From the "As promised ...", files: Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski Draws First Major Primary Challenger
"Hi, I’m Kelly. We’re going to defeat Lisa Murkowski in 2022."
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The challenge comes two weeks after the Alaska Republican Party voted to censure Murkowski and pledge support for a primary opponent. While the censure came in part by Murkowski’s vote in favor of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment, the party cited Murkowski’s long history of decisions on consequential issues that fly in the face of conservative and Alaskan interests, from abortion to transgender sports.
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Tshibaka took aim at several of the decisions in her opening ad while branding the Republican incumbent as the beneficiary of a political dynasty where her father, who served as governor, appointed Murkowski to serve in the seat he held since 1981.
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“Lisa wasn’t originally elected to the Senate. She didn’t have to fight for it, her dad gave her the seat he was elected to”.
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The challenge comes two weeks after the Alaska Republican Party voted to censure Murkowski and pledge support for a primary opponent. While the censure came in part by Murkowski’s vote in favor of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment, the party cited Murkowski’s long history of decisions on consequential issues that fly in the face of conservative and Alaskan interests, from abortion to transgender sports.
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Tshibaka took aim at several of the decisions in her opening ad while branding the Republican incumbent as the beneficiary of a political dynasty where her father, who served as governor, appointed Murkowski to serve in the seat he held since 1981.
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“Lisa wasn’t originally elected to the Senate. She didn’t have to fight for it, her dad gave her the seat he was elected to”.