SARAH PALIN DEBATED HER MINOR PARTY OPPONENTS IN 2006

Richard Winger

Ballot Access News

September 1, 2008

In October 2006, when Sarah Palin was the Republican nominee for Governor, she participated in a 5-person debate with her Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and independent opponents. There were actually six candidates for Governor on the November 2006 ballot. The 6th candidate, Alaskan Independence Party nominee Don Wright, was also invited into the debate. However, he did not make an appearance. The November 1 2006 paper issue of Ballot Access News has a comprehensive listing of all the instances at which minor party and independent candidates for Governor and U.S. Senate were able to debate their major party opponents during the 2006 campaign season.