GOP Chair: Party's future to be defined by unity

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Alaska’s Republicans have sparred all year over the size of the Permanent Fund Dividend — a divide that seems to continue growing.

It’s a difference that cost House Rep. Laddie Shaw a chance to succeed the late Chris Birch’s South Anchorage Senate seat.

But Alaska Republican Party Chairman Glenn Clary said he believes the party’s future will eventually be defined by unity.