Before he died, U.S. Rep. Don Young tapped three Alaska Republicans as potential successors. Nick Begich III, Josh Revak and Tara Sweeney are now running in a crowded race to replace him.
Sen. Josh Revak wears a button and ribbon in honor of the late Don Young and talks with a reporter after Young’s memorial at the Anchorage Baptist Temple on April 2.
this week. The top four vote getters in that election will advance to a ranked choice election in August that will determine who serves out the rest of Young’s term. “I don’t think it’s any secret that throughout his career, Congressman Young had encouraged different Alaskans to think about public service,” Sweeney said in an interview last week.The Alaska Republican Party hosts a U.S. House candidate forum during its state convention Saturday morning. Seated at the table, from left, are Nick Begich III, Tara Sweeney, John Coghill, Sarah Palin and Josh Revak.
Rhonda Boyles, who co-chaired Young’s campaign in 2020 along with Begich, has now endorsed Begich’s campaign. For years she had hosted fundraisers for Young, worked for his congressional office, even cooked for him. She said that in her most recent conversations with Young before his death, she urged him not to run for reelection, worrying that his health would not hold up for two more years in Congress.
Like Young, Revak wasn’t born in Alaska. He was raised in Minnesota, where his parents owned a farm. He was a 20-year-old working in the restaurant industry when two planes struck the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001. Within months, he had enlisted in the Army and was serving in a battle tank. When Revak called Young’s widow to share his condolences, Revak said Walton told him that Young had expressed the wish that he run for office.‘Different branches of a tree’
For the past 15 years, Begich has run a software business that he founded. It currently employs 150 people; none of them live in Alaska. Soon after entering the race, Begich began criticizing Young for his office policies to mitigate COVID-19, his vote to confirm Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and his support for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a House bill that would change laws governing unions. Young was one of five Republicans to vote in favor of that bill. Begich also said that during the month he spent working in Young’s office, he saw lobbyists exert excessive influence over the congressman.
Still, some influential Republican groups from across the state are holding off on issuing endorsements ahead of the primary. Unlike other candidates, Sweeney already has the experience of working in Washington, D.C. In 2017, President Donald Trump nominated her to serve as assistant secretary of the Interior for Indian affairs.“She has a tremendous working relationship already with Alaska delegation, with other members of Congress and agencies in Washington, D.C. so I see her previous experience and her previous relationships as a tremendous asset that no other candidate has,” Reitmeier said.
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