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The 2022 Alaska at-large congressional district special election was held on August 16 to fill the seat left vacant after the death of Republican incumbent Don Young. Mary Peltola defeated former governor Sarah Palin in the election, becoming the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the House since 1972, the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, and the first woman elected to represent Alaska in the House. The election was the first held after the passage of 2020 Alaska Measure 2, establishing a new procedure for elections. Under the new system, the top 4 candidates in a nonpartisan blanket primary advance to the general election. The general election is conducted using instant-runoff voting, a variant on traditional primaries where last-place candidates are repeatedly eliminated until only one candidate is left. However, Al Gross's withdrawal left only three names on the ballot in the general election. The runoff count commenced on August 31, after all absentee and overseas ballots were counted. Peltola was declared winner on August 31. The Democratic victory was widely considered an upset due to Alaska's strong Republican lean. Peltola became the first Democrat to win a statewide or congressional election in Alaska since Mark Begich in 2008. She was sworn in to the House of Representatives on September 13. The election generated controversy as a result of several election pathologies. The instant-runoff election produced a winner opposed by a majority of voters, with both polls and analyses of the cast ballots finding that most voters preferred Nick Begich over both opponents. Republican Sarah Palin played the role of spoiler by knocking out Begich in the first round. The election was also notable for being a participation failure, a situation where a candidate is disqualified as a result of receiving too many votes. In this race, Peltola won as a result of 3% of Alaska ballots that ranked her last (after Palin and Begich). Nonpartisan blanket primary Candidates Advanced to general election Sarah Palin (Republican), former governor of Alaska (2006–2009) and nominee for vice president of the United States in 2008 Nick Begich III (Republican), Alaska Policy Forum board member, grandson of former U.S. Representative Nick Begich, nephew of former U.S. Senator Mark Begich and Alaska Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich Mary Peltola (Democratic), former state representative (1999–2009) and executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Withdrew after advancing to general election Al Gross (independent), orthopedic surgeon, commercial fisherman, son of former Alaska Attorney General Avrum Gross, and Democratic-endorsed nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 (endorsed Peltola) Eliminated in primary Dennis Aguayo (independent) Jay R. Armstrong (Republican), gold miner Brian Beal (independent) Tim Beck (independent), former Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly member (1998–2004, 2005–2011), candidate for FNSB mayor (2000) and Alaska Senate (2006) Gregg Brelsford (independent), lawyer and former Bristol Bay Borough manager (2018–2020) Robert Brown (independent), veteran Chris Bye (Libertarian), fishing guide John Callahan (Republican), public affairs officer for the Alaska Air National Guard Arlene Carl (independent), retiree Santa Claus (independent), North Pole city councillor (2015–2018, since 2019) and current mayor pro tem (endorsed Peltola) John Coghill (Republican), former majority leader of the Alaskan State Senate (2013–2017), former state senator (2009–2021), former majority leader of the Alaskan House of Representatives (2002–2006), former state representative (1999–2009), son of former lieutenant governor Jack Coghill, and U.S. Air Force veteran Christopher Constant (Democratic), Anchorage Assembly member since 2017 Lady Donna Dutchess (independent), judicial reform activist Otto Florschutz (Republican), former Wrangell Port Commissioner Laurel Foster (independent), paralegal Tom Gibbons (Republican), business manager Karyn Griffin (independent), political organizer and activist Andrew Halcro (independent), former Republican state representative (1998–2003) and Independent candidate for governor of Alaska in 2006 Ted Heintz (independent), Corporate Contract Services Professional William Hibler III (independent), former glaciologist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Democratic candidate for Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2016 and 2020 John Howe (Alaskan Independence Party), machinist and Alaskan Independence Party nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 David Hughes (independent), program manager Don Knight (independent) Jeff Lowenfels (independent), attorney and gardening writer Robert "Bob" Lyons (Republican), case manager Anne McCabe (independent), former president of the Kenai Peninsula Educational Support Association Mikel Melander, blue collar worker Sherry Mettler (independent), businesswoman Mike Milligan (Democratic), former Kodiak Island Borough Assembly member, Green Party nominee for U.S. House (1992) and lieutenant governor (1998) J. R. Myers (Libertarian), behavioral health clinician, founder of the Alaska Constitution Party and its nominee for governor in 2014 Emil Notti (Democratic), engineer, former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Commerce, former chair of the Alaska Democratic Party, and nominee for Alaska's at-large congressional district in 1973 Robert Ornelas (American Independent Party), perennial candidate Silvio Pellegrini (independent), cyber security manager, IT project manager, and intelligence analyst for the US Air Force Reserve Josh Revak (Republican), state senator for District M (2019–present) and U.S. Army veteran Maxwell Sumner (Republican), homebuilder Tara Sweeney (Republican), former assistant secretary of the Interior for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (2018–2021) (ran as write-in candidate in general election) David Thistle (independent) Ernest Thomas (Democratic) Clayton Trotter (Republican), college professor Bradley Welter (Republican) Jason Williams (independent) Joe Woodward (Republican) Adam Wool (Democratic), state representative (2015–present) Stephen Wright (Republican), candidate for Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2016, candidate for Alaska State Senate in 2020, and U.S. Air Force veteran Withdrawn Breck Craig (independent), candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016 Richard Morris (independent) Jesse Sumner (Republican), member of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly Declined Les Gara (Democratic), former state representative (2003–2019) (running for governor) Mead Treadwell (Republican), former lieutenant governor of Alaska (endorsed Sweeney) Endorsements Debates and forums Polling Results General election Under Alaska's top-four primary system, if a general election candidate drops out, the director of elections may replace them with the name of the fifth-place finisher. 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