Sarah Palin moves forward in Alaska’s primary. But her in-laws won’t be voting for her.

Former Governor Sarah Palin speaking with attendees at the 2021 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Photo: Gage Skidmore – Wikimedia Commons

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) advanced to the general election in yesterday’s primary election for Alaska’s at-large Congressional seat, meaning she will be one of four people to appear on the ballot in the state’s idiosyncratic ranked-choice voting system.

But two people will probably not be voting for her in the general election: her own in-laws.

Palin was elected governor of Alaska in 2006 and she resigned part way through her term in order to run for vice president with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on an anti-LGBTQ platform. At the time, she told voters that she had a gay friend while she backed constitutional amendments both in Alaska and at the federal level to prohibit same-sex couples from marrying. She also said that “homosexuality” is “a choice.”

Since the failed White House bid, Palin has become a rightwing media personality with frequent appearances on Fox News and announced her congressional campaign earlier this year, saying that “we need people that have cajones.”

“We got nothing to lose and no more of this vanilla milquetoast namby-pamby wussy pussy stuff that’s been going on, that’s why our country is in the mess that we’re in,” she said.

Palin got one of the top four spots in the primary yesterday and will face…

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