Does GOP Party Switch Portend A Gubernatorial Bid?
As had been rumored for several days, Democratic state auditor Thomas Salmon announced that he will be switching to the Republican Party, in a move marked partially by ideology, but apparently was also inspired by a bit of personal pique. Salmon had been in a fairly ugly dispute with the Democrats in the state legislature, and had repeatedly complained that his suggestions for governance had been rebuffed by the legislature. AK-Gov: Top-Tier Democratic Candidate Makes It Official A Democrat who acquitted himself well in a statewide bid for Congress in 2008 will be running statewide again in the 2010 midterms, this time for Governor. Ethan Berkowitz, who ran neck-and-neck with longtime Congressman Don Young and held him under 50% of the vote, will run against Alaska’s appointed replacement for Sarah Palin, Sean Parnell. It is unlikely, of course, that either Berkowitz or Parnell will have the benefit of a clear primary. MA-Gov: Major Independent Candidate For 2010 As Cahill Makes A Bid
