After a two-week count of write-in ballots, the Associated Press has called the Alaska Senate race for incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski.
Murkowski, who defeated Tea Party challenger Joe Miller, will be the first write-in candidate to win election to the Senate since South Carolina's Strom Thurmond in 1954. She opted to launch the write-in campaign after Miller defeated her in the state's Aug. 24 Republican primary.
From the AP:
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.
It was not immediately clear how Miller will proceed. He and his advisers have vowed to take legal action over what they contend is an unfair tally in Murkowski's favor, but Miller has maintained he'll stop fighting if the math doesn't work in his favor.
Officials say they have about 700 votes left to count.
LadyJazzer wrote: Bomp, bomp, bomp...Another TeaPartier bites the dust.... Still a RINO, but better than the alternative...
Yeah....cause what this country needs is 2 more years of the EXACT same people who have done absolutely nothing to get the economy going, and have succeeded in pouring more water into the titanic.
Uh huh...THAT's a good idea!!!
Too bad future generations aren't here to see all the great things we are spending their $$ on!!
rofllol I knew we would eventually turn LJ!!! We have her starting threads and excited about a Republican winning!!! You do realize there was still a Democrat running to right? And you are happy the a Republican won!! She is still giong to vote with the party. LJ is coming around!!! :woo hoo: :woo hoo:
I knew we would eventually turn LJ!!! We have her starting threads and excited about a Republican winning!!! You do realize there was still a Democrat running to right? And you are happy the a Republican won!! She is still giong to vote with the party. LJ is coming around!!! :woo hoo: :woo hoo: 
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