- GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski held onto her Senate seat in Alaska, despite opposition from Trump.
- Trump-backed rival Kelly Tshibaka conceded the election on Wednesday.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski held onto her seat in Alaska, in the latest failure by Trump-endorsed candidates to reshape the party in the former president's image.
Murkowski was projected as the winner in Alaska late on Wednesday, $4.
Unlike most Senate races, the contest in Alaska was mainly fought between two Republicans — Murkowski and the Trump-backed candidate Kelly Tshibaka, who lost.
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Tshibaka lamented the state's voting system in a concession note $4, calling it "an incumbent-protection program."
Trump has made no secret of his contempt for Murkowski, who $4 in the impeachment trial that followed the riot at the Capitol.
(Trump was acquitted in that vote, which was 57-43 in favor of conviction, less than the necessary two-thirds.)
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But during the 2022 midterms several high-profile candidates that he backed lost their races.
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$4 include Kari Lake, Don Bulduc, JR Majewski, Blake Masters, and Joe Kent. Meanwhile, the fate of Herschel Walker, running for Georgia's Senate seat, is in the balance $4