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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Sarah Palin may have been away from politics for over a decade, but one thing hasn’t changed: When she’s handed a microphone, anything can happen.
But what happened during one of Palin’s most high-profile appearances of her campaign for Congress was emblematic of the somewhat surreal, extremely personal race she’s run. It’s been so bizarre that she just might pave the way for a Democrat—who happens to be a good friend—to win in November over herself and another Republican, whom she happens to strongly dislike.
On Saturday, Palin appeared alongside her rivals in that race—Rep. Mary Peltola, the Democrat who won August’s special election, and Republican Nick Begich—for a candidate forum at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention.