Posted on 05/26/2022 9:02:31 AM PDT by cotton1706
In a campaign ad announcing her bid for re-election, Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski branded her opposition from the right as an effort among D.C. partisans to buy the state’s Senate seat.
“In this election, Lower 48 outsiders are going to try to grab Alaska’s Senate seat for their partisan agendas,” Murkowski said. “They don’t understand our state, and frankly, they couldn’t care less about your future.”
An honest examination of the incumbent’s finances seven months into the race, however, reveals that, if anyone’s, it’s Murkowski whose loyalty is being purchased. According to public campaign finance data compiled by OpenSecrets, nearly 85 percent of the senator’s contributions have come from out of state. Only 15 percent came from Alaskan residents in the current election cycle.
In contrast, Murkowski’s Donald Trump-endorsed primary challenger Kelly Tshibaka, who previously served as a commissioner in the Alaska Department of Administration, is funded by an even split of in- and out-of-state contributions.
Tshibaka, whose campaign has been blessed by the state party, has raised more than $2.5 million to unseat a three-term incumbent. Tshibaka is also far more reliant on small-dollar donors compared to her opponent, who is the descendent of a political dynasty. Murkowski inherited the seat held by her senator father, Frank, when he became governor and appointed her in 2002.
Nearly 30 percent of Tshibaka’s contributions have come from small individual donations of less than $200, according to OpenSecrets. Murkowski, who’s raised more than $5 million to protect her incumbent status, is financed by large contributions from individuals and political action committees (PACs) providing more than 89 percent of her funding. Less than 5 percent have come from small individual contributions.
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Why do you think Alaska has both RCV and RCV-enabled voting machines.
DEMs will doing anything to maintain power.
Oh wait......
After she loses the primary, all bets are off with what can happen in the senate.
Kelly Tshibaka will have to win this nomination on her own. Our contributions have to go to general election races where we can flip a winnable rat seat. The RNC is not us. I’ll never give to them but I once gave $10 to Bill Toomey to beat Arlen Specter. Mighta been a mistake as Specter got Santorums’ support after promising to support W’s next SCOTUS nomination-Alito. Toomey could have lost in the general. That’s how the game is played.
Lisa will be ok only if she’s one of(hopefully) 54.
If she loses the primary all she has to do is run as an Independent and She will have the full backing of the RINOs.
Imagine a world without Murkowski or Cheney or Collins, oh my!
Donating to candidates you can’t vote for should be prohibited.
Accepting campaign contributions from anyone that can not legally cas a vote for you, should be considered Felony Bribery with a 20 year sentence in gitmo
I thought Raffensperger was a certainty to lose his primary too. You just never know. I pray that she and Lizard Cheney lose.
Out of state donations need to be banned, country wide.
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