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Will Snowe Be The Next Murkowski?
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Nov 17, 2010 06:38pm |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | Julie Sobel |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 17, 2010 09:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | With the AP calling the Alaska Senate race for Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday -- making her the second senator ever to run a successful write-in campaign for the Senate -- some other moderate Republican senators who face potential challenges from the right may be taking note of how she pulled it off.
While a write-in campaign is certainly a final resort, Murkowski's more general playbook of running without party support may be a good model to follow. And as she prepares to go back to D.C. newly independent and empowered -- already parting ways with the Republicans on the earmarks ban, telling Katie Couric that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) lacks leadership skills and intellectual curiosity, and saying Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) cost Republicans a Senate majority, all while retaining her ranking member status on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee -- that model may begin to look more appealing.
Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) -- though not all are usually considered moderate -- all face the likelihood of a challenge from the right. Hutchinson could face a tough primary challenge from a Tea Party backed candidate after losing the gubernatorial primary badly to Gov. Rick Perry (R) this year. And there is already speculation on credible conservative challengers eyeing challenges to both Lugar and Hatch. |
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