Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican who was censured by the Alaska Republican Party, pulled ahead of her right-wing opponent Kelly Tshibaka in the number of first-choice votes, with late-counted absentee and early votes breaking in her favor,” the Anchorage Daily News reports.
“The incumbent is on track to win reelection when ranked choice votes are tabulated by the Division of Election on Nov. 23.”
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