1. Alaska Special Election Upset Expands Democrats' House Majority.
- Author
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Cohen, Zach C.
- Subjects
MAJORITIES ,SPECIAL elections ,DEMOCRATS (United States) ,SCHOOL elections ,SELECTION & appointment of U.S. Supreme Court justices ,POLITICAL campaigns - Abstract
Peltola's election is the latest instance of Democrats in recent elections capitalizing on the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down a federal right to an abortion. Keywords: ALLTOP; ALTNRG; BASIC; BUSINESS; CMD; CONS; CONSD; COS; ELECT; EXE; GEN; GENTOP; GOV; HEA; INDUSTRIAL; INDUSTRIES; MED; METMNG; NORTHAM; NRG; OIL; POL; TMT; TOP; TRN; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM EN ALLTOP ALTNRG BASIC BUSINESS CMD CONS CONSD COS ELECT EXE GEN GENTOP GOV HEA INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIES MED METMNG NORTHAM NRG OIL POL TMT TOP TRN US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM Democrat Mary Peltola flipped Alaska's lone House seat in this month's special election, growing Democrats' majority in the narrowly divided chamber and setting up a rematch against former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin for the seat in November. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022