Posted on 05/12/2022 12:25:18 PM PDT by cotton1706
A former educator from the Mat-Su announced Wednesday that she's making a late run for Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, complicating a race that so far featured incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski and Trump-endorsed challenger Kelly Tshibaka.
Pat Chesbro, a former teacher, principal, superintendent and college instructor, said she made up her mind to run Sunday, influenced in part by last week's draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that would strip the rights to abortion granted by the Roe v. Wade decision.
"I'm terrified that I'm going to let people down," Chesbro said. But, she added: "I think people need a choice. And I think Democrat values need to be on the ticket."
Chesbro is the second Democrat to file for the U.S. Senate seat; Anchorage state Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson entered the race in February but withdrew in March, citing challenges raising money.
Political observers said it's hard to predict exactly how Chesbro's candidacy changes the race. But their initial reactions focused on its likely effects on the dynamics between Tshibaka and Murkowski, who both have been running for months.
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So even if Democrats vote for Murkowski in 2nd place, Republicans can play that game too, and vote for the Democrat as their 2nd choice, to push Murkowski further down.
Watering it down. Yep. Personally, I’m not playing the ranked choice BS game.
I’m marking 1 person only.
I don’t see a Rat picking up the seat, but I do see the bug-eyed Murky squeaking in again thanks to the crap ranked choice law.
Could be a good thing. MatSu gave us Sarah so ...
I hadn’t heard of “Mat-Su”; so I googled it and now I know. Thanks.
Mat-Su is apparently the short version of:
Matanuska-Susitna Valley
Matanuska-Susitna Valley is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska. It is known for the world record sized cabbages and other vegetables displayed annually in Palmer at the Alaska State Fair. It includes the valleys of the Matanuska, Knik, and Susitna Rivers.
Seems like this would hurt Murkowski, but we’ll see.
Trump is cleaning house in the senate primaries. This is going to be fantastic to get some maga Senators added and to get rid of some RINOs.
Been there and it is a beautiful area. We camped along a confluence there for a few days and didn’t want to leave.
I bet it is. Doubt I will eve make it up that way anymore. 🙂
We traveled for 6 weeks around Alaska and I want to go back so badly. We pulled a 5th wheel with a Chevy dually which needed a huge turnaround area so the next time it will be something a lot smaller! LOL
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