One of the selling points of ranked choice voting is that it’s supposed to make elections more civil. But in Alaska, Republican U.S. House candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich are getting nasty with each other.
August 11, 2022
But in Alaska, Republican U.S. House candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich are getting nasty with each other. “Self-aggrandizing. Uninformed. Intellectually deleterious, and empty rhetoric would be some of those qualities,” Begich said. Palin bashes Begich for his past support of Democratic candidates, like his uncle, former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich. She accuses him of being a RINO — Republican in Name Only. Even in this supposedly less partisan election system, evidence of bipartisanship is a weapon Palin wields to hit back at a fellow Republican.
Both conservatives in the race would like each other’s supporters to rank them as a second, but there’s a more immediate concern. It actually is a family feud. Begich is holding an election eve fundraiser at the Wasilla home of Jim and Faye Palin, Sarah Palin’s ex -in-laws. While Begich has their support, he doesn’t have the support of other Begich family members, some of whom are raising money for the campaign of Democrat Mary Peltola.
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