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. 

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.