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Oct 27, 2026

Lisa Murkowski endorses Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for Alaska governor

Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski crossed party lines to endorse Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins in Alaska's gubernatorial race, praising the former Sitka state lawmaker's commitment to bipartisanship. Kreiss-Tomkins is the only Democrat running in the state's ranked choice election against three Republican candidates.

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Four Senate Democrats demand restoration of clean energy grants before permitting bill vote

Senators Tammy Duckworth, Ron Wyden, Ed Markey, and Jeff Merkley are pressing the Trump administration to restore billions in canceled clean energy grants as a condition for supporting a bipartisan permitting reform bill. The Democrats are expressing distrust that the administration will treat renewable energy fairly under the proposed legislation.

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Top claims

▪Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has received endorsement support from several former Republican state legislators in Alaska.
▪Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins made bipartisan cooperation a centerpiece of his Alaska gubernatorial campaign, pledging to appoint Republicans and independents alongside Democrats to his cabinet if elected.
▪Former President Donald Trump attacked U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski on Truth Social, calling her the "Republicans' Worst Senator" and criticizing her history of crossing party lines in Alaska elections.

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Democratic Party2 Bipartisanship1 Congress1 Elections1 Energy1 Environment1 Political parties1 State politics1 Trump administration1 U.S. endorsements & alliances1 U.S. energy policy1 U.S. governors1 U.S. Senate politics1

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