Alaska is very much a classic Conservative Republican state.

2 things.

1) Alaska introduced Ranked Choice voting
and
2) Palin's ex supported the other republican candidate. There was a lot of in-fighting between the two groups. So there were a lot of Republicans who said "I'd rather have a Democrat than THAT candidate." Their ballots were 1) my republican 2) democrat 3) THAT OTHER Republican

I doubt we'll see the same victory in November, but it's nice while she's there.

Alaska is a… different kind of state. It’s where frontier libertarianism meets West Coast liberalism and heartland conservatism, with a healthy sprinkling of Native tribes and military personnel and other kinds of transplants and truth-seekers from the Lower 48 all under the Northern Lights.

I visited a friend in Anchorage for the first time this year, pretty neat city, very cool airport, ringed by mountains on three sides, flanked on one side by the bay, impossible natural wonders encroaching upon your vision even in the heart of the state’s largest urban center.

Would I ever live there? Probably not. It’s too far from the rest of the U.S. and the pace of life is too different, especially in the winter. But I do see the appeal.

Politically, Alaska has more Independents than registered Republicans or Democrats. Sen. Lisa Murkowski once lost a primary to a proto-MAGA type, then won in the general election as an Independent with a write-in campaign.

Probably too politically “weird” of a state to generalize too much, but it is still notable this Congress seat will be held by a Democrat for the first time ever, even if for a few months with the full term to be decided in November.