Trump Heads to Alaska to Rally Support for Sen. Dan Sullivan
Trump urged Republicans to unite behind Sen. Dan Sullivan and said a $5,000 payment would follow if they keep Congress.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump headlined a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska, to bolster Senator Dan Sullivan and Representative Nick Begich ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
- Mounting GOP anxiety over Senate control prompted the intervention, as pollster Ivan Moore reports a decline in Trump's statewide support mirroring national trends, complicating a race Alaska has not lost in nearly 20 years.
- Trump touted a proposed $54 billion South Korean investment in an Alaska natural gas project, while Republican leaders, including state party chair Carmela Warfield, criticized Alaska's ranked choice voting as a 'confusing, burdensome and costly voting scheme.'
- Incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan faces a tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola, complicated by retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan on the ballot, whom Trump and GOP allies characterized as a 'sham' candidacy.
- With three weeks until November 3, Republican leaders are urging voters to rank candidates strategically to consolidate support, despite internal reservations about the voting system as the party fights to defend congressional majorities.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has once again set his sights on South Korea's investment in the Alaska natural gas development project. With the midterm elections approaching next month, this appears to be an attempt to promote achievements by revealing investment plans from countries including South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. On the 14th (local time), President Trump
Largest offtake agreement in history: Trump announces Taiwan’s upto $80 billion commitment for Alaska LNG - The Tribune
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) announced that Taiwan had agreed to an offtake commitment worth between USD 70 billion and 80 billion for the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project over the next 20 years, along with a USD 4.4 billion equity investment, while citing South Korea’s USD 50 billion investment in the project.
Republicans scramble in panic as vulnerable red-state senator losing ground
President Trump traveled roughly 4,000 miles over eight hours to a hockey rink in Wasilla, Alaska, to energize voters for Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is in a harder fight than expected against Democrat Mary Peltola, according to Politico.Trump won Alaska by 13 points two years ago, but his approval is now below water there, and independents outnumber each party’s registered voters. Diesel prices are close to $7 a gallon. Peltola has plenty of cash an…
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