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What to watch: Cheney in trouble while Palin eyes comeback

FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2022. Cheney's determination to prevent Trump from ever again serving in the White House has left her fighting to hold on to the U.S. House seat she has held for three terms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - Nick Begich, a Republican candidate for both the special election and the regular primary for Alaska's open U.S. House seat, emerges from a booth after voting on Aug. 10, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. The special election features Alaska's first statewide election with ranked choice voting, and Begich said he voted himself as the No. 1 choice but declined to say who among the other candidates, Republican Sarah Palin or Democrat Mary Peltola, he ranked second or third. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) FILE - Mary Peltola, a Democrat seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Peltola advances to a special election for Alaska's only U.S. House seat, set for Aug. 16, 2022, along with Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, and independent Al Gross. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) FILE - Republican U.S. House candidate Harriet Hageman talks to a supporter at a campaign event, Monday, March 7, 2022, in Cheyenne, Wyo. Hageman, an attorney, is running against Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in the Aug. 16 Republican primary. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File) FILE - Kelly Tshibaka, left, a Republican, smiles as she officially files to run in Alaska's U.S. Senate race, Monday, April 11, 2022, while her husband, Niki Tshibaka, looks on at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) FILE - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska smiles as she leaves the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, April 5, 2022. Murkowski is seeking reelection to a seat she has held for nearly 20 years. She faces 18 opponents, the most prominent of which is Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin makes a joke about the size of the state of Texas compared to Alaska during her appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Aug. 4, 2022. Palin has seized on a vacancy in the state's congressional delegation as a potential springboard back into elected office. A victory in Tuesday's special election to fill the remaining months of the late Rep. Don Young's term could send her to Washington as soon as next month. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., arrives after a break as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Cheney's determination to prevent Trump from ever again serving in the White House has left her fighting to hold on to the U.S. House seat she has held for three terms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, questions Interior Secretary Haaland during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the budget July 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murkowski is seeking reelection to a seat she has held for nearly 20 years. She faces 18 opponents, the most prominent of which is Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)