Alaska congressman Don Young, 87, announces 2022 reelection campaign Published April 28
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Print article Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young said he will seek reelection to the seat he has held since 1973. The Republican, in a statement Wednesday announcing his reelection plans, said with the challenges facing Alaska, this is “not the time to take risks on someone untested and unproven.” He said his motivation to serve “is the same as it was when I first ran for Congress” and that he will “fight to make Alaska and our nation a better place and to secure a prosperous future.” Young, 87, is the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. House. He won his latest reelection bid in November, with 54.4% of the vote, against Alyse Galvin, an independent. Galvin also ran against Young in 2018.
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Of the seven Republicans who voted to convict former President Donald Trump, only Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is up for reelection in 2022. But a new Alaska election system with an open primary and ranked-choice voting may protect the incumbent.
Murkowski voted to convict the former president on Feb. 13 for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Murkowski told reporters after her vote that she stands by her decision regardless of its possible detrimental effects on her 2022 chances.
“This was consequential on many levels, but I cannot allow the significance of my vote to be devalued by whether or not I feel that this is helpful for my political ambitions,” Murkowski said.