The list of potential candidates for Alaska's suddenly vacant lone U.S. House seat is long -- and getting longer.
One week ago, the race for Alaska’s sole seat in Congress was shaping up as a sleepy contest between long-serving incumbent Republican Don Young, conservative challenger Nick Begich III and a Democrat, Chris Constant.at the U.S. Capitol next week. And an array of Alaskans are lining up as potential candidates to replace him.
“This type of thing takes years of planning,” said Sweeney, who only recently moved back to Alaska from Washington, D.C. “There’s so much to consider.” Halcro, meanwhile, said he’s close to a decision about running to finish Young’s term, though he does not plan to enter the regular election.a politics podcastHalcro is a former Republican state representative who ran for governor as an independent in 2006, when he lost to Palin. In a phone interview Friday, he called the special election a “once in a lifetime” event that will be an “absolute jungle.
In the meantime, Begich, the Republican who filed to challenge Young months ago, has been trying to consolidate GOP support. Since Young’s death last week,from several Republican districts, along with a hunting and fishing group called the Alaska Outdoor Council.
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