Republican Tara Sweeney has filed to be a write-in candidate in Tuesday’s special election to fill the remainder of late Congressman Don Young’s term.
Former Trump Interior official Tara Sweeney at the memorial for Rep. Don Young at Anchorage Baptist Temple on April 2, 2022.
Sweeney, a former assistant Interior secretary, finished fifth in the June special primary, just below the cut-off to appear on the special general election ballot. Last month she said she wasBut on Thursday, Sweeney threw her hat into the special election ring after all. In a statement she said she made the decision to enter as a write-in candidate after “repeated requests from supporters asking for the option to support a candidate more closely aligned with their values and beliefs.
Voters can rank a write-in candidate just as they would candidates whose names will appear on the ballot.
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