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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts)
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:04 PM Sep 2022

Really?!' Bewildered Sarah Palin implodes after losing congressional race to a Democrat

Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola was declared the winner of the nation's first ranked-choice voting contest on Wednesday night and will fill Last Frontier's lone seat in the United States House of Representatives.

"Peltola, a former state legislator who will become Alaska’s first indigenous member of Congress, defeated a special election field that included Palin and another Republican, Nick Begich III," Politico explained. "The Democrat finished first in the initial tally and then won enough second-choice votes from Begich’s supporters to see off Palin, who had former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and previously won a statewide campaign in 2006."

Palin did not respond well to her vanquishing. Despite having agreed to the rules when she became a candidate on April 1st, Palin bewailed that ranked choice voting was unfair because she lost.

"When it comes down to second and third-place votes, that's gonna decide who's gonna win? Really?" she cheeped.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/really-bewildered-sarah-palin-implodes-after-losing-congressional-race-to-a-democrat/ar-AA11lIUL

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Really?!' Bewildered Sarah Palin implodes after losing congressional race to a Democrat (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 OP
Finally! A crazy bites the dust hard! Her political life is over PortTack Sep 2022 #1
The rules are the rules. Now if he's REALLY concerned about Joe and Nancy underpants Sep 2022 #2
Quitter sez whut? 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2022 #3
"Alaskans want Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi?" she asked of the president and Speaker of the House? lees1975 Sep 2022 #4
Looooooooosaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! kysrsoze Sep 2022 #5
Peltola, Palin, and Begich will square off again for a full two-year term in the general election on riversedge Sep 2022 #6
She "cheeped"? PCIntern Sep 2022 #7
either way you look at it. multigraincracker Sep 2022 #8
April Fool's joke on you Sarah Palin, you agreed to the terms, signed your name, knew the rules MagickMuffin Sep 2022 #9

underpants

(182,629 posts)
2. The rules are the rules. Now if he's REALLY concerned about Joe and Nancy
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:11 PM
Sep 2022

She could drop out of the November race.

lees1975

(3,841 posts)
4. "Alaskans want Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi?" she asked of the president and Speaker of the House?
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:16 PM
Sep 2022

Well, they weren't on the ballot, but apparently they DON'T WANT YOU!

riversedge

(70,092 posts)
6. Peltola, Palin, and Begich will square off again for a full two-year term in the general election on
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:16 PM
Sep 2022

seems this is how the Ranked choice works [per the article]


.........Peltola, Palin, and Begich will square off again for a full two-year term in the general election on November 8th.

MagickMuffin

(15,933 posts)
9. April Fool's joke on you Sarah Palin, you agreed to the terms, signed your name, knew the rules
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 01:16 PM
Sep 2022


But Fool's seldom recognize how foolish they are to themselves and the outside world.


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