The choice to endorse Kelly Tshibaka wasn’t exactly a surprise
Photo: Getty Images For months now, the Republican Party in Alaska has made clear their intention to oust Senator Lisa Murkowski in 2022 for her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection on January 6. On Saturday, the leaders of the state party, known as Alaska Republican State Central Committee, officially announced a midterm contender following a 58-17 vote to endorse evangelical pastor Kelly Tshibaka.
According to her early campaign rhetoric, Tshibaka is promising a level of fealty closer to 100 percent, describing herself on Twitter as an “unapologetic America First Conservative” prepared to “continue President Trump’s agenda that worked for Alaska and made our country great again!” Unlike Murkowski, she has also put forward baseless allegations of voter fraud that would reveal Trump as the true winner in the 2020 election.
While Tshibaka will enjoy the endorsement of an ex-president who won the state by 10 points in November, the support of Trump and the state party doesn’t guarantee victory in the midterms, as Intelligencer wrote in March when Murkowski was censured for her impeachment vote:
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