Alaska candidate Bernadette Wilson criticizes Lisa Murkowski over Democratic endorsement

Trump-backed Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson criticized United States Senator Lisa Murkowski after Murkowski endorsed Democratic candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins in the Alaska governor race, Fox News reported. Wilson stated that she was not surprised by the cross-party endorsement, calling Murkowski and Kreiss-Tomkins two peas in a pod. [1][3][4][5][6]

According to Fox News, Wilson alleged that Murkowski and Kreiss-Tomkins share similar views regarding taxation and the oil industry in Alaska. Reports from AOL.com, Around Prague, The Washington Post, and WCTI also confirmed that Murkowski chose to back Kreiss-Tomkins over the Trump-backed candidate. [1][3][4][5][6]

Murkowski has served as the senior United States senator from Alaska since 2002 and is the first woman to represent the state in Congress. Kreiss-Tomkins is running alongside independent Anchorage Assemblyman Zac Johnson and is the only Democrat on the general election ballot, as FTMQ News reported earlier. [8][9]

Separately, the New York Post reported that Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola did not fully deny personal involvement in an effort to recruit another candidate named Dan Sullivan into the Senate race. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy previously ordered an investigation into claims that Peltola's campaign recruited the candidate to confuse voters, as FTMQ News reported earlier. [2][10]