{"id":1707219,"date":"2022-10-22T17:33:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T21:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707219"},"modified":"2022-10-22T17:33:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T21:33:19","slug":"republican-sen-murkowski-says-she-will-vote-for-democrat-running-against-sarah-palin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-sen-murkowski-says-she-will-vote-for-democrat-running-against-sarah-palin\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Sen. Murkowski Says She Will Vote For Democrat Running Against Sarah Palin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Frepublican-sen-murkowski-says-she-will-vote-for-democrat-running-against-sarah-palin%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=1707219&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--><p>As Republicans push to gain control of the House and Senate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/2022-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">midterm elections<\/a>, one GOP senator is backing her Democrat friend over multiple Republican candidates, including former Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sarah-palin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Palin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) told reporters following an event in Anchorage that she is \u201cso happy to welcome Mary Peltola as our representative for all of Alaska,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/21\/at-afn-murkowski-says-shell-vote-for-longtime-friend-and-democrat-mary-peltola-for-us-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Anchorage Daily News. Peltola, a Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sarah-palin-loses-to-democrat-mary-peltola-in-special-u-s-house-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won a special election<\/a> held in August to replace the late Rep. Don Young (R-AK), who died in March after serving as the state\u2019s lone representative for nearly 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter with the Anchorage Daily News asked the senator if she planned on putting Peltola\u2019s name first on Alaska\u2019s new ranked-choice voting ballot in November. Murkowski responded, \u201cYeah, I am,\u201d later explaining that \u201cMary is a friend. \u2026 We have been friends for 25 years, and the fact that we\u2019re Republican and Democrat has never interfered with that friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7ArBOzBgA0k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7ArBOzBgA0k\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">CLICK HERE TO WATCH ELECTION WIRE FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS AND POLLING ON THE UPCOMING MIDTERMS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Democrat has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marypeltola.com\/my-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaigned<\/a> on fighting climate change, strengthening Obamacare, supporting abortion rights, and pushing for the leftist LGBTQ Equality Act. Peltola defeated Republicans Palin and Nick Begich III in a surprise victory for Democrats in Alaska\u2019s first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/a-scam-gop-senator-blasts-ranked-choice-voting-after-alaska-democrat-wins-house-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranked-choice voting<\/a> election.<\/p>\n<p>For the August special election, Palin, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump in the race, spent four times the amount of money spent by the Peltola campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/08\/31\/democrat-peltola-beats-palin-in-alaska-special-election-upset-00054428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Politico. The election surprised many, not only because Republicans have dominated in the state for decades, but also because Trump defeated President Joe Biden by 10 points in Alaska in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski often draws the ire of conservatives by breaking with party lines and joining Democrats in the Senate. Like her friend Peltola, Murkowski strongly supports abortion rights and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murkowski.senate.gov\/press\/release\/-murkowski-reiterates-strong-support-for-codification-of-roe-v-wade-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed<\/a> to codify <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. The senator also famously joined former Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), and Senate Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/senate-gop-effort-repeal-obamacare-fails-n787311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stop<\/a> a Republican attempt at repealing Obamacare in 2017, dealing a huge blow to the Trump administration in its first year.<\/p>\n<p>The Alaska senator, who will also be on the ballot next month, stood by her support of a Democratic candidate in a red state during a contentious election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that bothers some people who want me to be that rigid, partisan person, and I\u2019m just not. I\u2019m not, haven\u2019t been, and I won\u2019t be,\u201d Murkowski said. \u201cI do not toe the party line just because party leaders have asked or because it may be expected. My first obligation is to the people of the state of Alaska.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Republicans push to gain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, one GOP senator is backing her Democrat friend over multiple Republican candidates, including former Governor Sarah Palin. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) told reporters following an event in Anchorage that she is \u201cso happy to welcome Mary Peltola as our representative &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}