As rumored for weeks, Anchorage Assemblyman Chris Constant says he is a candidate for United States Congress. He will run as a Democrat in a race that already has big names — 25-term U.S. Congressman Don Young and Republican challenger Nick Begich III.
Constant, who represents downtown Anchorage, revealed his plans on social media and scrubbed his past, somewhat problematic social media accounts of some of their more unpleasant content.
The last Democrat who ran against Young was Alyse Galvin, who ran in 2018 and again in 2020. She is now running for an Anchorage seat in the Alaska House of Representatives.
Although he announced he would do a Facebook live event of his announcement, no one seemed to see it, and it appeared that the livestream either failed or was ditched by his campaign. However, moments after he made his Facebook announcement, he posted on Facebook a story about his announcement from the Anchorage Daily News.
