Kelly Tshibaka, former candidate for U.S. Senate and now host of the podcast, TV, and radio show STAND, has been named Alaska state chair for Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
Trump has received endorsements from other Alaska leaders, including Sen. Dan Sullivan, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, as well as congressional candidate Nick Begich.
Rep. Mary Peltola, on the other hand, has endorsed President Joe Biden, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she is not endorsing either Biden or Trump. She told reporters earlier this month that she was holding out hope for Nikki Haley, who has just lost her home state South Carolina’s primary.
Tshibaka ran as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022 against Murkowski. She co-hosts STAND with husband Niki Tshibaka. The show is dedicated to making courage contagious.
“President Trump boldly stands for freedom, truth, and government led by the people of America,” she said. “He alone inspires confidence that we can restore hope, unity, and prosperity after the destruction caused by Joe Biden and the Left over these past four years.”
Trump recently called into the Republican Women of Fairbanks’ Lincoln Day Dinner and spoke to the crowd via the cell phone of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who was in attendance at the Westmark Hotel gala.
Alaska Republicans will have the opportunity to state their preference among the candidates participating in the March 5th Presidential Preference Poll, which is a type of caucus that is by ballot. It is run by volunteers of the Republican Party of Alaska, and those who want to participate who are not Republicans can change their voter registration at the door. The locations are at this link. The Alaska Republican Party has not announced who will be on its March 5 caucus ballot, but Trump and Haley are believed to have signed up, and Haley shows no signs of pulling out.
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