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Trump's Senate candidate in Alaska lost to Lisa Murkowski, the latest in a string of failures for his endorsees

Mia Jankowicz   

Trump's Senate candidate in Alaska lost to Lisa Murkowski, the latest in a string of failures for his endorsees
  • 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.

$4 in the four-person race received the necessary 50% of first-choice votes, but Murkowski took the lead after picking up many second-choice votes from the eliminated Democrat Pat Chesbro.

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.)

During one rally, $4 and "worse than a Democrat."

$4 — something that was borne out as Tshibaka took on several Trump-linked advisors to helm her campaign, $4.

Trump's endorsements $4, where the vast majority candidates he backed — many of whom were incumbents — won the party nomination, $4.

But during the 2022 midterms several high-profile candidates that he backed lost their races.

In Alaska, he also backed Sarah Palin, who $4.

Former TV doctor $4 to progressive Democrat John Fetterman.

$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



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