{"id":1002592,"date":"2021-11-12T10:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1002592"},"modified":"2021-11-12T10:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:13:52","slug":"lisa-murkowski-one-of-trumps-most-vocal-gop-critics-announces-reelection-bid-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lisa-murkowski-one-of-trumps-most-vocal-gop-critics-announces-reelection-bid-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Murkowski, One Of Trump\u2019s Most Vocal GOP Critics, Announces Reelection Bid In Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flisa-murkowski-one-of-trumps-most-vocal-gop-critics-announces-reelection-bid-in-alaska%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1002592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced her reelection bid Friday morning, pledging to remain an independent voice for her home state as former President Donald Trump works to oust her for someone more loyal to him.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski did not invoke Trump by name in her two-minute announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LisaForSenate\/status\/1459143955627479051?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a>, but she warned that outside influences were seeking to defeat her at the expense of Alaskans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this election, lower 48 outsiders are going to try to grab Alaska\u2019s Senate seat for their partisan agendas,\u201d Murkowski said. \u201cThey don\u2019t understand our state, and frankly, they couldn\u2019t care less about your future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will work with anyone from either party to advance Alaska\u2019s priorities, and I will always stand up to any politician or special interest that threatens our way of life,\u201d Murkowski added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/28\/lisa-murkowski-buck-party-criticize-donald-trump-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Lisa Murkowski Is Not Afraid To Buck The Party Line Or Criticize Trump. Could It Cost Her In 2022?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.2416356877323\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS: I am excited to announce that I\u2019m running for re-election to continue representing the great state of Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more on why I\u2019m running to be your independent voice! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/afTzZSQ0qT\">pic.twitter.com\/afTzZSQ0qT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lisa Murkowski (@LisaForSenate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LisaForSenate\/status\/1459143955627479051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Murkowski has served as a moderate Republican in Congress, and she has not been afraid to buck her party in the past. She vocally criticized Trump throughout his term and voted to convict him in February on charges that he incited the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski\u2019s challenger is Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka, Alaska\u2019s commissioner of administration. Trump said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/18\/donald-trump-endorses-lisa-murkowskis-republican-challenger-2022-kelly-tshibaka\/\">endorsement<\/a>&nbsp;that Tshibaka is \u201ca fighter who stands for Alaska values and America first\u201d and vowed to travel to the state in 2022 to campaign against Murkowski.<\/p>\n<p>The race sets up a sort of proxy war between Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, whom Trump has repeatedly criticized, most recently for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/09\/old-crow-mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supporting the bipartisan infrastructure bill<\/a>. McConnell and his allies, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee, have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1457366612487643141\">vowed<\/a> to back Murkowski, who has held her seat since 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski\u2019s reelection effort is not the first that has been a fight. She lost to Tea Party candidate, Joe Miller, in the 2010 GOP primary, only to win the general election as a write-in candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Alaska also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/politics\/2020\/11\/17\/alaska-becomes-second-state-to-approve-ranked-choice-voting-as-ballot-measure-2-passes-by-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adopted<\/a> ranked-choice voting in 2020, allowing voters to rank their preferred candidates instead of selecting just one.<\/p>\n<p>While Murkowski is a lifelong Alaskan, Tshibaka left the state when she was 15 and returned in 2019. Tshibaka was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/27\/us-senate-candidate-under-investigation-for-improperly-receiving-resident-sportfish-license\/\">under investigation<\/a> earlier this year for allegedly obtaining a sportfishing license without residing in the state for long enough, and she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/08\/us-senate-candidate-cited-for-fishing-without-commercial-crew-license\/\">fined $270<\/a> for fishing without a license in October.<\/p>\n<p>Tshibaka has \u201ca problem with her fishing license and residency problem,\u201d Murkowski <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/10\/04\/politics\/lisa-murkowksi-kelly-tshibaka-residency\/index.html\">told<\/a> CNN. \u201cI don\u2019t know her. She just came back to the state a couple years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alaska Republican Sen. 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