Sarah Palin lost her big to win the special election to fill the empty seat of GOP Rep. Don Young, flipping the seat to Democrat:
Breaking: Mary Peltola (D) defeats Sarah Palin (R) in the #AKAL special election.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 1, 2022
Final margin: Peltola (D) defeats Palin (R) 51.5%-48.5% in the final round of ranked-choice. This is a huge victory and pickup for Dems, driven more by Palin's unpopularity than national trends. #AKAL
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 1, 2022
The victory may be short lived, as the seat could likely switch back to GOP in November.
However given that we are just a couple months from the election at this point, I’m sure Democrats will claim they have momentum going into November with this win.
Whatever you think of this loss, it would be best used as a wakeup call for Republicans:
Palin is not a popular figure in Alaska. Assume that seat flips back in November. But these small losses need to wake GOP voters up.
— Jeff Stillman (@StillmanJeff) September 1, 2022
Remember, Palin was running for this special election as well as the House seat in November, so she still has a chance to get the seat back in a couple months.