Independent candidate for lieutenant governor Byron Mallott stopped in Wrangell for a meet-and-greet with potential voters at the Stikine Native Organization building's dance hall Thursday evening after visiting Petersburg earlier in the week.

The ticket Mallott and Independent candidate for governor Bill Walker share is a unique one in Alaskan politics. Until early last month, Mallott had been the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in a three-way race between Walker and incumbent Gov. Sean Parnell.

"After it became clear in statewide polling that neither Bill Walker nor myself could win i...