A Political Comeback Is Being Sought By Sarah Palin In Alaska
The former governor of Alaska and longtime ally of Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, is hoping to ignite a political comeback in the Republican Party’s upcoming Alaskan elections.
In the primaries, the 58-year-old former vice presidential candidate will be on the ballot twice. He will run in a special election to replace the deceased former governor, as well as one for a full two-year term in the House of Representatives.
After voting to convict him in his second impeachment trial, a periodic critic of President Donald Trump Senator Lisa Murkowski is seeking an opportunity to survive the former president’s wrath after voting for his conviction.
In the November general election, the top four Senate candidates in Alaska, regardless of their political party affiliation, will advance to the general election, where the voters will rank them based on their preferences.
A Political Comeback Is Being Sought By Sarah Palin In Alaska
Across the country, Liz Cheney, a Republican leader who was a key member of the Republican resistance to the former president, lost her primary contest to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman in Wyoming.
Since the impeachment vote, Republicans who voted for Mr. Trump’s impeachment have been largely defeated in Republican primaries.
As a result, seven Republican senators and 10 Republican representatives from the US House of Representatives supported the impeachment of Mr. Trump after his supporters stormed the US Capitol as Congress tried to certify the victory of President Joe Biden in the days following his inauguration.
It is only two of those 10 members of Congress who have won their GOP primaries this year.
The rest of them have either lost their re-election bids or declined to run again. Should she succeed in defying expectations on Tuesday, Ms. Cheney would become just the third woman to return to Congress.
As a result of her outspoken criticism of Mr. Trump, many Republicans in Wyoming – and across the entire country – had essentially excommunicated Ms. Cheney because of her outspoken criticism of him. Last year, the House GOP ousted her from her position as a leader of the House.
Recently, she has been censured by the Wyoming GOP and the Republican National Committee.
In the congressional committee investigating Mr. Trump’s role in the January 6 attack, Ms. Cheney has emerged as a leader, giving the Democratic-led panel bipartisan credibility in its investigation.
As she closed out her primary campaign, she delivered a message that was unflinchingly anti-Trump.
“Today, no matter the outcome of the election, is certainly the beginning of a long battle that will continue for some time to come,” Ms. Cheney told CBS News after casting her vote alongside her father, former vice president Dick Cheney, during the election broadcast.
In my opinion, we are now facing a situation where our democracy is being attacked and threatened on a daily basis.
Then those of us in the Republican party, the Democratic party, and the independent party who are deeply committed to freedom, who care about the Constitution and who care about the future of the country, have an obligation to put that above party.”