莎拉·佩林在本周末成功晋级，离回归国家政治又近了一步穿过拥挤的全州初选阿拉斯加唯一的众议院席位的特别选举。
美国广播公司周日预测，作为共和党人参选的佩林与尼克·贝吉奇和艾尔·格罗斯一起参加了8月的特别大选。第四个也是最后一个候选人仍有待确定。
在社交媒体上的一份声明中，佩林写道她“期待着特别的大选，这样我们就可以强调我们修复这个国家的想法。”
她说，这些提议中包括“负责任地开发阿拉斯加天赐的自然资源，控制失控的政府开支，保护人类生命”以及支持第二修正案重启联邦枪支立法谈判应对最近的大规模枪击事件。
佩林在2008年被提名为参议员约翰·麦凯恩的竞选伙伴之前，曾担任阿拉斯加州州长和阿拉斯加州瓦西拉市市长。德州监狱恢复囚犯运输
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那次选举立即给了佩林一个全国性的形象，突出了她在保守派和共和党新兴的“茶党”派系中的声望，以及她作为候选人的失误，特别是在外交政策方面。她辞去州长职务2009年，在她和麦凯恩输给巴拉克·奥巴马和乔·拜登几个月后。
自那以后的几年里，佩林一直参与政治:思考自己的总统竞选，担任评论员和电视名人。
她对阿拉斯加众议院席位的争夺是她第一次正式出击回到选举政治。
佩林支持特朗普2016年竞选总统，佩林今年启动众议院竞选活动仅两天后，特朗普还人情。六月初，他为她举行了一次全州范围的电视拉力赛。
在共和党众议员唐·杨之后，共有48名候选人参加了周六举行的特别初选死于三月。
八月份特别大选的获胜者将只剩下杨的任期;决定谁将从2023年开始担任两年任期的定期选举将于11月举行。(31名候选人已报名参加那场比赛。)
作为共和党人参选的贝吉奇来自一个显赫的民主党家庭。他的祖父，众议员老尼克·贝吉奇，在扬之前是阿拉斯加的唯一代表——从1970年到1972年。
在竞选国会议员之前，年轻的贝吉奇担任过几个政治角色，包括杨2020年连任竞选活动的联合主席，2020年OneAlaska竞选活动和阿拉斯加共和党财政委员会。
格罗斯是一名独立竞选的外科医生，他告诉《安克雷奇每日新闻》，他正在寻求众议院席位，因为他想做对阿拉斯加人最好的事情。他说，他的首要任务包括创造就业机会，使该州经济多样化，并使美国能源独立。
格罗斯参加了阿拉斯加州2020年的参议员竞选，但输给了现任共和党人丹·沙利文。
在周六特别初选的其他候选人中，有一位名叫“是的，圣诞老人”的男子，他留着长长的白胡子，是阿拉斯加州北极市的市议员。
Sarah Palin advances -- over Santa Claus -- in crowded primary for Alaska House seat
Sarah Palin got one step closer this weekend to a return to national politics when she successfully advancedthrough the crowded statewide primaryfor the special election for Alaska's lone House seat.
ABC News projected Sunday that Palin, who is running as a Republican, made it to the special general race in August along with Nick Begich and Al Gross. The fourth and final candidate is still to be determined.
In a statement on social media,Palin wrotethat she was "looking forward to the special general election so we can highlight our ideas for fixing this country."
Among those proposals, she said, was "responsibly developing Alaska's God-given natural resources, getting runaway government spending under control [and] protecting human life" as well as backing the Second Amendment -- amidrenewed talks of federal gun legislationin response to the latest wave of mass shootings.
Palin previously served as governor of Alaska and mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, before she was named as Sen. John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential race.Hate crime probe after group disrupts Drag
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That election -- which instantly gave Palin a national profile -- spotlighted both her popularity with conservatives and the emerging "tea party" wing of the GOP and her stumbles as a candidate, particularly around foreign policy. Sheresigned from the governorshipin 2009, months after she and McCain lost to Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
In the years since, Palin has remained involved in politics: musing about a presidential race of her own and working as a commentator and TV personality.
Her bid for the Alaska House seatwas her first official forayback into electoral politics.
Palin supported Trump's 2016 presidential run, and only two days after Palin launched her House campaign this year, Trumpreturned the favor. In early June, he held a statewide telerally for her.
Forty-eight candidates in total were running in the special primary, held Saturday, after Republican Rep. Don Youngdied in March.
The winner of the special general election in August will serve only the remainder of Young's term; the regularly scheduled election to decide who will serve a full two-year term starting in 2023 will be held in November. (Thirty-one candidates have filed for that race.)
Begich, who is running as a Republican, comes from a prominent Democratic family. His grandfather, Rep. Nick Begich Sr., was Alaska's sole representative before Young -- from 1970 to 1972.
Before running for Congress, the younger Begich held several political roles, including co-chair for Young's 2020 reelection campaign, the 2020 OneAlaska campaign and the Alaska Republican Party's Finance Committee.
Gross, a surgeon running as an independent, told the Anchorage Daily News he was seeking the House seat because he wanted to do what was best for Alaskans. He said that his top priorities include creating jobs, diversifying the state's economy and making the U.S. energy independent.
Gross ran in Alaska's 2020 Senate race but lost to incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan.Flagstaff wildfire forces evacuations,
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Among the other candidates in Saturday's special primary was a man named -- yes -- Santa Claus, who has a long white beard and is a city council member in North Pole, Alaska.
