Alaska Senate Election Results 2010: Lisa Murkowski Wins Write-In

by NowPublic Staff | November 17, 2010 at 12:14 pm

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Senator Lisa Murkowski Beats Joe Miller In Alaska Senate Election, Write-In Vote Results Confirm

It is official, Republican Lisa Murkowski will be Senator from Alaska. Lisa Murkowski beat Tea Party backed, Sarah Palin endorsed candidate Joe Miller the write-in vote results confirm.

Lisa Murkowski has become the first politician in approximately 50 years to win through a write-in vote.

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

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

Murkowski is flying back to Alaska to address supporters, telling them that the campaign "made history."