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Fox News Feature: Tshibaka endorsed by pro-female candidates conservative group over incumbent Murkowski

FIRST ON FOX: A leading outside group that's dedicated to electing conservative women is endorsing the female Republican ([link removed]) primary challenger to longtime GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski ([link removed]) of Alaska.

Maggie's List on Wednesday backed former Alaska ([link removed]) commissioner of administration Kelly Tshibaka. The move was one of three endorsements made by the influential federal political action committee that was shared first with Fox News.

The endorsement of Tshibaka was the first time Maggie’s List since its founding in 2010 has backed a challenger to a female Republican member of the Senate ([link removed]) or House of Representatives.

Murkowski, a moderate Republican with a history of working across the aisle to achieve bipartisan agreements, was one of seven GOP lawmakers in the Senate to join all 50 Democrats in voting to convict former President Trump ([link removed]) in his February impeachment trial on charges of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump was acquitted when the Senate vote fell 10 short of the two-thirds needed to convict. Murkowski is the only one of those seven Republicans running for reelection in next year's midterms.

Trump vowed to come to Alaska to campaign against the senator. Earlier this year he endorsed Tshibaka, and a couple of leading members of Trump's 2020 presidential reelection inner circle are working as senior advisers on Tshibaka's team.

While targeted by Trump and the Alaska GOP, Murkowski has the support of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the reelection arm of the Senate GOP, which has long backed Republican incumbents running for reelection. And longtime Senate GOP leader Sen. Mitch McConnell ([link removed]) and his political team have pledged to support Murkowski as she runs for reelection. The McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund, the top outside super PAC backing Senate Republicans, endorsed Murkowski earlier this year.

Maggie’s List on Wednesday also endorsed Republican House candidates Esther Joy King in Illinois' 17th Congressional District and Tanya Wheeless in Arizona's 9th Congressional District, two Democratic-held seats the House GOP's targeting in the 2022 midterm elections. Republicans need a net gain of just five seats in the 435-member chamber to regain the majority.

"Conservative candidates have an important mission in the 2022 elections – to regain control of both houses of Congress and we at Maggie’s List believe that our endorse candidates present the best opportunity to win their respective elections in November, Jennifer Carroll, former Florida lieutenant governor and Maggie's List national spokesperson, told Fox News.

Carroll emphasized that Maggie's List is "proud to endorse these three candidates who have already demonstrated their commitment to conservative values and serving our nation."

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Meet our endorsed candidates
Kelly Tshibaka, U.S. Senate Alaska
Kelly Tshibaka, candidate for U.S.Senate, Alaska

Kelly exposed waste, fraud, and abuse; protected civil liberties and privacy; and investigated official misconduct in the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and 17 Intelligence Community agencies. Kelly believes that Alaska's Senate Seat isn't something that should be passed down like a family heirloom. As one of Alaska's representatives in Washington Kelly will always put our citizens first and FIGHT for Alaska Values. That means better jobs, fairer trade deals and no more sweetheart deals for DC Insiders. Since 2006, Niki and Kelly have led a non-profit organization that focuses on leadership development and has partnered with anti-human trafficking, orphan care, and homeless advocacy organizations.
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Tanya Wheeless for Arizona-09
Tanya Wheeless for AZ-09

Tanya Wheeless loves life, she loves people, she loves solving problems, and she loves Arizona!

A valley native, she was born to teen parents, and is the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants. She grew up in a working class family that often struggled, but despite the challenges she learned the importance of faith, family, hard work, and personal responsibility.

Driven by the desire to create a better life for herself, Tanya worked from the time she was fourteen. She earned an academic scholarship to put herself through Arizona State University, becoming the first person in her family to graduate from college. She went on to graduate from ASU Law with distinction earning a job at one of the nation’s top law firms.

As a lawyer, business association CEO, sports executive with the Phoenix Suns, small business owner, and community advocate she understands the impact that policy can have on our lives.

Tanya lives in Tempe with her husband Steve, an attorney and former F-16 pilot in the U.S. Air Force. They have three wonderful children and two dogs who keep them on their toes. When they aren’t hiking or exploring new places you can find them at grandma’s enjoying dinner and playing dominoes.
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Esther Joy King for Illinois- 17
Esther Joy King for IL-17

Esther Joy King is a battle-ready leader with a heart to serve. Esther’s training as a lawyer and Captain in the Army Reserve makes her ready to get things done for us in Congress, starting on day one.

She learned the value of service from her parents who were missionaries on the US-Mexico border in Juarez. Although her family did not have much, they were generous to those who were less fortunate. It was growing up in this life of ministry that Esther learned the values of faith, family, and tireless sacrifice for others.

After earning a marketing degree in college, Esther spent time in Kabul, Afghanistan serving as an aid worker for women’s rights. She became passionate about democracy, human rights, and America’s ability to be a force for good in the world. During the disastrous military withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, Esther fought to help dozens of the young girls she once taught escape the brutal Taliban regime.

Esther studied law at Northwestern School of Law, where she earned a JD and Masters of Law in Taxation. She began her legal career as an Associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago and later had the opportunity to serve the State of Illinois in the Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology. These experiences motivate Esther to seek out common-sense solutions for the workers and small business owners of Illinois.
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New elected member spotlight:
Rep. Lisa McClain, MI-10
Rep. Lisa McClain, MI-10
Lisa McClain is serving in her first term in Congress representing Michigan's 10th Congressional District. Lisa has a proven success record as a business leader, spending more than 30 years building a business from the ground up. In Congress, her goal is to restore the quality of life to the citizens of Michigan. Lisa McClain serves as Senior Vice President of Hantz Group, a Southeastern Michigan based company that she helped to start and build from the ground up. She has played a major role in building the company to over 700 current employees and 50,000 plus clients. Hantz Group has over twenty-five offices, with three locations in the 10th Congressional District.
DONATE TO REP MCCLAIN HERE ([link removed])
Congressional Partner Spotlight: Rep. Gus Bilirakis, FL-12
Rep. Gus Bilirakis, FL-12

A second generation Greek-American, Gus Bilirakis was born on February 8, 1963 in Gainesville, Florida. Elected to Congress in 2007, it has been one of the great honors of Gus’s life to serve Florida’s Twelfth Congressional District.

Gus earned his B.A. degree from the University of Florida and then achieved his law degree from Stetson University College of Law. Upon graduation, Gus went straight to work at his family’s law firm, while also serving eight years in the Florida House of Representatives.

Since Gus arrived in Washington, he has made an effort to work across the aisle to get results for our community. With 27 bills he authored signed into law between 2015 and 2018, Congressman Bilirakis was recently designated as the Most Effective Lawmaker in the State of Florida by the Center for Effective Lawmaking at Vanderbilt University.

Gus serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. He is the Ranking Member of the VA Economic Opportunities Subcommittee and a Member of the VA Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, Health Subcommittee and Communications and Technology Subcommittee.
DONATE TO REP. BILIRAKIS HERE ([link removed])
We're looking for dynamic women in the following states to serve as
State Chairs!
* Delaware
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Maine
* Massachusetts

* Montana
* North Dakota
* Rhode Island
* Utah
* Vermont

If interested, please contact
Sandra Mortham; [email protected]
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