GOP senator torpedoes Trump-backed candidate a week before Election Day: report
A Republican senator who has repeatedly clashed with President Donald Trump just undercut his pick in a closely watched governor's race.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) endorsed Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state lawmaker, in Alaska's gubernatorial race on Tuesday, NBC News reported. The endorsement passes over Bernadette Wilson, the Republican Trump endorsed earlier this month, with Election Day just one week away.
In an interview with KTUU, NBC's Anchorage affiliate, Murkowski called Kreiss-Tomkins "a commonsense guy who has a known ability to be working together." She argued that all three Republicans on the state's ranked-choice ballot are too partisan....
Oct 28, 2026