Sarah Palin does not win a seat in the Alaska House.
According to unofficial results released by the Alaska Division of Elections, Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election to fill Alaska's House seat for the remainder of 2022, effectively ending former Gov. Sarah Palin's political comeback bid.
Palin, the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee in 2008, will have another chance at the House in a few months, as she and Peltola are among those vying for the full term in a separate election in November.
Peltola was declared the winner on Wednesday, when Alaska's Division of Elections tabulated ranked-choice ballots for the first time.
With her victory, the former state legislator will take over the seat held for nearly 50 years by the late Republican Rep. Don Young, and she will become the first Alaska Native in Congress.
The race for Young's seat had been viewed nationally through the lens of Palin's attempted political comeback, after she resigned midway through her lone term as governor after the 2008 presidential election.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Palin, who has not run for office since leaving the governor's office. He participated in tele-rallies for her campaign and spoke at an event in Alaska in July to support Palin and other Republican candidates he has endorsed this year.
The race for Young's seat had been viewed nationally through the lens of Palin's attempted political comeback, after she resigned midway through her lone term as governor after the 2008 presidential election.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Palin, who has not run for office since leaving the governor's office. He participated in tele-rallies for her campaign and spoke at an event in Alaska in July to support Palin and other Republican candidates he has endorsed this year.
Palin called ranked-choice voting a "new crazy, convoluted, confusing" system in a statement issued after the results were released on Wednesday.
"Though we're disappointed in this outcome, Alaskans know I'm the last one who'll ever retreat. I'm going to reload instead. With the hope that Alaskans will learn from this voting system error and correct it in the next election, let us work even harder in November to send an America First conservative to Washington "She stated.
A field of 48 candidates, including Santa Claus, a North Pole councilman, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders supporter, were narrowed down to a final four in a June primary in which candidates from all parties ran together on one ballot.

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