IT'LL BE PALIN VS. KNOWLES IN NOVEMBER FOR ALASKA'S TOP JOB!!!
Good evening. Just tonight, the primary elections were held here in Alaska, and the big story coming out of it right now is that Frank Murkowski's attempt at four more years as our governor has come to an end.
In the hot three-way Republican race between him, Sarah Palin, and John Binkley, it was Palin in the end who pulled it off. With 60.4% of the statewide numbers in as of 10:50pm Alaska Time (2:50am on the East Coast), Palin grabbed 50.7% of the votes (35,809 in raw numbers) with Binkley in second with 30.1% (21,272) and Murkowski crashing to third (18.7%, 13,235 votes).
On the Democratic side, it was all Tony Knowles with 67.8% (24,052) followed by Eric Croft with 24% and 8,500 votes. Unlike the Republicans where those three were slugging it out UFC-style, the Knowles and Croft took things easy.
Meanwhile, despite lots of support for its defeat from businesses and local chambers of commerce, 52.8% said yes on Ballot Measure 2. And as for the Lieutenant Governors, Democrat Ethan Berkowitz took the Combined ballot with 59.5%, while 57.5% went to Sean Parnell for the Republicans.
To recap: Sarah Palin has ended Frank Murkowski's re-election chances in a big way, and it'll be her and Tony Knowles vying for the big job on November 3. For Palin, she will try to make history by being elected Alaska's first female governor, something Fran Ulmer attempted to do in 2002 but lost to Murkowski. For Knowles, he was our governor once from 1994 to 2002; will he be again in 2006? This is starting to shape up to be quite an amazing and interesting campaign to the end, and we'll be keeping watch between now and when we head to the booth to write the final chapter of this year's election by filling in that oval on our Accu-vote ballots. Good night.
Good evening. Just tonight, the primary elections were held here in Alaska, and the big story coming out of it right now is that Frank Murkowski's attempt at four more years as our governor has come to an end.
In the hot three-way Republican race between him, Sarah Palin, and John Binkley, it was Palin in the end who pulled it off. With 60.4% of the statewide numbers in as of 10:50pm Alaska Time (2:50am on the East Coast), Palin grabbed 50.7% of the votes (35,809 in raw numbers) with Binkley in second with 30.1% (21,272) and Murkowski crashing to third (18.7%, 13,235 votes).
On the Democratic side, it was all Tony Knowles with 67.8% (24,052) followed by Eric Croft with 24% and 8,500 votes. Unlike the Republicans where those three were slugging it out UFC-style, the Knowles and Croft took things easy.
Meanwhile, despite lots of support for its defeat from businesses and local chambers of commerce, 52.8% said yes on Ballot Measure 2. And as for the Lieutenant Governors, Democrat Ethan Berkowitz took the Combined ballot with 59.5%, while 57.5% went to Sean Parnell for the Republicans.
To recap: Sarah Palin has ended Frank Murkowski's re-election chances in a big way, and it'll be her and Tony Knowles vying for the big job on November 3. For Palin, she will try to make history by being elected Alaska's first female governor, something Fran Ulmer attempted to do in 2002 but lost to Murkowski. For Knowles, he was our governor once from 1994 to 2002; will he be again in 2006? This is starting to shape up to be quite an amazing and interesting campaign to the end, and we'll be keeping watch between now and when we head to the booth to write the final chapter of this year's election by filling in that oval on our Accu-vote ballots. Good night.
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