Former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan won the Republican Senate primary last night in Alaska and will face Obama rubber stamp Mark Begich for the Alaska Senate seat in November. Sullivan is supported by GOP establishment hacks like Karl Rove which is a black mark against him. Still, I’d take Sullivan over Begich anytime. The only concern for the media is that Sullivan beat ‘tea party candidate’ Joe Miller who was damaged good from 2010 anyway.
Former state Attorney General Dan Sullivan became the latest mainstream Republican to turn back a tea party challenger, winning the Alaska GOP primary to become his party’s candidate to take on U.S. Sen. Mark Begich in the fall. AP/ABC gloat because ‘tea party challenger’ Miller lost.
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Republicans see the Alaska race as a key contest in their attempt to capture the Senate majority from Democrats.
Sullivan entered the primary the presumed front-runner, with the backing of national GOP powerbrokers and a huge cash advantage over his rivals.
He had the support of Karl Rove and groups like Club for Growth. Democrats clearly see him as a serious threat; roughly $4 million in attacks have been run against Sullivan by a pro-Begich super PAC.
Sullivan released a statement early Wednesday, looking forward to the general election battle with the first-term incumbent.
“Our success was about Alaskans coming together to decide the direction we take our state,” Sullivan said, adding later, “Now is the time to focus on the real issues that matter the most to Alaskans. I look forward to painting a clear contrast between Mark Begich’s inability to move our state forward and my vision for a brighter and better Alaska.”