AP: Murkowski Takes Alaska

The Associated Press is reporting that write in candidate Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has been re-elected to her US Senate seat by a margin of around 10,000 votes over Tea Party rival Joe Miller.  

The official word on the victory came when election officials came down to the last 700 votes and found Murkowski’s lead insurmountable.  Murkowski lost her Republican primary bid to the Sarah Palin supported Miller, who has vowed on several occasions to take legal action against the write in vote count.