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Under low, gray clouds that spit occasional rain sprinkles, candidates running for office in Alaska stood on street corners in Anchorage on Tuesday waving signs, rallying supporters and trying to win the attention and votes of passing motorists. Tuesday’s primary election activities continued what is a longstanding tradition in Alaska politics, with the major statewide candidates gathering in the largest city to make their final pushes for votes.
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Both Begiches — gubernatorial candidate Tom Begich and incumbent U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III — spent part of the morning at the busy intersection of the Seward Highway and Northern Lights Boulevard. Tom, the Begich running for governor, is a Democrat and former state senator who represented an Anchorage district that is one of the most left-leaning in the state; Nick, his nephew, is a Republican and ally of President Donald Trump.
They and their sign-waving supporters stood on opposite sides of the street.
It’s an unusual situation, said the younger Begich, who was in a group that also included Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and his wife, Julie Sullivan.
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“To my knowledge, there has never been an election in which two members of the same family have run for statewide office in the same cycle for different parties,” Nick Begich said.
Still, he believes the voters know the difference between him and his uncle, he said.