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Alaska Primary Voters Had More Choice in 2022

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This article was originally published by the Sightline Institute and is republished here with permission. In Alaska, 2022 was the year of the Independent. Freed by the state’s return to open primaries, nearly half of Alaska candidates running for governor,...
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The Best and Worst Political Stunts of 2022: The Ads

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Every now and then, you hear a song and it just hits you like a haunted freight train. Think “Oh baby baby” in 1999 (and then every Britney beat after), a group sing-along to Oasis at a college party...
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The Best and Worst Political Stunts of 2022: U.S. Congress Edition

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Normally, I stick to covering the intricacies and minutiae of Alaska-based television programs, specifically reality TV. It’s an oddly specific niche, and has made me barely more qualified than your average modern jackass to judge a good story.  Given that,...
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The Final Push to Election Day

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Alaska is in the final stretch of its first regular general election with rank choice voting, with an open Congressional seat for the first time in nearly 50 years, a U.S. Senate race, all but one legislative seat on...
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The Best and Worst Political Stunts of 2022: U.S. Senate Edition

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In what will be a temporarily reoccurring feature (from now until Election Day), here are the best and worst political stunts of the 2022 election cycle.  If you are like me, you're starting to feel extreme hostility towards the human...
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Misspelled Extremist Colorado Congresswoman Endorses Palin

Commentary Yarrow Silvers -
This morning, we were tipped off to an Instagram post by former Alaska Gov. and current candidate for Congress, Sarah Palin (R-ArizonaWasilla) announcing her endorsement from Islamophobic, racist, eschatologist, constitution-hating-religious extremist, unsafe-gun-storer, failed-restauranteur, liar and grifter Congresswoman Lauren Boehbert...
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SplitTicket: Peltola Looks Set to Defy Political Gravity

Commentary Yarrow Silvers -
Mary Peltola’s upset victory in the special election to fill the remainder of longtime GOP Rep. Don Young’s term has many wondering - can she defy political gravity and win a full term? Because of the incumbent’s broad appeal,...
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This week in Anchorage Politics: The City Starts Abating Centennial, Bronson Again Stalls on The Golden Lion

Commentary Yarrow Silvers -
Abatement: You Don’t Have a Home, but You Can’t Stay Here The conversation at Wednesday’s Anchorage Assembly Committee on Housing and Homelessness meeting largely centered on whether the city can resume abating camps. The administration began to clear out the Centennial...
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Did Dunleavy’s State-Paid Surrogates do any Real Work on Public Time?

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Recent press coverage of the Dunleavy for Governor campaign has focused on the collusion between that campaign and the Independent Expenditure group, “A Stronger Alaska,” which appears to be a nominal shell entity run by the Republican Governors Association. The...
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This Week in Anchorage Politics: Mr. Lazer Goes to Anchorage (and embarrasses himself and many of us)

Commentary Yarrow Silvers -
October 8-14, 2022 This Week in Anchorage Politics will be a regular scheduled column published on Fridays. This column's aim is to help you quickly and easily stay informed about what is happening each week in our Municipal government. Anchorage made...
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