Murkowski Pulls Ahead Of Miller

The Anchorage Daily News is reporting that as of Monday night, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has jumped ahead of her Tea Party rival Joe Miller by over 1,700 votes. 

With over 8,000 write in ballots still to be counted, Murkowski has grabbed 92,164 votes while Miller holds 90,458. 

“It’s hard for me to figure that they would be able to look at these numbers and come up with any reasonable move other than facing the fact that Lisa Murkowski won the election,” said Murkowski campaign manager Kevin Sweeney in an interview.