No, I’m in TN, but I follow all state politics. AK may be a small state population-wise, but it certainly doesn’t lack for intrigue.
I’m not in an enviable position here. We have a RINO Governor (Haslam). I didn’t trust him in 2010 and voted 3rd party. My lack of trust in him was confirmed by his actions in office (he is far more comfortable with the Democrat super-minority and went out of his way to spend money trying to defeat Conservatives in the primary).
Because of a Byzantine system related to important amendments on the ballot, the fewer those voting for Governor, the better the chance of their passage (so many voters will be leaving the Gov race blank this year). The Dems aren’t backing their nominee, who may actually be more Conservative than Haslam (his name is Charlie Brown (!)).
Our Senator is technically further to the left than your Graham, that being Lamar! (who ranked 4th most liberal RINO, with only Kirk of IL, Collins of ME and Murkowski of AK being more left-wing). We have no runoffs in TN, unfortunately, and with Lamar! getting 49% where Democrats routinely crash the GOP open primary, he would’ve lost to his Conservative challenger, Joe Carr, in a closed runoff. I last voted for Lamar! in 2002. I will never vote for him again (and he also lied about running for a 3rd term... his own book said, “Two terms and OUT !”. Of course, he lied to Tennesseans when he said in 1996 he wouldn’t run for office again and 2 decades later he just won’t leave). He’ll be almost 81 at the end of this next term and he has been running for office since he was 34.
Graham should’ve been run out, too, but there were too many candidates running this year in the primary and Conservatives should’ve privately met and got behind a single challenger. I endorsed Ravenel for the general. He may not be a prize, but Graham is just part of the problem in DC, and we have WAY too many problem people on our side (perhaps yet another rationale for Palin’s drop kicking her former protégé in Juneau).