{"id":1707702,"date":"2022-10-23T07:56:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T11:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707702"},"modified":"2022-10-23T09:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:33:39","slug":"lisa-murkowski-to-vote-for-house-democrat-candidate-over-sarah-palin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lisa-murkowski-to-vote-for-house-democrat-candidate-over-sarah-palin\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Murkowski to Vote for House Democrat Candidate Over 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\">22<\/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-to-vote-for-house-democrat-candidate-over-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=1707702&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1240750414-1-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Twenty-one-year incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has said she will vote for Democrat House candidate Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) over Republican challenger former Gov. Sarah Palin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I am,\u201d\u00a0<span dir=\"auto\">Murkowski responded Friday when asked by the\u00a0<em>Anchorage Daily News<\/em> if she would vote for the Democrat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\"><span dir=\"auto\">Alaska uses the\u00a0ranked choice voting system, which ultimately affords Democrat voters the opportunity to vote for Murkowski on the second and third ballots. Murkowski\u2019s decision to vote for a Democrat is likely intended to attract more votes down-ballot to ultimately defeat Trump-endorsed Senate Republican candidate Kelly Tshibaka, who is leading in the polls by a slim margin.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisamurkowski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lisamurkowski<\/a> says she is going to pick <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryPeltola?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MaryPeltola<\/a> as her first choice on her ballot. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah I am,\u201d she says when asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachHughesNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZachHughesNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/38iv421W0Z\">pic.twitter.com\/38iv421W0Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LACaldwellDC\/status\/1583620402483322880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A recent video exposed a Murkowski aide who said the 2020 ballot initiative to decide whether to institute ranked choice voting in Alaska was\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/alaskas-senate-nail-biter-kelly-tshibaka-vote-election-race-midterms-lisa0murkowski-gop-republican-press-media-11665089127?mod=hp_opin_pos_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">pushed<\/a>\u00a0by people who \u201cwanted Lisa to get reelected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Alaska\u2019s ranked-choice general election and open primary system works like this:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>All candidates from all parties appear on the ballot together in the August primary. The top four vote-getters regardless of party then advance to the general election, and their voters are given the opportunity to pick their top choice, as well as their second and third choices. If no candidate in the first round of voters\u2019 first choices gets 50 percent of the vote, the last place candidate\u2019s second choices are distributed across the remaining three candidates to see if someone can get across the majority threshold. If that fails again to produce a majority vote-getter, then a third round is conducted where the third place candidate\u2019s votes are redistributed according to second choices between the remaining two candidates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\"><span dir=\"auto\">In essence, Murkowski is willing to ally herself with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\">Peltola, a House member since September after a special election, to receive help in her own race from Democrats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>In a recent podcast interview, Palin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/07\/sarah-palin-ranked-choice-voting-designed-elect-democrats-destroy-country\/\">warned<\/a> that ranked choice voting would \u201celect Democrats and destroy our country.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>Murkowski\u2019s alliance with Peltola comes as the Republican Party of Alaska voted in March 2021 to censure Murkowski and asked her to leave the party after she voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. Murkowski has refused to leave the party and has, instead, doubled down by working with Democrats. In the last two years, she has\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&#038;cx=partner-pub-9229289037503472:6795176714&#038;q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/08\/18\/9-times-lisa-murkowski-voted-democrats\/&#038;sa=U&#038;ved=2ahUKEwiNxdff3Mn6AhUFD1kFHRaMA7MQFnoECAEQAg&#038;usg=AOvVaw22XvYScyoXPBUTmjtgocH2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a>\u00a0nine times with Democrats. If reelected, she has\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&#038;cx=partner-pub-9229289037503472:6795176714&#038;q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/09\/15\/establishment-lisa-murkowski-vow-assist-biden-administration-reelected\/&#038;sa=U&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjlpZ_n3Mn6AhVGLFkFHWjcCWUQFnoECAIQAg&#038;usg=AOvVaw0IzfC4VVpD0z8gwaHJ7qeB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledged<\/a>\u00a0to continue to aid the Democrats\u2019 agenda.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21681991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p>Murkowski also has the\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/10\/20\/7-alaskan-gop-committees-oppose-mitch-mcconnell-bullying-trump-endorsed-kelly-tshibaka-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backing<\/a>\u00a0of Sen. Mitch McConnell\u2019s Senate Leadership Fund, which has flooded the Senate race with about $9 million. Seven Alaskan Republican committees have issued a public rebuke of McConnell\u2019s financial influence behind the 21-year incumbent Senator in opposition to Tshibaka.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">In total, Murkowski has outspent Tshibaka by about $7.5 million, though polling shows Tshibaka is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/10\/07\/projection-predicts-trump-backed-kelly-tshibaka-will-defeat-21-year-incumbent-sen-lisa-murkowski-alaska\/\">leading<\/a>. Eighty-five percent of Murkowski\u2019s campaign contributions have come from out-of-state donors. The large percentage of money raised by Murkowski outside the state raises questions about where her interests lie.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8. He is the author of\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Politics-Slave-Morality-Wendell-Husebo-ebook\/dp\/B08PPYQSDZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Politics of Slave Morality<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-one-year incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has said she will vote for Democrat House candidate Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) over Republican challenger former Gov. Sarah Palin. \u201cYeah, I am,\u201d\u00a0Murkowski responded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707705,"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":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"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\/1707702","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=1707702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}