Politics

Watch: U.S. House candidate forum hosted by the Alaska Oil and Gas Association

A little over an hour before election results showed Democrat Mary Peltola winning Alaska’s special U.S. House election Wednesday, Peltola, Republican Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich III and Libertarian Chris Bye took the stage at a candidate forum hosted by the Alaska Oil and Gas Association at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage.

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