Libertarian Chris Bye will appear on the Alaska General Election Top-Four Ballot on November 8th, 2022
In the Alaska race for U.S. House, the latest results showed one Democrat and three Republicans advancing. In the Top-Four System which had its first regular primary on August 16 (see Alaska Election Results), a Democrat, Mary Peltola, came in first with 35%+ of the vote. She is followed by three Republicans, Sarah Palin at about 31%, Nick Begich at 27%±, and Tara Sweeney at 4%± of the vote.
This initially locked out all other political options. Fifth and sixth place went to Libertarians Chris Bye with about 1% and J.R.Myers with .29%.
Now, in a fascinating turn of events, Tara Sweeney has withdrawn from the race without endorsing anyone. This moves Libertarian Chris Bye into the fourth slot and gives him a place on the November 8th general election ballot. This injects a whole new dynamic into the race. Chris has been campaigning for the seat since last Fall.
Sixth place finisher and Libertarian, J.R. Myers said, “I would like to congratulate Chris Bye for his dedicated campaign, and the Alaska Libertarian Party for getting a candidate into the Top-Four system, not an easy feat as we have witnessed.”
“Furthermore, I would like to take this opportunity to urge all of my supporters, and those who don’t want to be represented by any of the other candidates, to vote for Chris Bye for Congress for ALL Alaskans on November 8th!”, Myers continued. “I would ask Alaskans to make change real in 2022, and vote for all of the Libertarian candidates on their ballots in Alaska this year.”
November 8th just got a little more interesting for Alaska.
This article was originally posted by J.R. Myers on American Third Party Watch and shared with permission.
Why was there more than one Libertarian in the race? Was it a Mises vs Non-Mises thing? With so many races to choose from, it always seems like such a waste to have multiple Libertarians in the same race and then our tiny vote share gets diluted even further.