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The Latest: Candidates make get-out-the-vote push in Alaska

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Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young holds hands with his wife, Anne Garland Walton, during a GOP rally in Anchorage, Alaska, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. Young, they longest-serving current member of the U.S. House, faces a challenge from independent Alyse Galvin. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Candidates make get-out-the-vote push ahead of election

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

This Oct. 23, 2018 photos shows Alyse Galvin, an independent running for the U.S. House in Alaska, greeting Dwayne McKnight at a town hall meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Galvin is challenging U.S. Rep. Don Young, who is the longest serving current member of the House, was first elected in 1973. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Candidates trade barbs in race for sole House seat in Alaska

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Don Young, a Republican, is shown prior to a debate Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska. Young is being challenged by Alyse Galvin, an independent who won the Alaska Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

The Latest: Immigration hot topic in Alaska US House debate

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U.S. Rep. Don Young, right, speaks to moderators Lori Townsend of Alaska Public Media, left, and Mike Ross of Anchorage television station KTUU before a debate Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska. Young, a Republican, is being challenged by Alyse Galvin, an independent who won the Alaska Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

US Rep Young in debate likens migrant caravan to invasion

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, left, and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott carry boxes into the Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, after the two men gathered signatures to get their ticket on the November general election ballot. Walker is an independent and Mallott is a Democrat, and they decided to gather signatures to advance to the November election instead of taking part in the primary election on Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

The Latest: Dunleavy wins GOP primary for Alaska governor

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Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, left, and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott carry boxes into the Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, after the two men gathered signatures to get their ticket on the November general election ballot. Walker is an independent and Mallott is a Democrat, and they decided to gather signatures to advance to the November election instead of taking part in the primary election on Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Dunleavy wins GOP nomination for governor in Alaska

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 5, 2018, photo, independent U.S. House candidate Alyse Galvin, center, speaks during a meet-and-greet at a tea shop in Juneau, Alaska. Galvin is running in the Aug. 21 Democratic primary for U.S. House in Alaska. The state Democratic party changed its rules to let independents run in its primary. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Education advocate aiming to unseat longtime Alaska rep

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Don Young, Alaska's lone U.S. House member, speaks during a forum on Alaska Native issues on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Juneau, Alaska. During the event, which was largely a question-and-answer session, Young shared that he has a granddaughter who has struggled with drug addiction. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Congressman speaks of granddaughter’s addiction at forum

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

This Oct. 17, 2016, photo shows U.S. Rep. Don Young gesturing while speaking with a reporter after a debate in Anchorage, Alaska. The most senior member in the U.S. House has argued against gun control by wondering how many Jews &quot;were put in the ovens&quot; during the Holocaust because they weren't armed. Young, a Republican from Alaska, made the comments at a meeting in Juneau when responding to a question about what the federal government and municipalities can do to stop school shootings. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Alaska lawmaker cites Holocaust deaths to oppose gun control

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

ATP looking into claim of racially inappropriate language

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File - In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, talks with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, right, before an event in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Alaska's pro-development congressional delegation is asking the Trump administration to back off from offering nearly all lands off the state's coast for petroleum leases. In a letter Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, to Zinke, Alaska Senators Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young say Cook Inlet, where petroleum extraction now occurs, and Arctic waters should be offered in lease sale plans. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Alaska officials want some state areas out of drilling plan

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

Education advocate plans to challenge Young in Alaska

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2016, file photo, U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, appears for a televised debate in Anchorage, Alaska. Young succeeds 88-year-old Rep. John Conyers as dean, largely a ceremonial post whose main duty is to swear in the House speaker after elections. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, file)

Gruff Alaska lawmaker now in charge of civility in US House

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

Alaska Editorials

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In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, then-House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner, unleashed, speaks of knife attack by Rep. Don Young

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

"Until this is solved, we are no longer the Congress of the people. We are just people," Rep. Don Young, Alaska Republican, said about earmarks. He even defended the notorious "Bridge to Nowhere" that helped end the practice in 2011. (Associated Press/File)

Rep. Young apologizes for irate retort to female colleague

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2013, file photo, a driver passes the small boat harbor in King Cove, Alaska. The House has approved legislation allowing a proposed road through a remote national wildlife refuge in Alaska that was rejected by the Obama administration. A bill approved July 20 would grant a land exchange allowing Alaska to build the long-disputed road between two rural communities, King Cove and Cold Bay, near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula 600 miles (965 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.(James Brooks/Kodiak Daily Mirror via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

House backs road in remote Alaska wildlife refuge

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus returns to Russia's Elena Vesnina during their Women's Singles Match on day three at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Wednesday, July 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The Latest: Madison Keys upset by Camila Giorgi at Wimbledon

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Romania's Simona Halep, left, poses with Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko before their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Saturday, June 10, 2017 in Paris. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

The Latest: Venus and Harrison win doubles at French Open

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