Republican U.S. House candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III appear at a candidate forum Thursday, Sept. 15 in Ketchikan. At right is event moderator Robert Venables.
“When you mention Sarah Palin, it’s the first thing people think about,” said Jeremy Bynum, a member of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and candidate for state House, about the bridge.Palin’s speech was 14 years ago, but as she seeks a full term in the U.S. House of Representatives, that action and others from her time as governor and a Republican vice presidential candidate have overshadowed her campaign for U.S. House.
All three, and Libertarian candidate Chris Bye, are seeking a full two-year House term in the Nov. 8 general election. “If we had a bridge in Ketchikan to Gravina Island, maybe we wouldn’t have such a problem with housing down here,” Begich said. “It wasn’t that it was canceled, it was how it was canceled,” he said. “We found out when the rest of the country did.”
Begich and Palin, seeking to hold the office Young once held, both said they oppose earmarks and would not use them.
Sarah Palin is Right . Public Television is to the left of Lenin .
Palin the Rich & Rare former governor