Sen. Kelly Merrick says she joined a 17-member bipartisan Senate majority to get things done. Opponents say she betrayed conservative voters.
Sen. Kelly Merrick , R- Eagle River , walks toward the House chamber in the Alaska State Capitol on Jan. 30, 2024.
“When you’re voting 90% of the time with Forrest Dunbar, and you’re saying you’re a conservative, that’s not conservative,” Goecker said while canvassing supporters ahead of the primary in a get-out-the-vote push in Eagle River this week. “That’s not even, like, moderate Republican — that’s left of center at that point.”
Goecker wouldn’t say how he would have voted if he’d been in the Senate at the time, but he said it never would have come to that. But Merrick said there were plenty of ways she did work closely with the Dunleavy administration. She points out that she was with the governor on Merrick said she hopes that’s a message that appeals to voters more than the call for adherence to Republican unity.Of the three Republicans challenging Merrick, Goecker has a sizable lead in fundraising. But he’s not alone in making Merrick’s willingness to work across the aisle a key issue.
“Being able to look at moderate issues, but conservative-led, yes,” he said in an interview at a bustling cafe in Eagle River.
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