In an emailed press release, Gross offered no explanation on why he decided to drop out after he was headed for the top-four special general election. Neither Gross, nor his campaign responded to multiple emails and phone calls from Alaska’s News Source on Monday.
“It is with great hope for Alaska’s future that I have decided to end my campaign to become our state’s next Congressman,” Gross wrote. “There are two outstanding Alaska Native women in this race who would both serve our state well, and I encourage my supporters to stay engaged and consider giving their first-place vote to whichever of them best matches their own values. Thank you for your support.
As of the last round of ballots tallied by the Division of Elections on Friday, Gross was in third place with 18,936 votes, totaling 12.65% of ballots cast. Trailing Gross is Democrat Mary Peltola with 14,133 votes accounting for 9.44% of ballots cast. The fifth-place candidate is currently Tara Sweeney with 8,671 votes. Sweeney leads sixth-place candidate Santa Claus by nearly 2,000 votes.
“We are looking into this and do not have an answer at this time,” Division of Elections Public Relations Manager Tiffany Montemayor wrote in an email.
He didn’t stand a chance anyways.
Well shoot. Now instead of half being stupid. We are at 2/3 of our choices being stupid going to represent Alaska! If real republicans would have picked the only smart conservative running. Andrew Halcro! We could have Made Alaska Smart Again!
Good news for Peltola 😊
'non-partisan'
“Nonpartisan” lol. No less truthful words have ever been spoken. He is quoted as saying that he would caucus with the democrats. Maybe that was his undoing here?
You’re welcome for doing all the work on breaking this story for you to copy.
OMG! I am shocked. DrAlGrossAK So disappointing 😔
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