U.S. House candidate Santa Claus is running a $400 congressional campaign in Alaska. Can name recognition and a progressive agenda carry him past the special primary in a crowded race with 48 candidates?
for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat include an ex-governor, a doctor, a professor, a gardener, a few lawyers and fishermen. But no figure is more recognizable than Santa Claus.
With interview requests streaming in from national outlets, Claus isn’t complaining about the “Santa advantages.” But he hopes some voters will also look up hisIf elected, Claus says he wants to carry on some of the work started by, who held Alaska’s U.S. House seat for 49 years until his sudden death last month. That includes joining the cannabis caucus that Young led.
Still, the unforgettable name brings with it the possibility that some won’t take him seriously. He has so far been unable to verify his Twitter account, a process that would give him the blue checkmark that signifies Twitter has confirmed his identity. It would allow him to follow more new accounts per day, increasing his reach, which he says is part of his campaign strategy.
Anchorage Assembly member Christopher Constant files paperwork to run in the special election to fill Rep. Don Young’s seat in Congress at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage on March 31. As a cancer survivor, Marvin said she is motivated to vote for a candidate who is willing to “propose bold solutions” to health care challenges in the state. Claus falls in that category, but she also points out that it’s early in the race and too soon to tell if other candidates will come forward with similar positions.
Peltola was chair of the Bush caucus for eight of the 10 years she served in the Alaska Legislature. Until announcing her run, she was executive director of the Kuskokwim Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. Ruth Miller speaks at a"Protect the Arctic" rally on Friday in Anchorage. The event, organized by Alaskans Take A Stand, was urging Congress to support renewable energy programs.
All that experience informs his positions on various issues now. For one, he does not believe that defunding the police is the answer.
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