Having given the Democrats a temporary house seat, he's perfectly willing to do it again, permanently

but it’s not fair!

Begich refuses to drop Alaska House bid despite Palin’s plea

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is running for the state’s at-large congressional district in November, has pleaded with her Republican challenger to drop his bid to avoid splitting the state’s GOP votes.

Nick Begich III, a businessman and member of the politically prominent Begich family, was a GOP candidate alongside Palin in the Aug. 16 special election to fill the House seat, which became vacant after longtime Republican Rep. Don Young died in office in March. State law required that a special election for the seat be held within five months of an intra-term vacancy, even as the 2022 midterm election will be held on Nov. 8, within three months of that date.

In the special election, both Palin and Begich lost to former State Rep. Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate, who captured 41% of the vote in the first round of the new state’s ranked-choice vote system. Palin and Begich gained 31% and 28%, respectively, according to the Alaska Division of Elections.

Ah, ego. 59% of Alaskans voted for a Republican representative, but because of rank choice voting, the state sent the first Democrat in its history to Washington with 40% of the votes. At it will happen again this November, because, Begich, “if I can’t have it, you can’t either”.