{"id":512808,"date":"2022-11-19T07:04:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T04:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/murkowski-trolls-alaska-senate-challenger-as-she-takes-lead-in-first-place-votes\/"},"modified":"2022-11-19T07:04:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T04:04:51","slug":"murkowski-trolls-alaska-senate-challenger-as-she-takes-lead-in-first-place-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/murkowski-trolls-alaska-senate-challenger-as-she-takes-lead-in-first-place-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Murkowski trolls Alaska Senate challenger as she takes lead in first-place votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cd14b00c46\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cd14b00c46\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/murkowski-trolls-alaska-senate-challenger-as-she-takes-lead-in-first-place-votes\/#Murkowski_trolls_Alaska_Senate_challenger_as_she_takes_lead_in_first-place_votes\" >Murkowski trolls Alaska Senate challenger as she takes lead in first-place votes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Murkowski_trolls_Alaska_Senate_challenger_as_she_takes_lead_in_first-place_votes\"><\/span>Murkowski trolls Alaska Senate challenger as she takes lead in first-place votes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/murkowskilisa_tshibakakelly_081222gn-ap-mark-thiessen_split_murkowski.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) trolled her Republican opponent Kelly Tshibaka after she took a lead in the first-place votes for the state\u2019s Senate race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alaska\u2019s ranked-choice voting system means voters ranked the candidates from first place to last. A candidate must win a majority of first-place votes to win outright without additional rounds being needed.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>No candidate is projected to win a majority of first-place votes in the first round. Tshibaka had led Murkowski narrowly since Election Day, but Murkowski took a lead and noted it in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LisaForSenate\/status\/1593803296556216320?cxt=HHwWgMCj0ezpqZ4sAAAA\">a tweet<\/a> on her campaign account Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski posted a GIF from the movie \u201cThe Usual Suspects,\u201d including the start of one line from the movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd just like that \u2026\u201d the GIF states, with text overlaying it continuing, \u201cKelly\u2019s claim that she only lost because of Ranked Choice was gone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski led Tshibaka by about 0.4 points in the first-place votes with 98 percent reporting as of Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under ranked choice, the candidate with the fewest first-place votes is eliminated if no one wins a majority in the first round, and their votes are then redistributed to the remaining candidates according to their voters\u2019 second preferences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republican Buzz Kelley received less than 3 percent of the vote, so he will be eliminated first, and Democrat Pat Chesbro, who won about 10 percent of the vote,\u00a0will be eliminated in the second round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Whichever candidate receives more of Chesbro\u2019s votes will likely win the race. Analysts view Murkowski as more likely to prevail, as she is more moderate and less supportive of former President Trump than Tshibaka is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All absentee votes will be counted by Wednesday, and the additional vote tallies from the additional rounds will be published then.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives previously slammed ranked-choice voting after Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola (D) won the special election for Alaska\u2019s House seat in August over Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich through receiving enough first- and second-place votes to prevail.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3742812-murkowski-trolls-alaska-senate-challenger-as-she-takes-lead-in-first-place-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murkowski trolls Alaska Senate challenger as she takes lead in first-place votes Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) trolled her Republican opponent Kelly Tshibaka after she took a lead in the first-place votes for the state\u2019s Senate race.\u00a0 Alaska\u2019s ranked-choice voting system means voters ranked the candidates from first place to last. A candidate must win a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":512809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/murkowskilisa_tshibakakelly_081222gn-ap-mark-thiessen_split_murkowski.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[134346,135479,134747,134418,134353,86421,124783,135480,71445,115,135887,134345,4965],"class_list":["post-512808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2022-midterms","tag-alaska-senate-race","tag-arts-culture","tag-congress-blog","tag-court-battles","tag-criminal-justice","tag-international","tag-kelly-tshibaka","tag-lisa-murkowski","tag-news","tag-ranked-choice-voting","tag-state-watch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}