Alaska Democrat Begich Suspends Campaign Amid Political Shift

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Alaska Democrat Begich Suspends Campaign Amid Political Shift
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  1. Democratic candidate suspends campaign for Alaska governor Tom Begich, a Democrat running for governor in Alaska, announced Friday evening he was dropping out of the race.  The former state senator endorsed his Democratic opponent, former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. Both candidates advanced to the general election in Alaska’s open primary earlier this month.  In a video shared on the social platform X…

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    Washington Examiner

    Alaska Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Begich dropped his bid to be the state’s next governor on Friday, endorsing the only other Democrat in the four-person general election race.

    New York Times

    One Democrat to Face Three Republicans for Alaska Governor The second-place finisher in a primary where the top four advance to the November ballot said he would drop out of the race so voters could coalesce behind a single Democratic candidate.

  2. “I don’t think that there is excitement,” Crockett replied. Crockett said black voters “are practical” and may support Talarico without being enthusiastic about his candidacy, but she acknowledged that excitement could prove crucial on Election Day.

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    HuffPost

    It wasn’t the first time Crockett has doubted Talarico’s chances. Her criticisms have been eagerly highlighted by Republicans, while they have generated eye-rolls from many Talarico allies and surprised others in Texas and Democratic politics. Most polls of the race show Talarico with a substantial lead among Black voters — a Fox News survey last month gave him an 87% to 13% edge.

  3. Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico said he chose to run for the U.S. Senate instead of completing his ordination, describing his campaign as another form of ministry.

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    The Federalist

    James Talarico is no friend of election integrity. The Texas Democrat candidate for Senate has shown his distaste for tighter election security time and time again.

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  1. 01 Washington Examiner

    “When so many Alaskans are already stretched thin, we cannot keep asking them to give more and more just to compete with much larger amounts of money flowing into politics in Alaska. Running this campaign through November would take millions more than we have,” Begich said in a video message.

  2. 02 Fox News

    The first arrest in what a Trump administration prosecutor says will be a broader election fraud crackdown was announced Friday in Los Angeles, as the White House seized on the case to hit back at longtime critics.

  3. 03 The Daily Wire

    “We saw that happening obviously in the primary, and so yeah, we need that excitement to kind of get over some of the things that are going to be coming our way,” Crockett said.

  4. 04 HuffPost

    Defeated Democrats in bitter primaries have mostly moved on quickly this cycle. Francesca Hong backed David Crowley for Wisconsin governor within 12 hours of her shocking loss. Haley Stevens endorsed Abdul El-Sayed despite having accused him of antisemitism. Alex Vindman let his primary opponent, Angie Nixon, use his massive email list to raise money for her campaign.

  5. 05 Breitbart

    “I was trying to decide between running for the seat and finishing my ordination as part of my seminary journey,” Talarico said. “And I was trying to decide between running for the seat and finishing my ordination as part of my seminary journey.”

  6. 06 The Federalist

    In 2021, Talarico told then-Fox News host Pete Hegseth — now Trump’s Secretary of War, “I oppose voter ID.” He’s in the minority. The vast majority of American voters (80%-plus) support laws requiring identification to vote.

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Original Articles (8)

Lean Right Alaska Democrat drops out of governor race, citing funding concerns — Washington Examiner
Lean Right Democratic candidate suspends campaign for Alaska governor — The Hill
Lean Left One Democrat to Face Three Republicans for Alaska Governor — New York Times
Right Trump election fraud crackdown lands first arrest, putting longtime critics in White House crosshairs — Fox News
Right Jasmine Crockett Says Talarico Has A Black Voter Problem — The Daily Wire
Left The Democrat Who Won’t Unite After A Primary Loss — HuffPost
Right James Talarico Says He Chose the 'Ministry' of His Senate Campaign over 'Finishing My Ordination' — Breitbart
Right Exclusive: James Talarico, Dogged By Voter Fraud Accusations, Says Voter Fraud Is ‘Non-Existent In Texas’ — The Federalist