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Breaking: Gov. Bill Walker drops out of campaign for Alaska governor
Anchorage Daily News ^ | 10/19/2018 | Tegan Hanlon

Posted on 10/19/2018 4:22:32 PM PDT by AlaskaErik

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced Friday he is dropping his bid for re-election and endorsing Democrat Mark Begich against Republican Mike Dunleavy.

Walker made the announcement Friday afternoon at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, three days after former Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott stepped down from both his office and the re-election campaign over unspecified "inappropriate comments" he made to a woman.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
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To: AlaskaErik

...and endorsing Democrat Mark Begich against Republican Mike Dunleavy...

The ultimate insult.


21 posted on 10/19/2018 4:48:32 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: AlaskaErik

This isn’t how to handle a dropout situation where you want to help one candidate while sinking the other.

Something else is going on.


22 posted on 10/19/2018 4:51:07 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Stop The Madness. Do Not Respond To Vanity Posts.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

19 Oct: Daily Caller: EXCLUSIVE: He’s Running For Governor As A Single Dad, But His Ex-Wife Says He Treated Her ‘Like A Prisoner,’ Bruised Her Neck
by Andrew Kerr
•Nevada Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak’s campaign image as a single father raising two successful daughters is a lie, according to his ex-wife, Dallas Garland.
•She said Sisolak treated her like “a total prisoner” throughout their 13-year marriage and that he drove a wedge between her and her children.
•Garland said she was left with a bruised neck after an altercation with Sisolak after she filed for divorce in 2000, according to pictures and a contemporaneous diary entry.
•Sisolak’s two children dispute Garland’s account in a sworn statement, saying Garland, not Sisolak, was the aggressor.
Garland also detailed an August 2000 incident that she says left a bruise on her neck and ended with Sisolak threatening to call the police. TheDCNF obtained photographs of Garland’s bruised neck taken the day after the incident and spoke with three individuals who recalled seeing her bruised neck...
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/19/sisolak-ex-wife-prisoner-bruise/


23 posted on 10/19/2018 4:52:28 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
What did the Lt Governor say and why is it such a closely guarded secret?

Mallott, a 75 year old Democrat, apparently tried to hit on a 16 year old girl and mama bear heard it and exploded. This was at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention, of which Mallott was a founding member. AFN leadership kicked him out and he flew back to Juneau and resigned.

24 posted on 10/19/2018 4:53:28 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: grayboots

Already voted via absentee for Dunleavy. But, this is just weird.

I think the opposition to Dunleavy saw the writing on the wall.

They would lose. They had to change tactics.


25 posted on 10/19/2018 4:53:50 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
Already voted via absentee for Dunleavy.

How can you vote for Dunleavy when you're from Texas? I thought it was only Democrats committing voter fraud!

26 posted on 10/19/2018 4:57:33 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: AlaskaErik

I am an Alaska resident currently stationed in Texas. I have voted absentee since 2001. Military.


27 posted on 10/19/2018 5:02:39 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: AlaskaErik

Mallott paying him back for the stab in the back by threatening to tell what he knows?


28 posted on 10/19/2018 5:05:58 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: mewzilla
Is a write-in candidacy for someone else a possibility?

Isn't that how Murkowski got in???

29 posted on 10/19/2018 5:06:58 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: AlaskaErik

Isn’t this good news for Dunleavy? I thought he had a nice lead, and Walker was a threat to split the vote.

Then again, a sitting governor dropping out says two things: 1) He doesn’t like his reelection chances
2) Those who liked him initially now will go to Begich.

God, I pray Dunleavy gets the wind in his sails (or oil freighter, as the case may be). In Jesus’ name, amen


30 posted on 10/19/2018 5:07:41 PM PDT by confederatecarpetbag
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To: AlaskaErik

POS


31 posted on 10/19/2018 5:08:30 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Two Kids' Dad

He said, “I’m sorry, miss. But could you give me the time of day?” and then all HEYALL broke loots! /jk


32 posted on 10/19/2018 5:10:47 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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33 posted on 10/19/2018 5:14:47 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: libertylover

What did the Lt Governor say and why is it such a closely guarded secret?
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The revelation might ruin his life for the future. So to avoid the revelation side with the accusers, who will then remain mum.

Endorse the Dem or else?


34 posted on 10/19/2018 5:19:32 PM PDT by Yulee
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To: Jet Jaguar

“I have voted absentee since 2001. Military.”

I didn’t know that about you! Thank you! :)

(I’m a Vet, too.) :)


35 posted on 10/19/2018 5:32:19 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: mewzilla

Captain Sig Hansen for governor.

CC


36 posted on 10/19/2018 5:32:29 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Do you know what really burns my ass? A flame about 3 feet high.)
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Mark Begich can win if alittle less than half Republicans vote for him like they did with IDIOT Murkowski
37 posted on 10/19/2018 5:35:23 PM PDT by KavMan
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To: Celtic Conservative

Heh.

I’m pretty sure Sig is a resident of WA state. Besides, he wouldn’t want the pay cut, the drop in celebrity status or the absence of adrenaline rush.


38 posted on 10/19/2018 5:40:36 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Eh, I’ve seen it before. Louisiana’s jungle primary, there were 2 Dems (Landrieu and Ieyoub), and 3 Republicans (Woody Jenkins, Peggy Wilson, and I forget who the third one was). Peggy and the other R got out so that Woody could make the runoff.

Jenkins did make the runoff, didn’t quite beat Landrieu.

So it could be that Walker wants Begich rather than Dunleavy, or there could be more to it than that.


39 posted on 10/19/2018 5:43:14 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

He called a gal “Horseface” right to her face. She’s not even a dancer.


40 posted on 10/19/2018 5:44:07 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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