Of course.”Babcock said the new elections system lets candidates “self-identify” with a party and is not an improvement over the old party primary process. The Senate seat has been held by a Murkowski since 1981; before Lisa Murkowski, it was her father, Republican Frank Murkowski. Murkowski overwhelmingly won her Republican primary against little-known opponents in 2016, the year Trump was elected. Hageman said the committee was “not focused on things that are important to the people of Wyoming.”Entering the final stretch of her primary campaign, Cheney hasn’t backed down. “I think she has looked at this and said, this is not about Liz Cheney,“ Murkowski said.

Source: thestar August 15, 2022 06:02 UTC