Former Anchorage mayor files for primary run against Sen. Lisa Murkowski

[RandySF]

Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan filed to face U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary moments before the candidate deadline Wednesday.

Sullivan, who faced a term limit when he left the top city office after six years last year, was a surprise candidate when he showed up at the state elections office about 10 minutes before the doors closed at 5 p.m, wearing jeans, a polo and blazer.

If he wins, Alaska would have the odd distinction of having two Dan Sullivans serving in the U.S. Senate. The other Dan Sullivan, also a Republican, beat Democrat Mark Begich in 2014. Begich was also a former Anchorage mayor.

Ex-Mayor Sullivan finished filling out his paperwork at the office counter while joking with reporters about lifting Sen. Dan Sullivan's old campaign signs.


http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2016/06/01/former-anchorage-mayor-files-for-primary-run-against-lisa-murkowski/

[sofa king]

1. A whole order of magnitude weirder.

But of course if she loses the primary, she can still win it as a write in. No, really, she already pulled that off in 2010.