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SOLDOTNA -- A spokesman says Alaska gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker will soon decide whether he continues his candidacy, maybe as early as next week.
Walker finished second in last week's Republican primary to Gov. Sean Parnell. The vice chairman for the Alaskan Independence Party, J.R. Myers, told Soldotna radio station KSRM that the party was contacted by the Walker campaign. The party's current gubernatorial candidate, Don Wright, has withdrawn. The party's executive committee meeting will meet Friday in Soldotna to look for a new candidate. Walker's campaign manager, Taylor Bickford, says supporters are encouraging Walker to stay in the race. He is considering all options -- including the AIP, running as a write-in candidate or dropping out.