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Alaska waiting on Sarah Palin's plans
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jun 23, 2009 04:27pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Andy Barr |
| News Date | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Top Republicans and Democrats across Alaska are quietly lining up to run for governor amid growing speculation that Sarah Palin will not seek reelection in 2010.
No candidate, including Palin, has yet filed papers with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. Palin’s office declined an opportunity to explain her thinking on the 2010 race, and the Republican Governors Association said it would not comment on discussions it has had with the governor.
But a number of Democrats and Republicans in Alaska and Washington who spoke to POLITICO believe her silence is a sign she will not pursue a second term as governor so that she can play a larger role on the national political stage.
At least three Democrats and six Republicans are mulling over runs as they wait on the governor to make her decision.
“There is nothing that she has done that leads me to believe she will seek reelection,” said Andrew Halcro, a former Republican state legislator who ran for governor as an independent candidate in 2006 and is weighing another run. “If you’re Palin, once you’ve flown first class, you don’t go back to coach. She’s been to the show and certainly seemed to like it there.” |
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