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In a sign that state Republican parties might be coming to the realization that supporting inveterate losers like Martha McSally and various quislings in their primary contests, the Alaska GOP has announced that it will be actively supporting Lisa Murkowski’s challenger, Kelly Tshibaka.
The Alaska Republican State Central Committee on Saturday endorsed Kelly Tshibaka in the 2022 race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Lisa Murkowski.
The committee approved Tshibaka’s endorsement in a 58-17 vote during a meeting in Fairbanks.
In a statement, Tshibaka said she will uphold conservative ideals and be a senator who Alaskans “can depend to make every decision based on what is best for our great state.”
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Alaska candidate shadowed by anti-gay article, election post
By MARK THIESSENApril 27, 2021 GMT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A candidate for U.S. Senate in Alaska previously wrote articles in support of an organization that espoused gay conversion therapy, questioned the integrity of elections and described the “Twilight” books and movies as evil.
Many of the articles, blogs and posts by candidate Kelly Tshibaka have been deleted but some are available through archived internet pages, as first reported Tuesday by CNN.
Tshibaka said in an email to The Associated Press that the CNN article “is just proof that our campaign is gaining momentum, which has Lisa Murkowski and her allies scared to death.”
Print article A candidate for U.S. Senate in Alaska previously wrote articles in support of an organization that espoused gay conversion therapy, questioned the integrity of elections and described the “Twilight” books and movies as evil. Many of the articles, blogs and posts by candidate Kelly Tshibaka have been deleted but some are available through archived internet pages, as first reported Tuesday by CNN. Tshibaka said in an email to The Associated Press that the CNN article “is just proof that our campaign is gaining momentum, which has Lisa Murkowski and her allies scared to death.” “Nothing frightens the DC political insiders more than the thought of a strong, independent Alaskan leader in their ranks,” she said.
April 27 2021 6:06 PM EDT
A Republican politician challenging U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the 2022 election once endorsed conversion therapy, has denounced the
Twilight book and movie series, and has claimed the 2020 presidential election was marked by widespread fraud.
CNN’s KFile investigative project revealed these facts about Kelly Tshibaka, who who has hired many people with connections to Donald Trump for her campaign against Murkowski. Murkowski, a Republican, sometimes breaks with her party for instance, voting to uphold the Affordable Care Act in 2017 and against an anti-transgender amendment to this year’s COVID-19 relief bill. She also voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, an act for which she was censured by the Alaska Republican Party.