Mitch McConnell calls Donald Trump’s bluff in Alaska | #alaska | #politics
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CNN — Mitch McConnell isn’t backing down in his standoff with Donald Trump. On Monday, the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with McConnell, announced that it had booked more than $7 miIlion worth of ad time in Alaska as GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski tries to fend off a challenge from Kelly Tshibaka, who […]
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How ranked choice voting works in Alaska | #alaska | #politics
One voter, one ballot. Sure. But in Alaska this year, that’s not the whole story. Alaska voters face a sort of poll within a poll, where they’ll rank their choices as part of a new system that kicked off earlier this year. The first ranked choice contest under the system was an August special election […]
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Sean Hannity rails against Mitch McConnell over Alaska Senate race | #alaska | #politics
Fox News host Sean Hannity scolded Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) over his support for the Republican incumbent in the Senate race in Alaska. He did so during an interview Tuesday night with GOP candidate Kelly Tshibaka, whose race against Sen. Lisa Murkowski has become a proxy war between McConnell and former President Donald […]
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Through election, Zinke faces heat for investigations while at Interior | #alaska | #politics
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- October 9, 2022
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Investigations during Ryan Zinke’s time as Secretary of the Department of the Interior have been a major issue in the race for Montana’s new western congressional district. Zinke has faced accusations of wrongdoing and dishonesty from both Republicans in June’s primary, and now from his Democratic opponent Monica Tranel leading up to November’s general election. […]
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McConnell-linked super PAC takes aims at Trump-backed Republican trying to oust Murkowski | #alaska | #politics
A super PAC tied to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is alleging in a 30-second television ad that a Trump-backed Alaska Republican running for a Senate seat may have committed fraud while working for the federal government. The ad, which is now blanketing the airwaves in Alaska, starts off by asking how much Senate candidate […]
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Inside McConnell and Murkowski’s battle over Trump’s impeachment | #alaska | #politics
Tensions flared between Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and swing Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) during then-President Trump’s first impeachment trial in the Winter of 2020, according to an exclusively obtained excerpt from a new book. New revelations about what McConnell did behind the scenes to help Trump during his first impeachment trial shows the […]
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Murkowski campaign drags GOP rival for skipping debate to headline Texas fundraiser | #alaska | #politics
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s campaign is criticizing Republican rival Kelly Tshibaka for skipping a debate Monday night to attend a Texas fundraiser with about a month to go before the midterm elections. Despite calling for more debates, Tshibaka has decided to skip the Kodiak fisheries debate, which has been a staple of Alaska politics for […]
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In Alaska US Senate primary, a race to finish fourth | #alaska | #politics
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After Lisa Murkowski, Kelly Tshibaka and Patricia Chesbro, it’s not clear who will fill out Alaska’s general election ballot for the U.S. Senate seat. (Lisa Murkowski photo is from her Senate page. Kelly Tshibaka and Patricia Chesbro photos are campaign photos.) The majority of voters going to the polls Aug. 16 will likely be choosing […]
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Peltola beats Palin, wins Alaska House special election | #alaska | #politics
Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election for Alaska’s only US House seat on Wednesday, besting a field that included Republican Sarah Palin, who was seeking a political comeback in the state where she was once governor. Peltola, who is Yup’ik and turned 49 on Wednesday, will become the first Alaska Native to serve in […]
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Trump critics facing divergent futures | #alaska | #politics
JUNEAU, Alaska – They hail from their states’ most prominent Republican families. They have been among the GOP’s sharpest critics of former President Donald Trump. And after the Jan. 6 insurrection, they supported his impeachment. But for all their similarities, the political fortunes of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney […]
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