Sarah Palin Loses Special Election for Alaska's Only House Seat to Democrat Mary Peltola
Sarah Palin.Photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images In a historic election,Sarah Palinhas lost her bid to serve out the remainder of Republican Rep.Don Young’s term in the U.S. House, which ends in January. Rep. Young died in March at age 88. The results from the State Review Board were announced live viaFacebookWednesday night, revealing that Democratic candidate Mary Peltola brought in 91,206 votes, while Palin’s count was 85,987. With her victory, Peltola becomes the first Democrat to hold the seat in 50 years and also the first woman and first Indigenous Alaskan....