At AFN, Murkowski says she’ll vote for longtime friend and Democrat Mary Peltola for U.S. House

 Alaska's Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she plans to run against Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola first in the U House race on the November ballot as she runs for a fourth term. Her remarks focused on what she sees as reasons for optimism for the state, in particular the massive amounts of federal funding set to pour in as a result of pandemic relief and infrastructure spending

Murkowski's speech also touched on the U.S. House seat held for almost five decades by the late Don Young, and recently won in a special election by Mary Peltola, who is running in the Nov. 8 general election for the full term that begins in January.

• Murkowski said that she's been a Republican since registering to vote at age 18, and that she still believes in party tenets of limited government and strong national defense - but feels no obligation to stick to partisan orthodoxy.
• That openness to bipartisanship, compromise and breaking with party has led Murkowski to face sanction by Alaska Republicans in recent years, including censure from different district chapters and the state party leadership's endorsement of her challenger to the right in this year's Senate race.

https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/10/21/at-afn-murkowski-says-shell-vote-for-longtime-friend-and-democrat-mary-peltola-for-us-house/