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Democrat serving 20 years in prison to run for Congress
The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that a congressional candidate currently serving a 20-year prison sentence can remain on the ballot in the election, running for the state's U.S. Representative ...
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Alaska U.S. House election is complicated by incarcerated candidate - NPR
The candidate, Eric Hafner, is running as a Democrat in an effort to unseat Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. In Alaska’s election system, four congressional candidates, regardless of party, appear ...
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Alaska Democrats sue to kick their own incarcerated candidate off the ballot - MSN
Alaska Democrats have mounted a lawsuit against one of their colleagues as they fight to take an imprisoned congressional candidate off the state’s election ballot. The Alaska Democratic Party ...
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Alaska judge set to rule on whether incarcerated out-of-state candidate can appear on U.S. House ballot
Attorney Richard Moses, representing the Alaska Republican Party, speaks during arguments in a case brought by the Alaska Democratic Party to remove fringe congressional candidate Eric Hafner from ...
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Alaska court rejects Democratic Party’s bid to kick incarcerated candidate off ballot
The Alaska Democratic Party’s lawsuit to remove an imprisoned congressional candidate from November’s ballot was rejected by the Alaska Supreme Court. The court ruled Thursday that Democrat ...
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Alaska Democrats ask judge to remove imprisoned out-of-state U.S. House candidate from November ballot - Alaska Public Media
The Alaska Democratic Party is asking a judge to kick a convicted felon serving a 20-year sentence in a New York federal prison off this November’s general election ballot. Eric Hafner is ...
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Alaska Democrats sue to remove imprisoned out-of-state Democrat from U.S. House ballot - MSN
T he Alaska Democratic Party sued the Alaska Division of Elections on Wednesday, seeking a state court injunction that would remove Eric Hafner from the state’s U.S. House election ballots.
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Most of Alaska’s candidates are already thinking about November. Here’s why the primary election still matters.
But under Alaska’s new voting system, first used in 2022, all candidates appear on a single primary ballot, regardless of party affiliation, and all voters pick a favorite from the same list of ...
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After Alaska’s primary election, here’s how the state’s legislative races are shaping up - Juneau Empire
After Alaska’s primary election, ... Democratic candidate Lee Hammermeister received 14.6% of the primary vote and is staying in the race, which could split support from Merrick, ...
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Peltola’s potential comeback buoys Democratic hopes in Alaska - The Hill
Former Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) is reportedly considering a run for Alaska governor, stoking Democratic hopes that she could clinch another upset victory in the red state. Peltola ...
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Alaska Democrats sue to kick their own incarcerated candidate off the ballot
Alaska Democrats have mounted a lawsuit against one of their colleagues as they fight to take an imprisoned congressional candidate off the state’s election ballot. Democrats cash in on Alex ...