Where the GOP Might Win
Alaska is the reverse of the lower 48 this year, as voters look to revive a bad economy.
Alaska isn’t normally much on the national political radar, but by the end of Nov. 6 it could hold some notable distinctions. It may be the only state in which Republicans pick up a governor’s seat. It may also serve as this election year’s most powerful reminder of the political and economic perils of wayward government spending.
That will be the outcome if, as polls predict, the Last Frontier puts Republican Mike Dunleavy in the governor’s mansion. The 57-year-old former state senator is rarely noted in the lower 48, though...