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Trump Ally Preparing Senate Run Against Murkowski: Report<\/p>\n
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is preparing to announce a 2028 run for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Lisa Murkowski, according to several sources close to the governor who spoke exclusively to Fox News this week.<\/p>\n
The move would place him against Murkowski, who has repeatedly clashed with President Donald Trump and is often viewed as one of the most moderate Republicans in Congress. Dunleavy, by contrast, has been a strong Trump ally since 2016, Fox News<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not going to quit his term,\u201d a top source close to Dunleavy, who previously worked with him in Juneau, told Fox News Digital. The source stressed that Dunleavy intends to complete his time as governor before seeking higher office.<\/p>\n
The last governor to leave office early to pursue national ambitions was Sarah Palin, who resigned in 2009. \u201cShe never recovered,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
Dunleavy has earned a reputation for avoiding Washington\u2019s spotlight but producing results in Alaska. \u201cHe\u2019s not about an ego and pushing himself in front of the cameras. He gets stuff done,\u201d the source said. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t like the cocktail parties and photo ops.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even so, those close to him say he understands that \u201cbeing in Washington is the only way to get things done.\u201d While he has joked that he prefers Alaska\u2019s Arctic landscapes to \u201call this concrete\u201d in Washington, he recognizes the need to represent the state at the national level.<\/p>\n
Dunleavy was the second governor to endorse Trump in 2016 and has been one of the most frequent governors to visit the White House despite the 3,500-mile distance. \u201cTrump has talked to him before about running and wants him to run,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
Dunleavy also attended Trump\u2019s Aug. 15 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, further underscoring his role as one of the president\u2019s key allies in Alaska.<\/p>\n
Winning as a Republican in Alaska has historically been difficult. Former Gov. Jay Hammond was the last to win re-election in 1978. Sean Parnell, who became governor after Palin\u2019s resignation, did not win re-election outright.<\/p>\n
Still, Dunleavy is seen as a formidable candidate. \u201cA lot of people have mentioned this (race) to him and \u2026 I think it is a very viable option for him,\u201d another source told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously there are a lot of frustrations with Sen. Murkowski,\u201d the source added, noting her tense relationship with Trump. \u201cGov. Dunleavy has been not only a successful governor, but a strong ally for him. So it\u2019s only natural that he\u2019d be hearing that from Alaskans \u2014 but also from folks in the broader MAGA movement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dunleavy, like Murkowski, has succeeded under Alaska\u2019s ranked-choice voting system, which critics say has benefited Democrats. But unlike her past challengers, sources say he has broad support outside conservative circles.<\/p>\n
He is also respected among Native communities across the North Slope and rural Alaska, where he has focused on energy development, infrastructure, and rural education. Those ties could prove critical in a statewide race where the Native vote has often played a decisive role.<\/p>\n
\u201cMurkowski has never faced a challenger like him,\u201d another source said. \u201cHe\u2019s built support that goes beyond just conservatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
A top Alaska political analyst agreed. \u201cConservatives would welcome an opportunity to unseat Murkowski,\u201d the analyst said Thursday. \u201cThe fact that Trump and Murkowski have had such a strained relationship and Dunleavy and the president (have) a good relationship is really what has led us to this point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Murkowski, the daughter of former Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski, has shown her resilience in the past. She famously won a write-in campaign in 2010 after losing the GOP primary to Tea Party candidate Joe Miller. But analysts say Dunleavy would represent her most serious threat yet.<\/p>\n
The 2028 matchup would pit two of Alaska\u2019s most prominent figures against each other: Murkowski, the entrenched moderate with a family legacy in Alaska politics, and Dunleavy, the Trump-aligned governor who has drawn support across communities.<\/p>\n
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a fiery victory speech late Tuesday, promising to deliver on his progressive agenda and declaring his election a historic mandate for change.<\/p>\n
Mamdani, 34, who will become New York City\u2019s first socialist, first Muslim, and first mayor of South Asian descent, claimed victory at Brooklyn\u2019s Paramount Theatre, The New York Post\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Uganda-born lawmaker said his win belonged to all immigrant New Yorkers and condemned Islamophobic attacks on his campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Eugene Debs once said, I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity,\u201d Mamdani said, quoting the early 20th-century socialist presidential candidate.<\/p>\n
He also invoked the words of Jawaharlal Nehru, India\u2019s first prime minister, saying, \u201cA moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new.\u201d<\/p>\n
They told everyone it would be private \u2014 \u201cjust them, no pressure.\u201d But the truth was: nothing about Taylor Swift\u2019s engagement was ever going to be small.<\/p>\n
Not when the groom is Travis Kelce, NFL royalty. Not when the bride is the most written-about woman in the world. And certainly not when her mother, Andrea Swift, was quietly flown in to London two days earlier\u2026 with no public record, no media trail, and no one really asking why.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t for logistics. It wasn\u2019t even to help Taylor pick a dress.<\/p>\n
According to a family friend, Taylor had only one request that week:<\/p>\n
\u201cI need my mom there \u2014 not for the photos. For me.\u201d<\/p>\n
They spent the day before the proposal alone in the flat Taylor rented just outside Kensington Gardens. No stylists. No assistants. Just two women who\u2019d been through decades of stages, stadiums, sickness, and survival \u2014 now sitting on a sofa, talking about a future that neither one wanted to rush.<\/p>\n
Andrea had seen it all: the heartbreaks that went public, the ones that didn\u2019t. The panic attacks backstage. The Grammy nights. The nights after. She knew the difference between romance and rehearsal. And she could read Taylor\u2019s voice in a way no one else could.<\/p>\n
That morning, the voice had changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not about the ring, Mama. I just\u2026 I know now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrea didn\u2019t say much. But she packed her things and stood by the car when it was time to go.<\/p>\n
When Travis knelt down in the garden, Taylor covered her mouth \u2014 the way people do when they\u2019re caught between disbelief and the edge of tears.<\/p>\n
But Andrea Swift didn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n
She stood at the edge of the hydrangea hedge, wrapped in a muted navy coat, one hand gripping the strap of her purse, the other folded across her chest. Her face wasn\u2019t smiling. Her eyes weren\u2019t crying. But something about her stillness told a deeper story than either.<\/p>\n
Observers who were present \u2014 mainly staff and one trusted photographer \u2014 later said the energy around Andrea was \u201cstill, but tight.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of them described it this way:<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone else leaned in. Andrea stayed back. Not distant \u2014 just rooted. Like she needed to be there, but not be part of the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
And when the ring went on Taylor\u2019s finger, she didn\u2019t look down.
She looked up \u2014 past Travis, past the camera. She looked for her mother.<\/p>\n
What she saw was the same woman who held her hand before her first school performance, who rubbed her back in the hospital waiting room during chemo. But this time, there was no nod. No smile. Just a soft narrowing of the eyes. And Taylor, for a half-second, froze.<\/p>\n
That second wasn\u2019t caught in the main photos. But it was seen. And for the people who know the Swifts, it meant more than any diamond.<\/p>\n
After the proposal, when the cameras were off and the garden started to empty, Taylor walked over and wrapped both arms around Andrea from behind. They didn\u2019t speak for nearly a minute.<\/p>\n Someone nearby overheard Taylor whisper:<\/p>\n \u201cI saw your face. Was it\u2026 too fast?\u201d<\/p>\n Andrea\u2019s reply was as soft as it was sharp:<\/p>\n \u201cNo, baby. It was just real.\u201d<\/p>\n Those six words stayed with Taylor the rest of the day.<\/p>\n Because no matter how extravagant the gesture, no matter how global the headlines, there is only one woman who can still remind her what \u201creal\u201d feels like. And in that moment, Taylor wasn\u2019t a pop icon. She wasn\u2019t the girl on every screen.<\/p>\n She was just a daughter, standing beside the only person who remembers the world before all this began.<\/p>\n Friends close to the family say Andrea\u2019s quiet reaction wasn\u2019t hesitation \u2014 it was\u00a0<\/p>\n But there\u2019s something else. A private line, never meant to be quoted \u2014 but too powerful not to share. One source claims that weeks earlier, in a rare late-night conversation, Taylor had told Andrea:<\/p>\n \u201cIf I ever get engaged, I\u2019ll only say yes if I see you smiling first.\u201d<\/p>\n And that\u2019s the twist no one expected. Not because she wasn\u2019t happy. But because some moments are\u00a0too big to fit inside a smile.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now fans are asking: was it blessing, hesitation, or something deeper?<\/strong> Trump Ally Preparing Senate Run Against Murkowski: Report Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is preparing to announce a 2028 run for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Lisa Murkowski, according to several sources close…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/viralstoryusa.noithatnhaxinhbacgiang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1200.jpg\")
She didn\u2019t cry. She didn\u2019t speak. But the way she looked at Taylor\u2026 said everything.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Because in the garden\u2026 Andrea didn\u2019t smile.<\/p>\n
Whatever it was, one thing is certain \u2014 the real engagement didn\u2019t happen when Travis opened the box.
It happened the moment Taylor looked into her mother\u2019s eyes\u2026
\u2026and decided to say yes anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"