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Twenty-one year incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka advanced on Wednesday to the final found of ranked-choice tabulation after neither candidate reached the 50 percent threshold in the first round. With 80 percent of the votes counted, Tshibaka leads the race with 44.3 percent. Murkowski is close behind at 42.8 percent, while Democrat candidate Pat Chesbro holds 9.5 percent.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A little-known candidate for the U.S. Senate race in Alaska suspended his campaign Monday, hoping not to divide the GOP vote during the general election by throwing his support to a fellow Republican backed by former President Donald Trump. Buzz Kelley, who finished fourth in the primary race, said his motivation for suspending the campaign came after Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich lost to Democrat Mary Peltola in the special general election for the state’s U.S. House seat left vacant with the death in March of U.S. Rep. Don Young. “After the Peltola victory, the...

An Aug. 16 GOP primary for incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was already going to prove difficult for her reelection hopes, but voting for gun control measures in the Senate has exposed her campaign. Before voting to expand background checks, Murkowski's campaign was fundraising on a platform to protect the Second Amendment for Alaska voters in Facebook messages, Breitbart reported. "Lisa needs your help," one Spring ad on Facebook read. "Democrats want to take away your right to bear arms. Can you join her and stand up to the radical left to protect our Second Amendment rights?" Another ad, bearing...