Alaska Governor called for Walker!

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/bill-walker-apparent-winner-alaska-governor-race-nbc-news-projects-n249171

I won't miss Parnell one bit

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Dan Sullivan for Senate.

[KCDem]

Glorious news! Big Oil is being hunted down across the country!

[Bojack Horseman]

Hurray!

[Panda Express]

wow republicans just got totally owned. parnell going down in flames certainly came out of nowhere

[International Brotherhood of Bernard]

Nothing could ever fully make up for the loss of Begich, but this is a solid consolation prize.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Tom Corbett and Sean Parnell: lost reelection in a heavily Republican year.

Junk politicians.

[windjammer]

Tom Corbett and Sean Parnell: lost reelection in a heavily Republican year.

Junk politicians.

[Free Bird]

Nothing could ever fully make up for the loss of Begich, but this is a solid consolation prize.

[Vega]

So two Governor Walkers, eh?

[Rocky Rockefeller]

Now that he lost the Lt. gov. race, do you think Dan Sullivan might try to join the other Dan Sullivan in the Senate?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Congrats Sarah!

[RI]

I'm very happy this happened. I don't care much one way or another about Parnell, but Walker should be a great governor for Alaska.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

You guys remember the 2009 thread speculating whether Sean Parnell is going to be a future presidential contender?

[Lief 🗽]

Damn. Imagine if Parnell (who was supposed to be the best Republican recruit) ran against Begich.

[solarstorm]

Is there a reason why Parnell lost in a Republican tsunami year?
Did he himself do anything wrong, or was it Walker's own strength?

[IceSpear]

Tom Corbett and Sean Parnell: lost reelection in a heavily Republican year.

Junk politicians.

Don't forget Steve Southerland and Lee Terry.

[Maxwell]

Is there a reason why Parnell lost in a Republican tsunami year?
Did he himself do anything wrong, or was it Walker's own strength?

He tried to cover up sexual assault in the Alaska National Guard.

[RI]

Is there a reason why Parnell lost in a Republican tsunami year?
Did he himself do anything wrong, or was it Walker's own strength?

Some of both. Parnell was hit hard by the Alaska National Guard sex scandal, but Walker was uniquely positioned to take advantage of that. Walker is a former Republican (ran against Parnell in 2010 primary) who, while quite conservative on social issues, ran a unity campaign with the Democratic challenger Mallott by running on their common economic policies. They ran a very positive campaign, something quite different from the constant stream of negative stories in October/November about the Parnell administration.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Does Palin get her oil tax back now?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Beside, Alaska politics is quite locally oriented and, hence, less influenced by nationwide waves.

[SNJ1985]

My final gubernatorial prediction map had Parnell hanging on, despite Walker being up in most of the polls; yet not Brownback and Scott.

[ElectionsGuy]

Should be interesting to see how this cooperates with the Republican legislature, Alaska has never had an Independent Governor nor a Democratic Governor since 2002.

[Vega]

Seems in recent years that Independent Governors don't stay Independent for very long.

I have to wonder if he'll switch back to being Republican at some point.

[Eraserhead]

My final gubernatorial prediction map had Parnell hanging on, despite Walker being up in most of the polls; yet not Brownback and Scott.

You're certainly not alone on that.