You Betcha: Sarah Palin Leads Alaska U.S. House special primary election

Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska and GOP vice president nominee, is currently leading in early results from Saturday’s special primary as state voters pared down a list of 48 candidates running to replace the late Rep. Don Young, who served as the longest-serving Republican for 49 years. According to the state Division of Elections, initial results included 108,729 votes but have received over 139,000 ballots. The early results showed Palin with 29.8 percent of the votes counted so far; Republican Nick Begich has 19.3 percent; independent Al Gross at 12.5 percent; Democrat Mary Peltola at 7.5 percent and Republican… Read Full Article