Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski defeated Donald Trump-backed fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka Wednesday after the state invoked its ranked voting system, winning her fourth full term in the Senate.
Murkowski, who famously won reelection in 2010 as a write-in candidate after losing her primary, was leading Tshibaka by 7 percentage points when the AP called the race on Nov. 23 at 8:09 p.m. Eastern time.
Both Murkowski and Tshikaba had advanced into the top four in the state’s all-party Senate primary this summer, as did Tshibaka and two other candidates (Democrat Patricia Chesbro and Republican Buzz Kelley).
