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Murkowski Certified Winner of Alaska Senate Race

Murkowski Certified Winner of Alaska Senate Race

Sen. Lisa Murkowski was officially named the winner of Alaska's U.S. Senate race Thursday, following a legal battle that lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job.

 

Alaska high court throws out Miller claims

The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld a lower court decision in the disputed U.S. Senate race, saying the state correctly counted write-in votes for Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

 

Miller files vote-count lawsuit in state court

Alaska's bitterly contested Senate election went to state court Monday when Republican Joe Miller sued the state over the way write-in ballots ...

 

Murkowski Wins Alaska Senate Race

Murkowski Wins Alaska Senate Race

As Senator Lisa Murkowski flew home to Alaska on Wednesday, The Associated Press declared her the winner of her long-shot write-in bid for re-election. Neither the Murkowski campaign nor the campaign of her competitor, Joe Miller, a Tea Party favorite who was backed by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, made an immediate comment.

 

Murkowski camp cries foul in ballot count

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign on Thursday accused observers for rival Joe Miller of making petty challenges in the counting of voters' write-in ballots in an attempt to tilt the Alaska Senate race in their favor.

 

Murkowski's write-in bid works

Murkowski's write-in bid works

First, she was the shoo-in. Then she was the underdog. Now, in the closing moments of a quirky midterm election season, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) appeared to be on the verge of making history as the first successful write-in candidate for Senate in more than 50 years.

 

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's lead is holding up in write-in campaign for reelection

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's lead is holding up in write-in campaign for reelection

'Tea party' opponent Joe Miller isn't conceding even though Lisa Murkowski's lead reaches 41% in the three-way race. The long process of scrutinizing write-in ballots lies ahead.U.S. Sen.

 

Native corporations, unions back Murkowski with ad cash

The big money battle in the US Senate race, which had been tilted in Republican Joe Miller's favor, evened out some on Tuesday with a big advertising push from a coalition of unions and Alaska Native corporations.

 

Tea Party Express says it'll spend big to defeat Murkowski

Tea Party Express says it'll spend big to defeat Murkowski

The Tea Party Express plans to spend "six figures" on the Alaska general election for U.S. Senate, the group said Monday in Anchorage.

 

Murkowski Misspells Name in First Ad for Write-In Candidacy

Murkowski Misspells Name in First Ad for Write-In Candidacy

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska faces high hurdles as a write-in Senate candidate -- her own campaign demonstrated as much on Monday with a rather striking mistake in the first online ad of her renewed re-election bid.

 

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