# Trump-backed Alaska candidate blasts ‘so-called Republican’ Murkowski for endorsing Dem

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-backed-alaska-candidate-blasts-so-called-republican-murkowski-for-endorsing-dem/
- Published: 2026-10-30T09:00:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T09:35:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-backed-alaska-candidate-blasts-so-called-republican-murkowski-endorsing-dem
- Topics: Geopolitics, Politics, World

## Key points

- Murkowski endorsed Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for Alaska governor.
- Republican candidate Bernadette Wilson criticised the endorsement over policy differences.
- Trump endorsed Wilson on 13 October.

## Summary

Alaska Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson criticised Senator Lisa Murkowski for endorsing Democratic candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, calling her a “so-called Republican”. Wilson said the endorsement was unsurprising because she believes their views on taxes and the oil industry are similar.

Wilson cited Kreiss-Tomkins’s support for considering broad-based taxes to balance Alaska’s budget, and accused him of favouring higher income and fuel taxes and changes affecting oil companies and the state’s permanent fund dividend. President Donald Trump endorsed Wilson on 13 October, before Murkowski backed Kreiss-Tomkins; the article also notes Murkowski’s disagreements with Trump on voting legislation and war powers. Murkowski and Kreiss-Tomkins did not respond to requests for comment.

---
Summarised by TalkFuse (https://talkfuse.com/). Quote the original publisher for the reporting and link this page for the summary and discussion.