
Sarah Palin is facing off against Santa Claus in Alaska's special primary election
CNN
The wildest congressional contest of 2022 is unfolding in Alaska, where the state's former governor and onetime Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is attempting a political comeback in a crowded field for a House seat that is open for the first time in nearly 50 years.
Palin was a late and last-minute entrant in the special election race, and her run was met with an immediate endorsement from former President Donald Trump -- who said in a statement that he was paying Palin back for her early support for his 2016 presidential bid.
But in Alaska, Trump's endorsement might not carry the weight it has in other open-seat contests across the 2022 primary map.

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