From the story: >>Republican officials in at least five Alaska state House districts have approved resolutions censuring U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and many of those officials said they believe the state party also will consider a resolution denouncing her. The resolutions are at least partially motivated by Murkowski’s support for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, but several sponsors expressed wider discontent with the senator. The districts’ actions set up a collision course with the state Republican Party organization, where chairman Glenn Clary has supported a “big tent” approach to party membership. >>Under Alaska Republican Party rules, a letter of censure is “an official rebuke and disapproval,” but it can also act as a political windsock, indicating a lack of support for a particular person.In Homer, Republican district chairman Jon Faulkner said Murkowski’s support of the Trump impeachment was “the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back” for Republicans in his district. >>For her part, Murkowski said, “I think the party will do what it may do. We’ve seen it happen in other states where my Republican colleagues who voted to convict have seen that pushback from within the party. I stand my ground. If I had to take that vote again, I would vote to uphold my oath of office. And, if the party is to censure me because they felt that I needed to support the party, they can make that statement, but I will make the statement again that my obligation is to support the Constitution that I have pledged to uphold, and I will do that, even if it means I have to oppose the direction of my state party.” >>Murkowski is up for reelection in 2022. A censure would normally be bad news for a candidate’s chances in the statewide primary, but Alaskans last year approved Ballot Measure 2, which changed the state’s election system. Murkowski no longer has to pass through a Republican primary election like the one she lost in 2010. (A nearly unprecedented write-in campaign saw her reelected in November that year.)