Way up north, Democrat targets Alaskan icon
June 23rd, 2008
In his pursuit of the House seat held for 35 colorful years by Alaska’s Republican Rep. Don Young, Democratic legislator Ethan Berkowitz turned to the northern equivalent of kissing babies: He gamely jumped on a sled and hustled a team of dogs over the Iditarod trail.
Whether or not the mushing helped, pundits and polls alike suggest that Berkowitz, a 45-year-old state legislator, has a good chance of bringing Young’s long public career to its sunset.
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