Murkowski faces new Republican challenger after drawing Trump’s ire

Murkowski faces new Republican challenger after drawing Trump’s ire

Via Reuters:

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowksi of Alaska, who drew former President Donald Trump’s enmity after backing his impeachment last month in the U.S. Senate, picked up a new Republican challenge for the 2022 election on Monday from a senior state official.

Alaska Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka announced her Senate campaign with a vow to defeat Murkowski, who has been in the Senate since 2002 but has not yet announced formal plans to seek re-election next year.

“I’M IN!” Tshibaka said on Twitter. “I am running for the Senate to represent our conservative Alaska values. We’re going to defeat Lisa Murkowski and show the DC insiders what happens when Alaska has strong conservative leadership!”

A Murkowski spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment.

Murkowski, 63, who was appointed to the Senate in 2002, has been elected three times, including once in 2010 after she lost her Republican primary to a Tea Party candidate but mounted a successful write-in campaign in that year’s general election.

Tshibaka’s announcement made no mention of Trump but came less than a month after the former president vowed to campaign against Murkowski, calling her a “failed candidate” and a “disloyal and very bad senator.”

A Trump critic, Murkowski was one of seven Republicans who voted to convict him at his Senate impeachment trial last month.

The Alaska Republican Party censured Murkowksi over her impeachment vote and pledged to recruit a primary challenger to oppose her.

But under a new election system adopted in 2020, Murkowski and Tshibaka would not square off in a party primary. Instead, all Senate candidates will run in an open, all-party primary.

Other potential Senate contenders include Sarah Palin, a former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee.

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