Records: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Funded By Lower-48 Donors Despite Her Criticism Of Outside Influence

In a campaign ad announcing her bid for re-election, Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski branded her opposition from the right as an effort among D.C. partisans to buy the state's Senate seat.

Murkowski, who's raised more than $5 million to protect her incumbent status, is financed by large contributions from individuals and political action committees providing more than 89 percent of her funding.

A major super PAC supporting Murkowski also appears to be funneling money from the Lower 48 into the Alaskan contest under the guise of resident leadership, even as the incumbent lawmaker opened her campaign with a condemnation of outside influence.

"It's so typical [for] Murkowski that 'Alaskans for Lisa Murkowski' is completely funded by people from the Lower 48," Tshibaka told The Federalist.

"Murkowski turned her back on Alaska a long time ago, but she continues to pretend to still represent us. Instead, she's a reliable vote for the D.C. insiders who fund her campaign." Murkowski has pitched her time in Washington as a bipartisan lawmaker often reaching across the aisle to secure federal favors for Alaskans as a reason to keep her in the upper chamber for six more years.

In explaining her controversial vote last year, Murkowski expressed regret for a vote to approve President Barack Obama's choice for the nation's pre-eminent land agency nearly 10 years ago, Secretary Sally Jewel.

Months prior, Murkowski was the sole Republican vote for Democrats' electoral power grab that would overturn state election laws.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/26/records-sen-lisa-murkowski-funded-by-lower-48-donors-despite-her-criticism-of-outside-influence/