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August 24, 2004
Murkowski in Alaska
Lisa Murkowski is running against three conservative Republicans for the Alaska senatorial seat. I'm watching this race. What this article doesn't say is that the other three candidates are also trying to make abortion a big issue in the campaign.
Mainstream Republican leaders have embraced her. She's gotten the blessing of Alaska's senior senator, Ted Stevens, who called her "a hell of a lot better senator than her dad ever was."She's been endorsed by President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, who made a campaign appearance in Anchorage. There has been a pipeline of Cabinet secretaries choosing Alaska to announce federal programs.
She supports tax cuts championed by President Bush and emphasizes her close relationship with Stevens and Rep. Don Young.
Money has poured in to her campaign since she began campaigning in January 2003 and she had raised $3.75 million through Aug. 4.
Her three Republicans challengers do not believe she's the best person for the job: Former state Senate President Mike Miller, 53, a gift shop owner from North Pole who spent 18 years in the Legislature; Wev Shea, 60, the former U.S. attorney for Alaska, now in private practice, and perennial candidate Jim Dore, an Anchorage house framer.
Miller has not been subtle in reminding voters of the circumstances of Sen. Murkowski's appointment. A mailer last week showed a frog with a gold crown under the headline "Kiss monarchy goodbye."
Miller's campaign also has been tagging Murkowski with a label considered leprous by Alaska Republicans: liberal.
Posted by mbowen at August 24, 2004 07:43 AM
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