2022 AK Senate race: on Government Reform

Kelly Tshibaka: Worked to expose waste and fraud in government

Tshibaka positioned herself as having a record of reducing government size and spending. "I got to work in agencies where we actually expose waste and fraud and we hold insiders accountable and we return hundreds and millions of dollars to American taxpayers," Tshibaka said. "I did that in the Department of Justice [and] I did that in the intelligence community." Source: The Homer News on 2022 Alaska Senate race Mar 30, 2021

Kelly Tshibaka: We don't know outcome of 2020 election; I have questions

[Four months after election finalized]: "We don't know the outcome of the 2020 election," Tshibaka responded when asked whether she agreed with Trump that he won the 2020 election. "In the 2020 election, there were questions raised in several states, and we're not allowed to look into the questions of those allegations to see what actually happened," she said. "I still have questions, and I think millions of other Americans do too." There was no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Source: WENY News (Elmira NY) on 2022 Alaska Senate race Mar 30, 2021

Lisa Murkowski: Supported Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to Supreme Court

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a crucial Republican swing vote in Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, received a playful prodding from the former governor of Alaska on Twitter.

"I can see 2022 from my house," Sarah Palin tweeted, mentioning Murkowski. The tweet was widely viewed as a thinly-veiled threat to challenge Murkowski in her 2022 reelection campaign to the Senate. "From my house" references a 2008 SNL sketch mocking Palin..

Murkowski was the only Republican to vote against a procedural move advancing Kavanaugh's nomination. "I believe that Brett Kavanaugh is a good man. But in my view he's not the right man for the court at this time," she said after the vote. "This has truly been the most difficult evaluation of a decision that I've ever had to make."

This isn't the first time Murkowski has faced the potential consequences of her votes. She lost the Republican primary to a Tea Party challenger in 2010, winning re-election with a write-in campaign instead.

Source: USA Today on Twitter posting for 2022 Alaska Senate race Oct 5, 2018

Sarah Palin: Supported Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to Supreme Court

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a crucial Republican swing vote in Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, received a playful prodding from the former governor of Alaska on Twitter.

"I can see 2022 from my house," Sarah Palin tweeted, mentioning Murkowski. The tweet was widely viewed as a thinly-veiled threat to challenge Murkowski in her 2022 reelection campaign to the Senate.

"From my house" references a 2008 Saturday Night Live sketch mocking Palin, then John McCain's running mate. To this day, many Americans believe it was Palin that said "I can see Russia from my house" when in fact the line was delivered by Tina Fey.

Earlier this year, Palin expressed a willingness to run for public office again: she told Fox News host Mark Levin in April that she was glad she joined the McCain ticket and would do it again "in a heartbeat."

Murkowski was the only Republican to vote against a procedural move advancing Kavanaugh's nomination.

Source: USA Today on Twitter posting for 2022 Alaska Senate race Oct 5, 2018

Edgar Blatchford: Wants to reform federal campaign finance laws

He wants to reform federal campaign finance laws, adding transparency. And he supports increasing corporate accountability, saying that Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is a hero for her positions on corporations. He said it's clear why wealthy donors outside Alaska give money to candidates in the state. "It's because they want to buy influence," he said. "People in global corporations don't give money out of the goodness of their heart. They expect something in return." Source: KTOO-TV (channel 10 Juneau) on 2022 Alaska Senate race Aug 11, 2022

Lisa Murkowski: Ensure states can provide security for their elections

SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI (R-AK): What are we doing to ensure that states have the ability to provide security for their elections? We're looking at application of the Help Americans Vote Act, which has been in place for a long while now, working with the Electoral Commission Act, to determine what more can we do in terms of safeguards, safeguards to voting, ensuring that there's an appropriate chain of custody once ballots are cast?

SEN. JOE MANCHIN (D-WV): What we're looking at is now, how do we protect what happened in the insurrection, that will never happen again, such as that people think they can come here and overturn it, but, on the other hand, how do we protect election workers with the federal crimes if someone threatens them or intimidates them or interferes with the election?

Source: CNN SOTU interviews on 2022 Alaska Senate race Feb 6, 2022

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