By Friday morning, 32 people had officially filed to run for the seat with the Alaska Division of Elections.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Just one day ahead of what is expected to be a massive memorial service at Anchorage Baptist Temple to honor the late Rep. Don Young — who died earlier this month after 49 years of serving as Alaska’s only representative in the U.S. House — dozens of people are expected to file for office to fill his seat.
Gross officially filed Friday morning, joining another recent filer — Santa Claus of North Pole, Alaska. Claus legally changed his name in 2005 and has served on the North Pole City Council,Alaska Senator for district M and a former aide for Young, Josh Revak also filed on Friday morning. Constant is vice chair of the Anchorage Assembly and is one of the body’s first openly gay members, who has also clashed with the conservative mayor. He was first elected in 2017 and was previously the president of the Fairview Community Council.Begich is part of the well known political family dynasty. Should he win the race, he would take back the seat once held by his grandfather before Young’s first term in Congress started in 1973.
“You know we’re just continuing to travel the state, we’re meeting people where they are,” Begich said... “I think that our best days are ahead of us.”
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