1990 Gubernatorial Election was won by a Nationalist

[Young Conservative]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_gubernatorial_election,_1990

So apparently Alaska once had a thriving Alaskan independence movement and party. They were and remain right wing libertarians and are fairly interesting. How did this happen where a third party like this won a major race and what happened to Alaskan independence and this party?

[RI]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_gubernatorial_election,_1990

So apparently Alaska once had a thriving Alaskan independence movement and party. They were and remain right wing libertarians and are fairly interesting. How did this happen where a third party like this won a major race and what happened to Alaskan independence and this party?

It helps when the third party candidate is a former governor of that same state. Hickel never actually supported Alaskan independence and reverted to being a Republican before his term ended.

Also, the Republican candidate in 1990 was pro-choice, and her Lt. Gov nominee defected to Hickel's ticket as his Lt. Gov nominee.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Just a few years ago, Tennessee had Zach Wamp as a congressman, and he wanted Tennessee to secede from the United States because he thought the federal government was run by "liberals."

[Young Conservative]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_gubernatorial_election,_1990

So apparently Alaska once had a thriving Alaskan independence movement and party. They were and remain right wing libertarians and are fairly interesting. How did this happen where a third party like this won a major race and what happened to Alaskan independence and this party?

It helps when the third party candidate is a former governor of that same state. Hickel never actually supported Alaskan independence and reverted to being a Republican before his term ended.

Also, the Republican candidate in 1990 was pro-choice, and her Lt. Gov nominee defected to Hickel's ticket as his Lt. Gov nominee.

Now that makes sense if the nominee was openly prochoice. Thank you.

[Danderns]

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As a follow up question, if the AIP nominated any other candidate besides Hickel, would they have crashed and burned?