(12 Nov 2021) Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial and has repeatedly bumped heads with the former president, announced Friday that she will run for reelection.
Trump, who has focused his political efforts on punishing his political opponents, endorsed a leading opponent of Murkowski in June.
Kelly Tshibaka was commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Administration before resigning to run for the Senate.
In July, the Alaska Republican State Central Committee endorsed Tshibaka after Murkowski’s impeachment vote.
“My heart is, and always has been, in Alaska, and that’s why I am proud to announce my campaign for reelection to the US Senate in 2022,” Murkowski said in a statement.
She emphasized that she has always made Alaska, its industries and its people her top priority.
The Murkowski reelection bid will be closely watched nationally as Trump seeks to bring down a senator whose name has a rich political history in the state.
Her father, Frank Murkowski, was a former governor and a longtime U.S. senator.
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/93aa5d197eb94687b158bd6f58f656ed
4352849,93aa5d197eb94687b158bd6f58f656ed,AP Archive,Alaska,Archive US Lisa Murkowski,Donald Trump,Frank Murkowski,Government and politics,Lisa Murkowski,United States
Leave a Reply