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Murkowski maintains cash advantage over Trump-backed hopeful

FILE - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 17, 2021. Murkowski continues to have a substantial cash advantage over her opponent backed by former President Donald Trump, who has vowed revenge on the incumbent Alaska Republican. Murkowski brought in more than $1.5 million in the three-month period ending March 31, 2022, according to Federal Election Commission filings. The quarterly reports were due Friday, April 15. Murkowski ended the quarter with $5.2 million cash on hand with no debt. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka addresses reporters in Anchorage, Alaska on Sept. 26, 2019. Republican Tshibaka raised $673,383 last quarter, a total that included donations from a fundraiser at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, which Trump attended. As of March 31, 2022, Tshibaka had $967,600 cash on hand with just over $95,000 in debts. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) FILE - Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, and Mitt Romney of Utah, left, who say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to the Supreme Court, smile as they greet each other outside the chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Murkowski continues to have a substantial cash advantage over her opponent backed by former President Donald Trump, who has vowed revenge on the incumbent Alaska Republican. Murkowski brought in more than $1.5 million in the three-month period ending March 31, 2022, according to Federal Election Commission filings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Murkowski maintains cash advantage over Trump-backed hopeful