AP Calls Alaska Senate Race For Murkowski

The Associated Press has declared Lisa Murkowski the winner in Alaska’s Senate race:

JUNEAU, Alaska—Sen. Lisa Murkowski has become the first Senate candidate in more than 50 years to win a write-in campaign.

Ms. Murkowski emerged victorious after a painstaking, two-week count of write-in ballots showed she has overtaken tea party rival Joe Miller.

Her victory became clear when Alaska election officials confirmed they had only about 700 votes left to count, putting Ms. Murkowski in safe territory to win re-election.

Ms. Murkowski has a lead of about 10,000 votes, a total that includes 8,153 ballots in which Mr. Miller observers challenged over things like misspellings, extra words or legibility issues.

Joe Miller, the ball is in your court.

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Comments

  1. PD Shaw says:

    It’s Miller Time . . .

    After several hard fought weeks of elections, punishing critics and abusing the English language, it’s time to head for the best tasting beer you can find.

    ‘Cause you’ve now got the time, and Miller’s got the beer.

  2. Janis Gore says:

    Good. I have it in for people who mess with my computers, forget the politics.