“America is at a critical juncture,” Palin said in a statement posted on her Twitter account announcing her candidacy. “As I watched the far left destroy the country, I knew I had to join and fight. “At this critical juncture in our nation’s history, we need leaders who will fight the socialist, big government of the left, America’s last agenda,” he said. It will be Palin’s first political campaign since serving as John McCain’s vice president in a campaign in which Barack Obama was elected president in November 2008. Fiery, anti-establishment rhetoric came to define Palin’s anti-presidential campaign, which served as a harbinger of the rise of Donald Trump and the modern Republican Party. Alaska’s House of Representatives has been vacated after Republican Don Yang died suddenly last month at the age of 88 after serving more than four decades. Young has been in Alaska since 1973 and was seeking re-election at the time of his death. Palin is upsetting an already unpredictable race for Alaska’s solitary seat in the US House of Representatives, where she is running on a field of at least 40 candidates. The field includes current and former state legislators and a member of the North Pole City Council named Santa Claus. Palin, the former governor of Alaska, has maintained a low profile in the Alaskan political scene since leaving office in 2009, before ending her term as governor. A special qualifier is set for June 11. The top four voters will go to a special election on August 16 to use ranking voting, a process under a new electoral system approved by voters in 2020. The winner will serve the rest of Yang’s term ending in January. . Others who submitted their papers by Friday’s date are Republican Sen. Josh Revak. Democrat Adam Gull; independent Al Gross, an orthopedic surgeon who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2020; They are running in a field that includes Republican Nick Begich, who was positioned as Young’s opponent. Democrat Christopher Constant, a member of the Anchorage Assembly; and John Coggill, a former Republican lawmaker. Meanwhile, a man who years ago legally changed his name to Santa Claus and serves on the North Pole City Council has also applied to the State Department for Special Election. Claus, who said he had a “strong affinity” with Bernie Sanders, is running as an independent. He said he does not ask for or raise money. He said the new election process “gives people like me the opportunity, without having to deal with parties, to throw our hat in the ring”. “I have a name recognition,” he said with a laugh.
