is taking shape, with Republican Sarah Palin seeking a return to elected office 13 years after she resigned as governor and two of her rivals, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross, trying to paint her run as unserious and self-serving. The fourth candidate running, Democrat Mary Peltola, said negative campaigning and “tearing each other down" is the “most unsavory" part of American politics.

Democrat Mary Peltola has joined Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and independent Al Gross in advancing to an August special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat.

Mary Peltola, a former state lawmaker and one of the few Democrats in a massive field of candidates seeking Alaska's only U.S. House seat, has advanced to an August special election, where she will face former Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross. The four emerged from a field of 48 candidates in a special primary for the seat left vacant by the March death of longtime Republican Rep. Don Young.

She'll square off in August with fellow Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross seeking seat left vacant by Rep. Don Young's death. He'd held the seat for 49 years.

She'll square off in August with fellow Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross seeking seat left vacant by Rep. Don Young's death. He'd held the seat for 49 years.

The top four vote-getters in the special primary advance to a special election, set for Aug. 16, in which ranked choice voting will be used.

Alaska-Unusual Primary FILE - Sarah Palin, a Republican seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. While some of the candidates in the June 11 special primary have name recognition, many are relative unknowns or political novices. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross have advanced to the August special election for the state's only U.S. House seat. The top four vote-getters in the special primary advance to a special election, set for Aug. 16, in which ranked choice voting will be used. He began running for the House seat last fall and cast himself as someone who could bring new energy to the role.

Republican former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross have advanced to the August special election for the state’s only U.S. House seat.

Republican former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross have advanced to the August special election for the state's only U.S. House seat. Palin, Begich and Gross, an orthopedic surgeon, were among 48 candidates in last Saturday's special primary for the seat, which was left vacant following the death in March of Republican Rep. Don Young.

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Alaska elections officials have released initial vote counts in the special primary for the state's only U.S. House seat.

Sarah Palin addresses supporters at the opening of her new campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The top four vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, will advance to an August special election in which ranked choice voting will be used. The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of Young’s term, which ends in January. The ruling came in a case filed days earlier by Robert Corbisier, executive director of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights. The businessman, who hails from a family of prominent Democrats, was endorsed by the Alaska Republican party.

Sarah Palin addresses supporters at the opening of her new campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The top four vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, will advance to an August special election in which ranked choice voting will be used. The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of Young’s term, which ends in January. The ruling came in a case filed days earlier by Robert Corbisier, executive director of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights. The businessman, who hails from a family of prominent Democrats, was endorsed by the Alaska Republican party.

Election 2022 House Alaska FILE - Former Alaska Gov. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen,File) (Mark Thiesssen)JUNEAU, Alaska — (AP) — The special primary for Alaska's only U.S. House seat moved forward as planned Saturday, after a tense legal fight over ballot access issues cast a shadow over the election. The top four candidates in the special primary will advance to a special election in August, when ranked choice voting will be used. The Associated Press has not called any winners in the special primary. The ruling came in a case filed days earlier by Robert Corbisier, executive director of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights.

Alaska elections officials have released initial vote counts in the special primary for the state's only U.S. House seat.

The Alaska Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that barred state elections officials from certifying the results of Saturday’s special U.S. House primary amid concerns about ballot accessibility for voters with visual impairments.

The special primary for Alaska's only U.S. House seat moved forward as planned Saturday following a tense legal fight over ballot access issues that had cast a shadow over the election. The legal drama was the latest twist in what has already been an extraordinary election, packed with 48 candidates running for the seat left vacant by the death in March of U.S. Rep. Don Young. Young, a Republican, held the seat for 49 years.

“A special election as wide-open as Alaska,” the editorial board of the Anchorage Daily News declared.

Forty-eight candidates will be on the ballot Saturday in the race to fill the late Rep. Don Young's seat. Four will make it to the next round.

The states voting Tuesday include California, Iowa, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Montana.

Alaska voters are facing an election unlike any they’ve seen, with 48 candidates running to succeed the man who held the state’s only U.S. House seat for 49 years.

A federal judge's ruling should end the outspoken conservative's defamation battle against the New York Times.

Palin's attorneys had asked the judge to grant a new trial or disqualify himself as biased against her.

Palin's attorneys had asked the judge to grant a new trial or disqualify himself as biased against her.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger probably would not have won last week’s Republican primary without Democrats.

"She's a quitter and a buffoon who has no business ever holding a position of public trust, ever," Schmidt said of the former Alaska governor.

Election 2022 House Alaska Palin This April 14, 2022, photo shows traffic moving through Wasilla, Alaska, which is located about 45 miles north of Anchorage, a region that is a conservative hotbed in the state. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) (Mark Thiesssen)WASILLA, Alaska — (AP) — Sarah Palin isn't used to sharing the spotlight. Palin was divorced from Todd Palin, her husband of more than 30 years, in 2020. “Her heart’s here in Alaska, and I think that she’s good for Alaska,” he said. He said he doesn't see Palin around town much and that Palin's run seems to be “more like it's about the Sarah Palin show than about Alaska.”___Bohrer reported from Juneau, Alaska.

Sarah Palin says she’s serious about her campaign for the U.S. House, telling The Associated Press that her unique place in American politics would put her in a stronger position representing Alaska in Washington.

The former GOP vice presidential candidate resigned as Alaska governor in 2009. Even around her hometown of Wasilla, many Republicans soured as she gained a national following as a culture warrior.

The former vice presidential nominee's run for an open congressional seat is complicated by a feeling among some voters and activists that she has prioritized her profile on the national stage over her presence in Alaska.

2022 Election-Senate-Alaska Kelly Tshibaka, left, a Republican, smiles as she officially files to run in Alaska's U.S. Senate race, Monday, April 11, 2022, while her husband, Niki Tshibaka, looks on at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska. Eleven other candidates have signed up so far in the Senate race, including incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, also a Republican. When Murkowski filed for office in November, she was asked about running against a Trump-backed opponent. When asked if the two big personalities of Trump and Palin could overshadow her campaign, Tshibaka said that is separate from the Senate campaign. In addition to Murkowski and Tshibaka, 10 other candidates so far have filed to run in the Senate race.

Republican Kelly Tshibaka has filed to run as a candidate for the U.S. Senate race.

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"Take a look at some of the others, because there's some folks with real good qualifications," Murkowski said of her long-time rival's bid.

Sarah Palin, left, appears with then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally at the Iowa State University on Jan. 19, 2016, in Ames, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump backed Palin on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in a statement from his political action committee. “Wonderful patriot Sarah Palin just announced that she is running for Congress, and that means there will be a true America First fighter on the ballot,” the statement says. The top four vote getters will advance to an Aug. 16 special election, in which ranked choice voting will be used. Some of candidates who filed for the special primary — including Palin — have also filed to seek a regular two-term House term starting in January.

Former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin picked up a prized endorsement from former President Donald Trump in her bid to fill the remainder of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term.

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"Sarah has been a champion for Alaska values, Alaska energy, Alaska jobs, and the great people of Alaska," Trump said.

Palin embraced Trump before he came to dominate the GOP.

Members of Alaska’s political leadership lauded the late U.S. Rep. Don Young Saturday at a public memorial to celebrate his life.

Young, a Republican, had held Alaska’s House seat since 1973 and was seeking reelection at the time of his death last month at age 88. The regular primary and November general election will determine who represents Alaska in the House for a two-year term starting in January. He said earlier in the day Friday that he looked at the candidates running in the special primary and “wasn't that impressed. He said if the person who wins the special election also is in the November general election, he expects they would spend a fair amount of time campaigning. Meanwhile, a man who years ago legally changed his name to Santa Claus and serves on the North Pole city council also filed for the special primary.

Revak said he also plans to run in the regular primary for U.S. House. Palin filed paperwork to run in the special and regular primaries as well, Montemayor said. The regular primary and November general election will determine who represents Alaska in the House for a two-year term starting in January. He said he looked at the candidates running in the special primary and “wasn't that impressed. He said he has yet to decide whether to run in the regular primary.

The former presidential candidate and vice presidential nominee filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for the late Don Young's House seat.

Sarah Palin has filed paperwork to join a field of at least 40 candidates vying for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat.

Sarah Palin said Monday she's weighing a possible run for Alaska congressman Don Young's vacant U.S. House seat following his death last week.What she's saying: The former Alaska governor told Newsmax it "would be an honor" to replace the long-serving Republican House member.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free "If I were asked to serve in the House and take his place, I would be humbled and honored and I would in a heartbeat, I wou

Palin NY Times FILE — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reacts as she leaves a courthouse in New York, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Seth Wenig)NEW YORK — (AP) — The judge presiding over Sarah Palin's defamation case against The New York Times said he was unfamiliar with push notifications and didn't realize news of his decision to toss out the lawsuit would reach jurors deliberating simultaneously. That decision came while the jury was still deliberating; jurors themselves rejected Palin's lawsuit the next day. “While this approach was a bit unusual, neither side objected to it in the slightest,” Rakoff wrote.

The judge presiding over Sarah Palin’s defamation case against The New York Times said he was unfamiliar with push notifications and didn’t realize news of his decision to toss out the lawsuit would reach jurors deliberating simultaneously.

The judge presiding over Sarah Palin's defamation case against The New York Times said he was unfamiliar with push notifications and didn't realize news of his decision to toss out the lawsuit would reach jurors deliberating simultaneously. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said in a written decision released Tuesday that he was “frank to confess” that he was unfamiliar with the term “push notifications” and did not “fully appreciate the potential for jurors to be involuntarily informed” about his plans. The libel lawsuit by Palin, a one-time Republican vice-presidential candidate, centered on the newspaper's 2017 editorial falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting, which Palin asserted damaged her reputation and career.

Two Supreme Court justices have called for it to revisit the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan.

Jurors in the New York Times libel suit learned of Judge Jed Rakoff's ruling from news alerts on their phones — while they were deliberating.

The judge said the jurors told a law clerk it didn't affect the outcome.

The judge said the jurors told a law clerk it didn't affect the outcome.

The jurors, who ultimately ruled against Palin, insisted to the court that the notifications from news organizations didn't affect their decision.

Before the 1964 Sullivan standard Sara Palin's appeal could overturn, the libel landscape in the U.S. favored repressive anti-media laws.

It was a one-two punch for Sarah Palin: The verdict came a day after the presiding judge said he would dismiss the case because Palin's lawyers failed to meet the legal standard of actual malice.

Palin had claimed the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin answers questions from the media as she arrives at a federal court in Manhattan on February 15, 2022 in New York. A federal jury in New York on Tuesday found that The New York Times had not defamed Sarah Palin with a 2017 editorial that linked a political action committee of the one-time Republican vice presidential nominee with the shooting of a member of Congress. The jury verdict came a day after the judge in the case said he would dismiss her lawsuit against the Times. But Judge Jed Rakoff, in making that decision Monday, had said he would let the jury continue deliberations in the case and reach a verdict. Palin is expected to appeal Rakoff's dismissal.

Palin NY Times Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. In the editorial, the Times blamed overheated political rhetoric. He and other New York Times staffers testified about the great lengths taken to correct the error the morning after the piece was published. He also said he wanted to apologize to Palin, but was prohibited by a Times policy against making personal apologies.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times.

The free press repelled two attacks Monday, but far more severe damage has already been felt elsewhere.

A judge says he'll dismiss a libel lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed against The New York Times.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has compared The New York Times to “Goliath” and herself to “David” in their dispute over a 2017 editorial.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has taken the witness stand in her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is back in a New York City courtroom more than a week after her libel trial against The New York Times was postponed because she tested positive for COVID-19.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was spotted dining out at a New York City restaurant, two days after testing positive for the coronavirus.

A judge has delayed trial for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's defamation claims against The New York Times after she tested positive for the coronavirus three times.

A new election system, narrowly passed by voters in 2020, is set to be used in Alaska races this year.

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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks at a rally in Montgomery, Ala. Palin says she tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging people to take steps to guard against the coronavirus, including wearing masks in public. Sarah Palin says she tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging people to take steps to guard against the coronavirus, such as wearing masks in public. “And history will show we Masked Singer visitors were masked before being masked was cool,” she said in her statement, referring to the TV show on which she once appeared. It was not clear when Palin, 57, tested positive. She told the magazine that other members of her family tested positive as well.

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FILE - In this Feb 23, 2021, file photo, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. “The party does not want Lisa Murkowski to be a Republican candidate,” said Tuckerman Babcock, immediate past chairman of the state party. However, when speaking to reporters last month in Juneau, Murkowski addressed a possible censure by the state party. A message left with Glenn Clary, current Alaska Republican Party chairman, was not returned. AdThe new primary voting system left the state party wondering how they move forward, Babcock said.

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WASHINGTON – When a party loses the White House, a new crop of presidential hopefuls typically begin moving quickly to lay the groundwork for a run in the next campaign. President Donald Trump's increasingly overt flirtations with running again in 2024 are freezing the potentially vast field of Republican candidates. GOP White House hopefuls are essentially left to watch what Trump does next instead of courting fundraisers, building networks and visiting early-voting states — the usual campaign planning steps — for fear of angering Trump and risking turning off his large and loyal base. That followed comments during a White House Christmas party this past week when Trump said, "We’re trying to do another four years. His supporters argue that if Trump did run, Hogan would enjoy a near-open lane unlike the one crowded with Trump defenders.

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During the past week, Trump told Sean Hannity of Fox News that Harris would assume the presidency within “three months” of Biden's inauguration. During a conversation with Rush Limbaugh, he warned that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would “replace” Biden with Harris. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Trump ally, is pushing the president to make Harris a campaign centerpiece. “This is a desire not to run against Joe Biden, to run against anybody but Joe Biden,” he said. Biden and Harris can best respond to the attacks by focusing on their agenda and policies, said Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California.

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2019, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., reacts as she speaks at a town hall event at the Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Harris as his running mate. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Harris as his running mate. In choosing Harris, Biden embraced a former rival from the Democratic primary who is familiar with the unique rigor of a national campaign. A woman has never served as president or vice president in the United States. Harris launched her presidential campaign in early 2019 with the slogan Kamala Harris For the People, a reference to her courtroom work. Some Biden confidants said Harris debate attack did irritate the former vice president, who had a friendly relationship with her.