State Sen. John Coghill of North Pole has lost the Republican primary for his Senate seat, becoming the seventh incumbent Republican state lawmaker to lose in this year’s primary election.
Coghill lost by 16 votes to truck-driving challenger Robb Myers, who has never held public office before. Coghill is the son of a signer of the Alaska Constitution and has been in state office for nearly two decades.
Myers will face independent candidates Marna Sanford and Evan Eads in the general election.
“I’m feeling pretty good. It’s been a crazy roller-coaster the last couple of weeks and the last couple of months,” Myers said.
“I thought it would be close. I didn’t think it would be this close,” he said.
The close result is within the margin for a state-paid recount, but Coghill said he wasn’t sure if he would request one.
“I think the result will probably be pretty close to the same at this point,” he said.
Coghill and Senate President Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, each lost their primary elections to challengers who support a traditional Permanent Fund dividend, rather than the budget-balancing smaller payments approved by lawmakers since 2016.
“I kind of knew I was not in sync with a lot of Republicans over the Permanent Fund,” Coghill said when asked why he thought he lost.
In addition to the two senators, five House Republicans lost their primary elections: Chuck Kopp, Jennifer Johnston and Gabrielle LeDoux of Anchorage; Mark Neuman of Big Lake; and Sharon Jackson of Eagle River.
This article is developing and will be updated.
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