Despite evidence supporting the claim, Lisa Murkowski would really like Mark Begich to stop saying they work well together.

So recently in Alaska we have been seeing this ad playing all over the place.

Nice right?

Well not if you are Senator Murkowski and you stand to benefit if the Republicans can take over the Senate.

Here is more from Mediaite: 

Begich, who’s running for re-election in Alaska, began running an ad called “Great Team” which highlights the fact that he and Murkowski have voted the same nearly 80% of the time — a claim that’s actually supported by Politifact as “mostly true.” (It’s certainly much higher than most bipartisan Senate delegations.) 

But Murkowski, who stands to become the Chairwoman of the Energy Committee if the GOP wins the Senate, figuratively bolted from any accusations of bipartisanship by sending Begich a cease-and-desist letter. “This advertisement is factually incorrect,” it stated, according to TPM. “It also misuses Senator Murkowski’s image, and implies her support, without her permission — and, in fact, over her known objections.” 

It’s perfectly legal to use Murkowski’s image (the photo is an AP image), so Begich is in the clear. “Alaskans have responded positively to the message that Alaska’s congressional delegation works together across party lines to do what’s best for Alaska,” he added in a statement to The Hill.

Of course it does not hurt Murkowski in any way to be outed as working in a bipartisan fashion, as she is all but bulletproof up here.

But it does say something about the mindset in Alaska that Mark would rather be associated with a Republican Senator from his state than the Democratic President of the United States.

However I can guarantee you that after this election both Lisa and Mark will have no problem teaming up again.