AK Congressional Races 2014

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Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell is officially in the Senate race.

Alaska National Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan resigned, prompting speculation that he might jump into the race.  According to the Anchorage Daily News, two lesser-known candidates, John Jaramillo and Kathleen Tonn, are also in the Republican race.

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Dan Sullivan will officially enter the race for Senate tomorrow.

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There's an article on the Alaska Dispatch News website that compares Republican primary polling done by Alaska and "Outside" pollsters.  The Alaska pollsters all show Sullivan in the lead, but only by a few points.  "Outside" (a.k.a. Lower 48) pollsters show Sullivan comfortably ahead.  

Polling Alaska is tricky, due to, among other things, problems reaching voters in the bush.  Are the Alaska pollsters better at polling Alaska than Outside pollsters, or are they as seemingly useless as the Michigan pollsters when polling their state?  I guess we should stay tuned.

BTW - Alaska Dispatch News is the successor website to the Anchorage Daily News' site.  In what may become a trend in newspaper publishing, the internet-only Alaska Dispatch purchased the print and web-based Anchorage Daily News from McClatchy a few months ago.  They combined their websites earlier this week, under the Alaska Dispatch News banner.

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Palin endorses Miller in the U.S. Senate race.

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Palin endorses Miller in the U.S. Senate race.

At this point that'll probably hurt Miller. Don't Alaskans hate Palin (and, well, Miller too)??

From the linked article:

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They are referring to the recent PPP Alaska poll.  Palin's favorables are up 55-35 among Republicans, though.

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good article on the messy Libertarian Senate primary, a guy named Walker who ran no campaign won because of indie Gov candidate Bill Walker http://www.adn.com/article/20140822/walker-no-other-walker-wins-libertarian-us-senate-nomination

Joe Miller backer Fish did not, and thus the libertarian candidate is far less likely to draw votes from the Millertime crowd

Citing work commitments, Thom Walker has decided to withdraw as the Libertarian Senate Candidate.  Mark Fish is in.

www.adn.com/article/20140827/alaska-libertarian-candidate-us-senate-withdraws