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'Bunch of political losers' threaten GOP hold on Alaska
What happened
AlterNet reports that Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins emerged from Alaska’s August open primary as the strongest candidate for governor, while Republicans Bernadette Wilson, Dave Bronson, and Treg Taylor all advanced to the November ranked-choice election. The fractured Republican field gives Kreiss-Tomkins a plausible route to becoming Alaska’s first elected Democratic governor since Tony Knowles won reelection in 1998.
A bipartisan AARP survey cited by AlterNet put Kreiss-Tomkins at 40 percent in first preferences and the three Republicans at a combined 41 percent. Its…
The skinny
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