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peggysue2

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4. They have the system in Alaska & Maine
Mon Dec 12, 2022, 04:43 PM
Dec 2022

In fact, it's how Mary Pelota won the Alaskan House seat against Nick Begich and Sarah Palin.

Explanation from WAPO here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/01/alaska-final-four-primary-begich-palin-peltola/

Interesting idea. Not sure whether it's good or bad at the moment. But if Sinema's cute political gambit (which is playing a game of chicken with the Democratic Party) was upended, I wouldn't exactly cry.

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