Jackson Vote Poses a Political Dilemma for Murkowski

Posted on AllSides April 3rd, 2022
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Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times
ANALYSIS

When President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to a prestigious appeals court last year, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a centrist known for her willingness to break with her party, was one of only three Republicans to vote to confirm her.

Now Ms. Murkowski, who is in a challenging re-election race in the state she has represented for two decades, faces a difficult political predicament as she weighs whether to support Judge Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, joining Democrats in backing the first Black woman to serve there....

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/us/politics/lisa-murkowski-ketanji-brown-jackson.html

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