Trump-endorsed moron former Governor Sarah Palin leads the first round of the special election to replace the late Congressman Don Young in Alaska’s at-large House seat with 29.8% of the votes counted so far, the AP reports. The Republican scion of an Alaska Dem political family, Nick Begich III follows at 19.3%, former Dem US Senate candidate turned independent Al Gross with 12.5%, Dem Mary Peltola with 7.5%, Republican Tara Sweeney had 5.3%, and a candidate legally named “Santa Claus”, a self-described “independent, progressive, democratic socialist,” at 4.5%.