U. S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won reelection with 53.7% of the vote.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski defeated a conservative challenger to win reelection, defying former President DonaldWith ranked choices tabulated on Wednesday, Murkowski got 53.7% of the vote. Kelly Tshibaka, the candidate Trump endorsed, got 46.3%. Murkowski’s total jumped up once Democrat Pat Chesbro was eliminated. Her supporters overwhelmingly backed Murkowski next.
The election outcome is a defeat for hardline Republicanism. Tshibaka is prone to calling political opponents “leftists” and “extremists.” She allied herself with Trump, and supported his election denialism.In a lengthy statement Wednesday, Tshibaka congratulated Murkowski on her win. But she also had barbs for the “disastrous Biden administration,” Washington insiders, and the new ranked choice voting system she called “an incumbent-protection program.
The new system, adopted by Alaska voters in 2020, favors moderate candidates and gives political parties less control. That worked in Murkowski’s favor, too, since the state partyMurkowski also had the advantages of incumbency. She has served as one of Alaska’s two U.S. senators, appointed by her father. This election season, her campaign raised $10 million, more than double Tshibaka’s total.
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