Elections officials said they completed their final ballot counts on Tuesday for Alaska's special U.S. House primary. Officials are aiming to certify the special primary by Saturday.
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 followingGail 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. Into an attorney for Republican Nick Begich’s campaign, she pointed to a provision of law laying out the timeline.
Elections officials said they completed their final ballot counts on Tuesday. Officials are aiming to certify the special primary by Saturday.Gross, an orthopedic surgeon, was in third place in the June 11 special primary, behind two Republicans — former Gov. Sarah Palin and Begich, a businessman — and ahead of Democrat Mary Peltola, a former state lawmaker.
U.S. House candidate Tara Sweeney waves at motorists with supporters at the corner of Northern Lights Boulevard and Seward Highway on June 10, 2022. This was the first election under a system approved by voters that ends party primaries and institutes ranked choice voting for general elections. A whopping 48 candidates ran in the special primary.On social media Friday, Gross said he was “thrilled” to earn the endorsement of an electrical workers union.
But Monday evening, his campaign released a statement saying he would withdraw from the special and regular elections for the seat left vacant by the death in March of Republican Rep. Don Young. Young had held the seat for 49 years.
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