Dude, study local politics in AK - it ain’t like where you live.
Murkowski got primaried out all legit, but AK does not have a sore loser law..Her friend$ in the Native corps opened their pocket books (plus a lot of sketchy shit in the bush votes)
and purchased her seat - straight up.
Alaska is far more blue that folks realize...
Sadly the outposts probably aren’t represented as they should be. Sort of like our issue in Nevada. 78% or so of the state population is in Vegas so the other counties, less washoe county/Reno, are pretty well left hanging. Hairy screed has his two chosen ones in the senate currently but we’re gonna try to unseat the one that’s up in Nov.
If AK is so blue, then why dues Murkowski need to pretend she’s Republican?
It looks to me like Alaska is full of low-information Republicans. They want a Republican but can’t tell the difference - so all Murkowski has to do is say she’s Republican and they will vote for her.
We have the same thing here in PA which is why we have Pat Toomy. Not as bad as Murkowski, but close.
The Republicans here are stupid - they will vote for any Republican they think can win.
Republicans need to stop worrying about majority control in the House and Senate and vote for MAGA people even if they seem like a long shot.
I’d rather lose a race than “win” a race and find out I just elected another RINO.
“Murkowski got primaried out all legit, but AK does not have a sore loser law..Her friend$ in the Native corps opened their pocket books (plus a lot of sketchy shit in the bush votes)
and purchased her seat - straight up.
Alaska is far more blue that folks realize...”
She’s gonna purchase it again this time too. Money doesn’t ALWAYS determine the outcome of an election, but when there’s this large of a disparity it pretty much does. Cash on hand as of the latest FEC filings:
Murkowski: $3,243,520
Tshibaka: $294,345
Liz Chaney has a monstrous financial advantage in her upcoming House race and that’s (probably) not going to save her, but Wyoming isn’t Alaska; Alaska Democrats are dirty as hell and the liberal Republicans are even dirtier. Also with Alaska’s new “Rigged Choice Voting” system any conservative really has their work cut out for them. It will be a major upset if Mookowski isn’t back in the Senate in 2023.
(plus a lot of sketchy shit in the bush votes)
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Exactly. I spend a lot of time on the Yukon River and have been in many of these native villages. They are VERY poor and many of the communities have less than 100 people in them. Circle, Alaska for example has a population of 64 and it’s population has declined since the last census by 38.4%.
Many villages have no law enforcement. So, it’s hard for me to imagine that there is any REAL SECURITY relative to voting box’s in these villages on election day.