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The Field: GOP Moderate Lisa Murkowski Meets Her Match as Alaskan Ice Thins Beneath Her

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AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAfter months of murmured political threats lobbed from her ideological right, moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska met her first 2022 primary challenger on Monday afternoon.But who is the “America first” Alaskan official nipping at her heels, and what are the odds of unseating a with more than 18 years experience in the state’s senior senatorial seat?Here’s a look at as it begins to take shape:Advertisement - story continues belowHi, I’m Kelly. We’re going to defeat Lisa Murkowski in 2022.— Kelly Tshibaka (@KellyForAlaska)Trending:“We know what Washington, D.C., thinks about Alaska: We’re here for their benefit — we’re not going to put up much of a fight. After about 20 years in D.C., Lisa Murkowski thinks the same way.”Advertisement - story continues belowThose were the words of Murkowski’s first official challenger, , when she announced her candidacy in a scorched-earth video advertisement blasted across the airwaves on social media.The longtime public servant had resigned her post as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration just an hour earlier, — a laundry list of accomplishments from her two-year tenure — released to the public on Facebook.Do you support efforts to replace Murkowski in the 2022 election?Yes: 98% (555 Votes)No: 2% (11 Votes)In the hours that followed, a “Kelly for Alaska” marketing campaign would establish its online footprint with a series of postings to draw up the battle lines.Tshibaka was quick on the draw, declaring “out of touch” with the Alaskan electorate. “She’s been voting with all of those D.C. insiders, especially the liberal ones, and she’s been hurting our way of life,” Tshibaka said.Opposite the incumbent, she presented herself as the “conservative, pro-life, pro-Second Amendment and America first” alternative. The challenger, who publicly earlier this year, would also go on to highlight a 17-year post-graduate history investigating government waste at the federal level.Advertisement - story continues below“I’m running for every Alaskan who believes that government is of the people, it’s by the people, it’s for the people,” Tshibaka said in her announcement video. “All those D.C. insiders really need to be held accountable to us.”It was a clear play to the lingering anti-establishment sentiment dredged up by an early March assurance that former President Donald Trump Murkowski’s re-election bid.Related:But the senator is not without support in D.C. or the district. Prominent establishment figures have already begun coalescing behind her.Advertisement - story continues belowSenate Minority Leader , for instance, preemptively for the incumbent at the start of the month, promising aid from the robust campaign arms of the GOP and National Republican Senatorial Committee.Junior Sen. Dan Sullivan was also quick to defend his Republican partner in the Alaskan delegation, telling host Jonathan Karl on Monday that their differences would not prevent him from endorsing her.“Look, we don’t agree on everything, but we make a good team for Alaska,” Sullivan said.“Look, we don’t agree on everything, but we make a good team for Alaska,” Sullivan said.Sen. plans to back Sen. in 2022, pitting him against former President Trump.— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes)Advertisement - story continues belowThis does not change the fact that a McCain-like maverick streak has made Murkowski a clear target for more traditionally conservative players in the Alaskan political scene.Despite an average of 72 percent of the time throughout his four-year tenure, Murkowski has quickly fallen out of favor in light of the 116th Congress, having broken with Republican leadership roughly half the time over a two-year period. Her split votes on and the Supreme Court confirmations of Justices Brett Kavanaugh and only serve to further separate the senator from an increasingly conservative base.According to , a Trump-commissioned McLaughlin and Associates poll found that just 43 percent of Alaskans viewed Murkowski favorably.Advertisement - story continues belowOn less partisan grounds, Murkowski fared no better, as YouGov ranked the senator 86th in terms of favorability among Senate Republicans, with just 13 percent of respondents sharing a favorable view of her. Public Policy Polling found the senator in better standing last June, with 29 percent favorability — but those numbers are hard to celebrate with the same poll suggesting 55 percent disapproval.Given the infamous former Gov. Sarah Palin is also considered a threat following social media , there seems no question the Arctic winds may soon shift against Murkowski.Efforts to oust the senior senator were , however, when the state of Alaska passed the controversial Ballot Measure 2, which establishes a single primary for candidates of every party. 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AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAfter months of murmured political threats lobbed from her ideological right, moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska met her first 2022 primary challenger on Monday afternoon.But who is the “America first” Alaskan official nipping at her heels, and what are the odds of unseating a with more than 18 years experience in the state’s senior senatorial seat?Here’s a look at as it begins to take shape:Advertisement - story continues belowHi, I’m Kelly. We’re going to defeat Lisa Murkowski in 2022.— Kelly Tshibaka...

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