GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced her bid Friday for reelection in a race that's sure to be tough for the moderate Republican who has been a strong critic of former President Donald Trump.
"I'm running for reelection," she said in a video released by her campaign."In this election, lower 48 outsiders are going to try to grab Alaska's Senate seat for their partisan agendas. They don't understand our state and frankly, they couldn't care less about your future. My commitment to Alaska is the same one I made during my first campaign.
Read MoreMurkowski has previously taken aim at Tshibaka, also a Republican, over her ties to Alaska in an interview with CNN last month, alluding to a state investigation into whether Tshibaka illegally obtained a fishing license for a sportfishing event in 2019 because she had not lived in the state for the previous 12 months."Alaskans take their fishing very seriously," Murkowski said."She's got a problem with her fishing license and residency problem.
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