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This is--in most respects [1]--a considerably more difficult challenge than "an Alaskan politician as POTUS." Most of the best-known Alaska politicians, from Ernest Gruening to Walter J. Hickel to Mike Gravel to Ted Stevens to Sarah Palin, were not born in Alaska. There are some possibilities, however:

(1) If the Fairbanks-born Mike Stepovich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Stepovich had won the rather close 1958 Senate race against Gruening http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3275 could he be on Nixon's list of potential running mates if Nixon is looking for a Catholic? (Stepovich is not only a Catholic but relatively young, a World War II veteran, with a large, attractive family, etc.)

(2) In a surprise choice in 1964, LBJ chooses the Valdez-born William A. Egan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Egan as his running mate. LBJ remembers how close Alaska had been in 1960, wants a "westerner" to counter Goldwater's appeal, and is impressed by Egan's response to the Good Friday Earthquake.

(3) Ketchikan-born Lisa Murkowski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Murkowski is probably too moderate to be on a GOP ticket, but maybe on a third party "No Labels" ticket?

Any other ideas?

[1] In one respect, it is easier, though--it includes Alaskan-born people who made their name elsewhere. But the only possibility I can think of would be future history, involving the Anchorage-born Curt Schilling: "Schilling has announced that he will challenge Senator Elizabeth Warren in the 2018 US Senate election in Massachusetts.[55] Schilling has also expressed interest in running for President in 2024 if Donald Trump is re-elected in 2020." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Schilling
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