Lisa Murkowski

2022 - 8 - 17

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Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka Advance in Alaska's Senate ... (The New York Times)

Two other candidates, still to be determined, will also move on to the general election in November under a new ranked-choice system.

Ms. Her challengers, however, are seeking to capitalize on the frustrations toward Ms. Murkowski and Ms. But I won’t know unless we — unless I — stay out there and give Alaskans the opportunity to weigh in.” Murkowski in mind, and was championed by her allies in the famously independent state. That victory came largely because of a coalition of Alaska Natives and centrists. [an opinion essay](https://mustreadalaska.com/kelly-tshibaka-its-time-for-a-change-in-senate/) published days before the primary. Those stances have rallied both national and local Republicans against her, and her impeachment vote garnered her a censure from Alaska’s Republican Party. And she is one of just two Senate Republicans who support abortion rights and have expressed dismay over the Supreme Court’s decision to Trump’s hold over the Republican Party, though she has maintained the backing of the Senate Republican campaign arm. Tshibaka were neck and neck at just over 40 percent apiece. Trump of inciting the Jan.

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Murkowski advances in Alaska Senate race, Palin in House (NPR)

Under a voter-approved elections process being used for the first time in Alaska elections this year, party primaries have been scrapped and ranked choice ...

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Murkowski and Trump-backed Tshibaka advance to Alaska general ... (CNBC)

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and a top Republican primary challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump will advance to the general election, ...

Trump had strongly criticized Murkowski while he was president, saying in 2018 that she would " Both Trump and Alaska's Republican Party have endorsed Tshibaka over the incumbent Murkowski for the Senate seat. Lisa Murkowski and a top Republican primary challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump will advance to the general election, NBC projects.

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U.S. Sen. Murkowski, Trump-backed opponent secure enough votes ... (Reuters)

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and challenger Kelly Tshibaka, a state government commissioner endorsed by Donald Trump, will face off in ...

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Trump-backed foe advance to general election (Axios)

Murkowski was one of 7 Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump over Jan. 6.

[COVID](https://www.axios.com/2022/01/10/biden-cdc-coronavirus-communication-fauci) and the growing [monkeypox](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/states-unhappy-feds-handling-monkeypox) outbreak. [Who wins — or loses — with over-the-counter hearing aids](/2022/08/17/wins-loses-otc-hearing-aids) 6 committee and that attacks against the FBI "must stop" in the aftermath of the [search warrant](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/12/trump-search-warrant-unsealed-doj) at former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)](https://www.axios.com/manchin-murkowski-senate-alaska-308b7c98-814e-4cbd-bdb1-dacbd2dfdfcf.html). 6 panel](/2022/08/17/mike-pence-fbi-investigation-jan-6-panel) [cast doubt on the results of the 2020 election](https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/03/29/republican-who-questioned-election-results-will-challenge-murkowski-in-primary/)and [vowed not to vote support Sen. Kids and those with serious hearing loss will still need a prescription. Lisa Murkowski ](https://www.axios.com/2021/11/12/murkowski-alaska-seeks-reelection-trump-gop)(R-Alaska) and her Trump-endorsed rival will both advance to the November general election for U.S. Senate, according [to AP](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sarah-palin-steve-bannon-voting-special-a25a0845d165e8ba0edfd532e9bff31b). The process repeats until a candidate wins a majority. [uptick in threats](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/15/fbi-dhs-law-enforcement-threats-spike-after-trump-search) to federal law enforcement after the search. [four House Republicans](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-trump-wyoming-primary-hageman) who voted for impeachment.

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Murkowski Advances in Alaska Despite Trump; Palin Moves Ahead (Bloomberg)

Republican Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka -- a former state official backed by Donald Trump -- both advanced to a general election race ...

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Murkowski and Trump-backed Tshibaka advance to Alaska general ... (Fox News)

Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka are among the four candidates who will advance to the November general election in the race to represent Alaska in ...

That process is repeated until a candidate wins a majority of the vote. However, if no candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, the candidate with the fewest first-preference votes is eliminated. Following the elimination of the candidate who received the least amount of first-preference votes, voters' second-preference choices are evaluated and a new tally is established to determine whether a candidate in the race has received a majority of the vote. [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products) The senator voted against a Republican-backed plan in 2017 to repeal the national health care law known as ObamaCare, and a year later she opposed confirmation of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, whom Trump had nominated. Of those seven, Murkowski is the only one running for re-election this year.

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Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin Survive Primary Battles, but a ... (The New York Times)

The independent streak of Alaskan voters played a part in both races as Ms. Palin's attempt at a political comeback could be threatened.

On Tuesday in Anchorage, hours before the polls closed, she and Ms. Palin since Ms. Palin and Ms. His true ideological opponent over the direction of the state was Ms. Many voters disapproved of the persona and rhetoric that Ms. In a different analysis, the Republican pollster Matt Larkin believed it was most likely that Ms. Michener’s husband became a pastor at Ms. Murkowski’s main challenger, Ms. She and Ms. Murkowski and Ms. Trump, who made a rare visit to the state in July to promote Ms. Palin was governor and Ms.

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Murkowski, Palin advance to November in Alaska races - Roll Call (Roll Call)

Alaska used a new voting system that sent Murkowski to the November Senate ballot and Palin to the ballot for an open House seat.

Murkowski won her first full term in 2004 with 49 percent of the vote. During her tenure in the chamber, she has voted just over half the time, 51 percent, with the GOP on votes that broke along party lines, according to CQ Vote Watch. Once all ballots are received, if no candidate has over 50 percent of the vote, the candidate with the lowest total is eliminated and those votes are assigned to the voter's second choice. But in the simultaneous primary for full term in the House next year, the November ballot will include two Republicans, former Gov. [Don Young](https://www.rollcall.com/members/1?utm_source=memberLinks&utm_medium=memberlinks&personid=1)'s term in the House. She had 43 percent to 41 percent for Tshibaka, a former commissioner in the Alaska Department of Administration.

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Trump-backed Kelly Tshibaka advance to ... (NBC News)

NBC News is not yet projecting the winner of the fourth ballot spot in the general election.

In ranked-choice elections, voters identify a first choice on their ballots, then rank the other candidates in order of preference. She was one of [only three Republicans](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/senate-poised-confirm-ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-rcna23283) who voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in April. [vowing not to support](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/blog/meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541/ncrd1285904#blogHeader) another Trump foil, Sen. [voted to convict him](https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/murkowski-votes-to-convict-president-donald-j-trump) in his second impeachment trial, believing he incited the deadly insurrection at the U.S. The new voting format could help Murkowski. Trump endorsed Tshibaka, a past commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration.

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