Juneau, Alaska – Democrat Mary Biltola won the special election for Alaska’s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, beating a field that includes Republican Sarah Palin, who has been seeking a political return to the state in which she was governor. Biltola, a 49-year-old Yup’ik on Wednesday, will become the first Alaskan Native to serve in the home and the first woman to hold the seat. She will serve in the remaining months of the term of late Republican Representative Don Young. Young held the seat…
Read MoreAlaska special election results: Mary Peltola beats Sarah Palin to win House of Representatives seat!
