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Alaska’s unusual House primary draws Palin, Santa, 46 others

Republican Josh Revak, left, is shown on Monday, May 16, 2022, speaking at a forum in Juneau, Alaska, that was also attended by three other Republican candidates for Alaska's U.S. House seat, including Nick Begich, pictured at right. Revak and Begich are among 48 candidates in a June 11 special primary for the House seat left vacant by the death earlier this year of Republican Rep. Don Young. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer) FILE - Alaska state Rep. Adam Wool, listens to testimony given by phone on the nomination of Amanda Price to be state Public Safety commissioner on Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska. Voters are facing an unusual election, with 48 candidates running to succeed the man who held the state's only U.S. House seat for 49 years. While some of the candidates in the June 11 special primary have name recognition, many are relative unknowns or political novices. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File) FILE - Nick Begich, a Republican running for the open U.S. House seat from Alaska, poses for a photo April 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Voters are facing an unusual election, with 48 candidates running to succeed the man who held the state's only U.S. House seat for 49 years. While some of the candidates in the June 11 special primary have name recognition, many are relative unknowns or political novices. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) FILE - Mary Peltola, a Democrat seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Voters are facing an unusual election, with 48 candidates running to succeed the man who held the state's only U.S. House seat for 49 years. While some of the candidates in the June 11 special primary have name recognition, many are relative unknowns or political novices. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) FILE - Christopher Constant, a Democrat seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska voters are facing an unusual election, with 48 candidates running to succeed the man who held the state's only U.S. House seat for 49 years. While some of the candidates in the June 11 special primary have name recognition, many are relative unknowns or political novices. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) FILE - Sarah Palin, a Republican seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Voters are facing an unusual election, with 48 candidates running to succeed the man who held the state's only U.S. House seat for 49 years. While some of the candidates in the June 11 special primary have name recognition, many are relative unknowns or political novices. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) Republican Tara Sweeney, right, speaks Monday, May 16, 2022, at a forum in Juneau, Alaska, that was also attended by three other Republican candidates for Alaska's U.S. House seat, including John Coghill, left. Sweeney and Coghill are among 48 candidates in a June 11 special primary for the House seat left vacant by the death earlier this year of Republican Rep. Don Young. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)