The withdrawal deadline for a candidate to remove his or her name from the regular primary election ballot was Saturday, June 25. Several removed their names from consideration, while 21 did not take action to drop out by the deadline.
Tara Sweeney, one of the candidates for the special primary election, did not drop out for the regular primary, and instead said she will stay on the regular primary ballot, as she intends to be a come-back candidate. She had received less than 6% of the vote.
Among those removing their names from the regular congressional race:
- John Coghill
- Chris Constant
- Bill Hibler
- Alan Gross
- Jeff Lowenfels
- Mikel Melander
- Mike Milligan
- Josh Revak
- Adam Wool
That leaves 21 names on the regular primary ballot, including Sweeney, whose team sued the Division of Elections to have her included on the special general election ballot that would allow her to compete for the remainder of Congressman Don Young’s term, until January.
A Superior Court denied the demand from the Sweeney camp, and the Supreme Court agreed with the lower court.
Meanwhile, special general election at this point has just three candidates: Sarah Palin, Nick Begich, and Mary Peltola.
