Reporter's Notebook: What Palin's loss in Alaska means for November

Sep 10, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Extremely Conservative

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  • Politician Portrayal

    98% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome, said McCoell in August."
Positive
6% Conservative
"But McCoell is a realist."
Positive
6% Conservative
"GOP Senate nominees Mehmet Oz from Pesylvania, Herschel Walker from Georgia and Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., were part of a candidate event McCoell hosted."
Positive
2% Conservative
"GOP Senate nominees Mehmet Oz from Pesylvania, Herschel Walker from Georgia and Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., were part of a candidate event McCoell hosted."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Alaska voters just tapped Rep.-elect Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, to succeed the late Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, for the remainder of his term."
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-2% Liberal
"Then Peltola won in a state which former President Donald Trump carried by 14 points in 2016 and 10 points in 2020."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"A political action committee linked to McCoell has reserved just under $100 million in campaign cash to be spent in Senate contests in those three states alone."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Former Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, is the uncle of Nick Begich III."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Yet Republicans Palin and Begich commanded a combined 59 percent of the vote."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"And it's possible Republicans could coalesce around Begich in the general election."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"It's actually possible, said McCoell about Republican Senate prospects this fall."
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-12% Liberal
"But the radioactive Palin was not the second choice of many Republican voters who cast their ballots for Begich."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"That's well below the rankings of President Biden and former President Trump."
Positive
8% Conservative
"That's well below the rankings of President Biden and former President Trump."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell, R-Ky., has expressed concern about the viability of some Republicans on the ballot for the Senate this fall."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"By the same token, Palin siphoned away just enough conservative support among Republicans to slip past Begich."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"McCoell is teeing up a defense should sub-par candidates prevent Republicans from claiming the Senate."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Begich is the grandson of late Rep. Nick Begich, D-Alaska, who died in a plane crash in 1972 and was succeeded by Young."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"If those candidates who some have written off as not ready for primetime prevail, that could say a lot about former President Trump's chances in 2024."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"But McCoell has also inoculated himself from criticism that his negative remarks about candidates also don't backfire."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"The big takeaway from Alaska: Sarah Palin and other GOP candidates, who are too controversial or espouse views too closely aligned with former President Trump, stumble at the polls."
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-34% Liberal

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