Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Rep. Don Young, the longest-serving member of the current Congress, died Friday. The 88-year-old Alaska Republican was first elected to Congress in 1973 and was planning a re-election campaign.
* On a related note, Alaska will hold a special election over the summer to fill the late congressman’s vacancy. It will be the state’s first test of its new ranked-choice election system.
* In Ohio’s Republican Senate primary, there was a debate on Friday night that took an unexpected turn: Josh Mandel confronted Mike Gibbons, standing inches away in an incident that seemed like it could turn violent. A debate organizer intervened to separate the two.
* Speaking of the Buckeye State, Republicans in the state legislature are reportedly discussing whether to impeach state Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, because they disagree with her rulings on their gerrymandered district maps.









