Murkowski won’t attend GOP convention with primary looming

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during the commissioning ceremony of San Antonio-class amphibious transport at the Port of Anchorage, May 4, 2013. (Photo by Specialist 1st Class James R. Evans/U.S. Navy)
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will be traveling in Alaska next week as part of her re-election campaign and won’t be attending the national Republican convention.Rachel Kallander, a spokeswoman for Murkowski’s re-election campaign, says the convention is about a month before Murkows