Alaska | November 12, 2021
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski announces reelection bid opposed by Trump
Alaska | November 12, 2021
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial and has repeatedly bumped heads with the former president, announced Friday that she will run for reelection.
Trump, who has focused his political efforts on punishing his political opponents, endorsed a leading opponent of Murkowski in June. Kelly Tshibaka was commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Administration before resigning to run for the Senate. In July, the Alaska Republican State Central Committee endorsed Tshibaka after Murkowski’s impeachment vote..(Excerpts from Anchorage Daily News)
Alaska | June 30, 2021
Alaska Bikers for Trump endorse Tshibaka for Senate
Alaska | June 30, 2021
About 60 people showed up at the home of Misty and Doug Massie in Wasilla on Tuesday to raise funds for Kelly Tshibaka, in her run for U.S. Senate against Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Sources say that about $10,000 was raised for her campaign at the event.
Tshibaka also came away with a new endorsement: The Alaska chapter of Bikers for Trump brought a certificate of support from the club. Tshibaka earlier this month was endorsed by Donald Trump himself.
Tshibaka had to take a break from the meet-and-greet event to go inside the Massie home to tape a national radio show for “Stacy on the Right,” which she was able to broadcast live to the people outside the house.
The fundraising quarter ends on June 30, and a few days afterward both the Tshibaka campaign and the Lisa Murkowski campaigns will report to the Federal Election Commission the results of their fundraising since April 1. Tshibaka is already spending money on television and digital advertising even though the primary is more than a year away.
In 2016, Murkowski raised nearly $6 million total to beat Margaret Stock by 15 points in the general election. Stock was only able to raise $740,000…
(Excerpts from Must Read Alaska)
Alaska | June 30, 2021
How energy will steer the Alaska Senate race between Murkowski and Tshibaka
Alaska | June 30, 2021
In the battle for the United States Senate, all eyes are Alaska. The next 16 months promise to be the most expensive and exciting in the state’s 60-year history. Alaska’s 20-year incumbent, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski faces a primary challenge from Kelly Tshibaka, who is running with the full support of former President Trump.
With nearly 25 years on Alaska’s Republican Party’s State Central Committee, I know how Alaskans view the policies and positional authority of our three-member congressional delegation. Having interviewed both candidates on my weekly radio program, I have seen how each candidate is approaching this campaign.
After two decades in the Senate, Murkowski has earned a reputation as a barrier-breaking, deal-making, party-crossing, legislation-passing and Alaska-first lawmaker. Even those not enamored with her left-leaning views on social issues find her incredibly knowledgeable. She has been a leader on energy and natural resources that make up the vast majority of Alaska’s annual GDP, employs over one-quarter of our private-sector workers and provide the United States with the sixth-most oil and gas output in the nation.
After a historic write-in campaign over a tea party challenger in 2010, a near-romp in her reelection in 2016 and the newly-implemented ranked-choice voting starting in 2022, it is a mistake to ever underestimate Murkowski.
Beltway pundits cite her repeated entanglements with Trump as her greatest vulnerability, especially her vote for the former president’s impeachment. Trump has vowed to unseat her, throwing his support full behind her challenger.
Tshibaka returned to Alaska in 2019 after a decade in various jobs Washington, D.C. Since launching her campaign, she has amassed numerous Republican Party affiliate endorsements and basked in the Trump glow…..
(Excerpts from Must Read Alaska)
Alaska | June 18, 2021
Trump endorses Tshibaka for Senate, calls Murkowski ‘bad for Alaska’
Alaska | June 18, 2021
Former President Trump endorsed former Alaska state official Kelly Tshibaka on Friday in her Senate bid against Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to convict Mr. Trump in his second impeachment trial.
Mr. Trump said Ms. Tshibaka “is the candidate who can beat Murkowski — and she will.”
“I look forward to campaigning in Alaska for Kelly Tshibaka,” Mr. Trump said in a statement. “She has my complete and total endorsement!”..
(Excerpts from the Washington Times)