Alaska’s Senate race has been more about the candidates thanthe issues

McBeath, Gerald (2014) Alaska’s Senate race has been more about the candidates thanthe issues. LSE American Politics and Policy (31 Oct 2014). Website.

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While for nearly fifty years Alaska has tended to vote for Republican candidates in federal and state elections, in 2008 it elected a Democratic Senator in the form of Mark Begich. Gerald McBeath writes that this midterm cycle, Begich faces a strong challenge from Republican Dan Sullivan, whose campaign has criticized the incumbent over his Senate record and his links to the unpopular President Obama. Unreliable polling, a large number of undecided voters, and millions of contributions from SuperPACs on both sides, mean that the result in America’s northernmost state is difficult to predict.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2014 10:03
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 19:21
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/60291

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