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LINK Democrat Mary Peltola beats Sarah Palin in Alaska special House election : NPR

Democrat Mary Peltola will represent Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, after winning a special election that was determined by a ranked-choice voting tabulation on Wednesday. She will become the the first Alaska Native in Congress.

In the final round of the count, Peltola, a former state lawmaker, edged Sarah Palin, a former Alaska governor and the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, by 3 percentage points, 51.5% to 48.5%. ...

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snytiger6 9 Sep 1
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With Palin involved I'm surprised it was that close. I would be thinking a 8 percent gap.

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Split the republican vote & she made history....until this November when she has to be re-elected.

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