Sarah Palin Advances To General Election After Leading Alaska House Primary

The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee will face off against three other candidates in an August special election for Alaska's sole House seat after leading the field in an open primary.

The special election to fill the open House seat will be held early next year, according to an Associated Press projection.

With over 80% of the votes counted, the clear front-runner in the primary is SarahPalin, who earned 28.3% of the vote with over 20% of the votes counted.

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On the same day as the primary to fill the House seat for a full two-year term, a special election will be held. Many of the candidates who vied for a special election victory are competing in the general election.

Key Background

The death of Young left Alaska without representation in the House for the first time in over 40 years. It was almost immediately after she launched her campaign that she got the endorsement of Trump, who won the seat by 10 points. When she served as John McCain's 2008 presidential running mate, it endedeared her to Republican voters but was seen as an unusual choice given her lack of experience. She resigned from the Alaska governor's office just over halfway through her first term in 2009, but she still remains a high-profile figure in conservative activist and media circles. In an interview with the Washington Post last week, the Republican Party endorsed the candidate, who came from a family of Democratic Alaska politicians. Gross lost the Senate seat to Sullivan by more than 10 points.

The election in Alaska will be the craziest of all time.