Two high-profile candidates backed by former US President Donald Trump have emerged as winners of primary elections in America, which were held on Tuesday.

The votes -organized in various states by both Republicans and Democrats- were to choose which candidates will go through to contest Congressional and Senate elections later this year.

In Alaska, Sarah Palin advanced to the November general election where she could win the northern state’s only House seat.

Palin, who was plucked from relative political obscurity as governor of Alaska to be John McCain’s 2008 vice presidential candidate, was on the ballot twice in Alaska: once in a special election to complete the term of a sitting senator who died in March, and another for a full two-year House term starting in January.

Voters approved an elections overhaul in 2020 ending party primaries and instituting ranked voting in general elections. Endorsed by Trump, Palin finished first among 48 candidates to qualify for a special election.

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