Nonpartisan Al Gross, a leading contender in Alaska’s U.S. House race, dropped out today without providing a reason.
Nonpartisan Al Gross, a leading contender in Alaska’s U.S. House race, dropped out Monday without providing a reason.
Instead, the fourth spot on that ballot will go to the next finisher — and that appears to be Republican Tara Sweeney, a former executive of Arctic Slope Regional Corp. “There are two outstanding Alaska Native women in this race who would both serve our state well, and I encourage my supporters to stay engaged and consider giving their first-place vote to whichever of them best matches their own values,” Gross’s resignation statement says.
An orthopedic surgeon and commercial fisherman from Southeast Alaska, Gross became a household name statewide in 2020, when he challenged U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.
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