...trying to wonder if you’re being sarcastic there...
If not, then consider that - by Alaska Law - she can only pick appoint those forwarded to her by the judicial council. She had the pick of a hardcore leftist liberal...and a regular liberal, by the looks of things.
Who do you think she’s going to choose?
There was another choice: leave it vacant until they sent someone who doesn't have a history of supporting the genocide of little babies.