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Alaska Governor Bill Walker suspends campaign, endorses Democrat
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/alaska-gov-bill-walker-suspends-campaign-endorses-democrat-mark-begich/Alaska Gov. Bill Walker suspended his re-election campaign Friday, and endorsed Democrat Mark Begich. Walker, a former Republican turned independent, made his announcement at the beginning of a candidate forum, according to the Anchorage Daily News. He then posted a statement on Instagram saying he was suspending his campaign.
Walker's lieutenant governor and running mate, Byron Mallott, resigned from his position and the campaign earlier this week, because he made unspecified inappropriate comments to a woman.
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Is anybody following this race in Alaska? The incumbent Governor quit the Republican party this year and ran as an independent. His lieutenant governor who is also his running mate, just resigned so the Governor is suspending his campaign. Meanwhile there are both Republican and Democratic candidates, and Walker is throwing his support to the Democratic candidate Mark Begich.
There's not much more info in the CBS News story, maybe somebody on DU has more on this?
