Sarah Palin seeks political comeback in Alaska

Donald Trump ally and former Gov. Sarah Palin hopes to spark a political comeback in the Republican Alaska election.

The 58-year-old 2008 vice presidential candidate voted twice in the primary, in a special election to replace the former governor, who died in March, and a full two-year term in the House.

Meanwhile, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a regular Trump critic, is looking for a chance to survive the former president’s wrath after voting to convict him in a second impeachment trial down.

Alaska’s top four Senate candidates, regardless of party affiliation, advance to November’s general election, where voters will rank them in order of preference.

Since then, Republicans who voted to impeach Trump have largely lost the Republican primary.

In total, seven Republican senators and 10 Republican representatives joined every Democrat who stormed the U.S. Capitol days after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol mansion as Congress tries to justify a victory for President Joe Biden.

Many Republicans in Wyoming and across the country have essentially excommunicated Ms. Cheney for her outspoken criticism of Mr. Trump. House Republicans ousted her as House leader last year.

Most recently, the Wyoming Republican Party and the Republican National Committee condemned her.

She ended the primary with a staunch anti-Trump message.

“Today, regardless of the outcome, is certainly the beginning of a battle that will continue,” Ms. Cheney told CBS News after the vote, standing by her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney.

“We are facing a moment when our democracy is truly under attack and threat. And we Republicans, Democrats and independents who fully believe in liberty and care about the Constitution and the future of our country have an obligation to put it above the party.”