Candidates Line up to Take on “Wounded Bear” YoungTwo more challengers have signed on to campaign against Rep. Don Young (R-AK), making it a field of four vying for his seat, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
Former Alaska state Rep. Ethan Berkowitz (D) and former state Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux (R) both said on Wednesday they are entering next year’s U.S. House race. Neither openly attacked Young, who another opponent, former Alaska Democratic Party Chair Jake Metcalfe, called a “wounded bear.”
Wounded? Maybe. But here’s what Young had to say about that in August:
Q. Do you think youâre vulnerable?
A. No. I think itâs going to be a different race….
Q. How?
A. Itâs different in the sense that it may be, weâre no different from any other group of animals. You know, they look at me and they see me, Iâm 74 years old, and they figure heâs a little old, heâs been wounded, heâs been nicked by the media, and this is going to be interesting when this thing is all over, because then I want to see what people say, you know? … Well, have at it. They have never been in a race until theyâve been in a race with me. …
Q. Any idea what weâre going to see differently?
A. Well, I think the standard thing will be raising all these cloudy questions. Thatâs fine just remember; those that cast stones better damn well better not live in a glass house.
Q. You know stuff?
A. Letâs put it this way, Iâm not just going to sit and let everybody beat me up. Itâll make for an exciting campaign.
