Donald Trump-endorsed Sarah Palin, her GOP rival Nick Begich III, and Democrat Mary Peltola will go head-to-head in Alaska’s special general election on Aug. 16 to serve out the remaining months of late U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term until January.
All three partisan contenders are also on the ballot for the regular primary on Aug. 16 for the same seat for the next two years.
Though it sounds confusing, it reflects Alaska’s new non-partisan primary system in which all candidates appear on the ballot regardless of party affiliation.
In a 48-way special primary on June 11 following Young’s death in March—Palin, Begich, Peltola, and Al Gross, an Independent, were the top-four vote-getters in the election….