NEW: Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Trump-backed foe Kelly Tshibaka advance to Alaska general election
Trump has made unseating Murkowski and other Republican lawmakers who supported his impeachment or conviction over the Jan. 6, 2021 attack a top priority in this year's midterm elections.Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka, the Trump-backed former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration, are expected to finish first and second in the non-partisan blanket primary respectively.
Under Alaska's new system, four candidates advance in the primary and face off in a ranked-choice general election.
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