Alaska has long been a solid GOP strong hold, but could fall to the Democrats in November if Senator Lisa Murkowski decides to run as either a write in candidate or shows up on the ballot as the Libertarian Party’s candidate. Sen. Murkowski lost a very tight primary election to Tea Party Express candidate Joe [...]
Tea party Express candidate Joe Millar who had the backing of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has won the Alaska GOP Senate primary as current Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski conceded the race. With Murkowski trailing by roughly 1,630 votes after more than 15,000 absentee ballots had been counted late Tuesday evening the writing was on [...]
Democrats in the Senate failed to turn a single Republican to vote for the DISCLOSE Act legislation which failed on a 57-41 vote on Tuesday. Earlier this year the Supreme Court ruling in the ‘Citizen’s United’ case undid much of the campaign finance laws already on the books which President Obama criticized. The Democratic congress [...]
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