SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] — Aug 18, 2014 — The Alaska republican primary will be held tomorrow to decide who will face Senator Mark Begich (D) in this fall. This morning, Politico reported that should Begich lose his seat in November, it could send the Senate back to the drawing board on legislation to reform the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which governs federal fisheries.
Begich is chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, and has floated a draft bill and is still seeking comments before potentially introducing a measure later this fall.
Most fishing groups in Alaska have solidly lined up in support of Begich re-election.
The candidates in the Republican primary are Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, Dan Sullivan, a former state attorney general and natural resources commissioner, and Joe Miller, a Tea Party Candidate who failed to beat Lisa Murkowski in 2012.
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