Mary Peltola (D) has won Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

[Nevilledog]

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BREAKING: Mary Peltola (D) has won Alaska’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first Alaska Native to represent the state in Congress.
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5:03 PM · Aug 31, 2022

[boston bean]

1. Excellent

[3auld6phart]

57. That is great

:news

[secondwind]

2. Nice...

[Nevilledog]

5. Wasserman's call

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Breaking: Mary Peltola (D) defeats Sarah Palin (R) in the #AKAL special election.
5:03 PM · Aug 31, 2022

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Just amazing!

Wow!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Yeahbut, can she see Russia from her house? I was led to believe that's important.

[Nevilledog]

6. Apparently it isn't

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. Maybe we should try ranked choice voting in Kentucky. Might clean up some Random Piles here.

[Nevilledog]

13. Agreed

[Mr. Evil]

49. Heh heh...

Random.

[The Butler]

48. Yeahbut, can she see Russia from her house? I was led to believe that's important.

NO, But she can see Washington D. C. from her house!

[Diamond_Dog]

7. Great news!

[gratuitous]

8. Oh noes - Has the former guy lost his touch?

Sad!

[skylucy]

9. YAY! Go Mary Peltola! Go

home Sarah Palin!

[riversedge]

10. Joyous day Congratulations @MaryPeltola

[FM123]

12. This makes me all kinds of happy!!!

Congratulations Alaska, you did good!!!

[Brainfodder]

14. Nice catch!

A good start!

[lpbk2713]

15. Palin was an embarrassment to Alaska.

Alaskans didn't want her in any political office again.

[wnylib]

19. Yep. They rejected their former governor.

That should end Palin's political career now that her former constituents rejected her.

[3catwoman3]

44. And to the whole country.

And to women.

And to humankind in general.

[niyad]

16. Excellent!

[ffr]

17. Shattering the glass ceiling. May she go onto a long career to public service

And change minds in that red state.

[UTUSN]

18. K&R

[spanone]

20. K&R

fantastic!!!!

[DippyDem]

21. Whoopie!!! This is BIG news!!

[OMGWTF]

22. This is wonderful news!!!!

[Lonestarblue]

23. Wonderful news. Maybe voters are finally waking up to Republican damage.

[MyOwnPeace]

37. Really - doesn't THAT just have to be the hope.........

FINALLY WAKING UP!
Now they need to stay awake through November......

[SheltieLover]

24. Yaaaaaay!

[hauckeye]

25. Does she have to run again in November? This is just to fill out the rest of the term, correct?

[deRien]

41. I think

she does and I think the Palin is the republican candidate again.

[stollen]

65. I read somewhere that she will run again in March. Why, I don't know.

So that adds another seat, at least temporarily, to the House.

[moose65]

69. No, she will run again in November

Peltola, Palin, Begich, and one other that I forget will be on the ballot in November.

[Zambero]

71. Palin is not letting go of her shovel

Dig, Sarah, dig!!

[BigmanPigman]

26. Woohoo!!!!!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. This makes me smile

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[Cha]

32. Even MORE SPECIAL!!!

TY!!

[BlueIdaho]

28. Hooray!!!!

What great news!

[rurallib]

29. Is this the end of Palin's wailin'?

[MyOwnPeace]

38. I would hope........

and who knows how many 'papers' she'll read to get the 'details!'

[Hermit-The-Prog]

39. All of them, Katie, all of them.

[MyOwnPeace]

72. Good catch!

She'll find her 'details' on the 'Comics Pages!'

[AllaN01Bear]

30. yahoo.

[Cha]

31. This makes me

cry for happy!

[housecat]

40. Palin -- another one bites the dust. again

[Cha]

43. Extra Special

[Jack the Greater]

33. 30% of those who voted for Begich (R), chose Peltola over Palin as their second choice

This gave her the win.

[Pisces]

34. That's awesome!!

[JoeOtterbein]

35. K n R ! Thanks for posting!

Great News!

[liberalla]

36. Fantastic!! Congratulations to Mary Peltola!

and good move, Alaska!

[Marthe48]

42. As Alaska goes, so goes the House?

I hope, hope, hope!

This is so great on so many levels

[pansypoo53219]

45. NPR had a thing about her. awesome. she is a uniter.

[SouthBayDem]

46. First Democrat to represent Alaska's at large since the 1970s!

Don Young won the special election after Nick Begich died in a plane crash. Young stayed in office for nearly 50 years until his death.

[SunSeeker]

53. Yup! The last Dem to represent AK in the House was Nick Begich Sr.!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

47. For this thread

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

67. Someone needs to fix that -- "Perolta".

[SunSeeker]

50. Thank you Begich supporters!!

[Mr. Evil]

51. I love it!

Decency and integrity
defeats
crass and dumb.

[PatrickforB]

52. Oh this is GREAT news!

Wonderful to see Palin tossed on the trash heap of political history.

[wendyb-NC]

54. Yay

That is the best news.

[TeamProg]

55. Wow, they now KNOW Palin IS STOOPID ?!?!?!?!!!!

[d_b]

56. And today is her 49th birthday

Happy birthday Mary 🥳

[VMA131Marine]

58. We flipped the Alaska HoR delegation from Red to Blue

We have to hold this seat because it gives Dems another vote if the 2024 Presidential election gets thrown to the House. The breakdown with the Alaska pickup is 26 R 21 D and 3 tied. It goes without saying that this is deeply undemocratic as the population of the D states vastly outnumbers the population of the blue states.

[Crowman2009]

59. No state is too red to win!

Hopefully Lynette Grey Bull can pull off the same feat in Wyoming.

[IcyPeas]

60. This is so good!

[littlemissmartypants]

61. This is fantastic news! Congratulations Mary Peltola! ❤️

[stage left]

62. I'm thrilled!

Congratulations Alaska!

[Hassler]

63. Now Failin Palin won't have to quit halfway through a four month term.

[rpannier]

64. It appears Begich voters weren't all that keen on sarah

[GB_RN]

66. Congratulations to Ms Peltola & Alaska!

This offsets losing Crist so he can run for governor or Florida. I believe his resignation is effective today?

[Deminpenn]

68. She has to run again in Nov for a full term

Palin again will be her opponent.

Since Begich won't be on the ballot, those Begich/Peltola voters should go to her. Chris Hayes reported on his show that Palin's former in-laws threw a big campaign bash for Begich. It seems there might be enough Dems plus Palin-hating Rs for Peltola to win again in Nov.

[Torchlight]

70. It's an encouraging sign, and I'll take it as such.

I really am getting the feeling the GOP over-reached this summer, and likely turned off a whole lot of people in doing so.

[twodogsbarking]

73. This is great for so many reasons. Historical.

[BlueTsunami2018]

74. That's great but she has to win in November for it to matter.

Otherwise it’s just a fill in for four months.

[Shermann]

75. I guess Palin didn't read enough newspapers in preparation for this contest

My understanding is that she used to read them ALL.