Alaska: Richard Foster From Sean Cockerham

From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage --

The Alaska Democratic Party today sent three names to Gov. Sean Parnell as suggestions for him to choose between in picking the late Richard Foster's replacement in the state House.

One of them is Foster's son, Neal Foster, who is on the Nome City Council.

The other two are from Unalakleet.

One, tribal administrator and fisherman Ralph "Weaver" Ivanoff, ran against Foster as an independent in 2004. Foster defeated him 2990 votes to 1661 in the general election.

The other, Sam Towarak, has long been involved in Western Alaska school administration and is listed by the Democratic Party as a "former advisor to Governor Tony Knowles.