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Alaska Sen. Murkowski's Victory Certified

December 30, 2010 • Whether Tea Party Republican Joe Miller will continue his legal challenges isn't known yet, however.

Alaska's Miller Won't Block Murkowski's Certification, But Challenge Will Go On

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Alaska's Miller Won't Block Murkowski's Certification, But Challenge Will Go On

December 27, 2010 • Miller, who won the Republican nomination thanks to strong Tea Party support, trailed the write-in effort waged by Murkowski in the general election.

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Murkowski Declared The Winner In Alaska

November 17, 2010 • Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, defeated for renomination in the August Republican primary, has won another term via a write-in -- defeating the Tea Party and Sarah Palin in the process.

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Alaska's Murkowski-Miller Race A Win For Penmanship

November 13, 2010 • Alaska's Murkowski-Miller Senate race suggested most Alaskans have good handwriting. The ability of Sen. Murkowski's supporters to clearly write her name meant more than 90 percent of her ballots went unchallenged. She appeared to be the winner.

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Lisa Murkowski Has 98% Of Write-Ins So Far

November 12, 2010 • Even as Joe Miller's supporters challenge ballots, Murkowski racks up most of the write in votes.

Alaska Vote Count: Murkowski Got 98% Of Initial Write-Ins

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Alaska Vote Count: Murkowski Got 98% Of Initial Write-Ins

November 11, 2010 • It's going to take about five days to count the 90,000 ballots. But after the first day and with 20% of them tabulated, the senator was getting the vast majority of the votes.

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Alaska Vote Count Must Continue: U.S. Judge

November 10, 2010 • The judge said Miller didn't prove he would suffer irreparable harm if the vote count continued. Meanwhile, of the portion of the more than 92,000 ballots counted so far, 89 percent were for Murkowski.

Alaska Starts Counting Write-In Votes For Senate

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Alaska Starts Counting Write-In Votes For Senate

November 10, 2010 • Miller has filed a federal suit to exclude ballots on which Murkowski's name is misspelled. But he's fighting an uphill battle since federal courts tend to defer to state officials in the running of elections.

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Sarah Palin, Murkowski Volunteer Separated At Birth?

November 2, 2010 • A volunteer for Sen. Lisa Murkowski sure looks awfully familiar. The AP says it's not Sarah Palin but a woman named Jan Cox.

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Murkowski Foes Pack Write-In List To Cause 'Chaos'

October 29, 2010 • Pro-Joe Miller voters registered to have their names placed on the official write-in list, hoping the ensuing chaos would hurt Sen. Lisa Murkowski who is running a write-in candidacy because Miller's win in the GOP primary knocked her off the ballot.

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Alaska's Top Court OKs Write-In Lists; Win For Murkowski

October 28, 2010 • The decision reversed a lower court which banned lists of the names of write-in candidates from being distributed at polling places. The high court said such lists can be distributed but must not contain the candidates' party affiliation.

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Alaska Judge Hurts Lisa Murkowski's Write-In Effort

October 27, 2010 • An Alaska judge's ruling was bad news for Lisa Murkowski's write-in candidacy. The judge said state officials hadn't provided similar help in the past and thus couldn't this time either.

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Joe Miller's On-The-Job Political Chicanery Detailed

October 27, 2010 • New details explain why Joe Miller was punished in his time as a local government lawyer. He misused his co-workers' computers for political purposes, then repeatedly lied about it after he was confronted. The admissions are embarrassing and costly.

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Alaska's Joe Miller May Be Lisa Murkowski's Secret Weapon

October 19, 2010 • Sen. Lisa Murkowski is getting help in her write-in bid from the missteps of rival Joe Miller. In just the last few days, Miller's security handcuffed a reporter at a public event and the Republican Senate nominee had to admit to a 2008 work problem.

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Joe Miller's Private Security Handcuffs Alaska Journalist

October 18, 2010 • Private security guards handcuffed the editor of a news site at a public school. The editor said he was trying to ask Miller questions about some alleged dubious behavior in his work background, the kind of questions Miller said he won't answer.

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Does Sarah Palin's Presidential Ambition Lurk In Miller Tempest?

October 6, 2010 • Todd Palin, Sarah's husband, blamed crossed signals for a dustup with Joe Miller who he had initially castigated in an email for not endorsing a 2012 presidential run by his wife. But the email also seemed to suggest Palin plans to run.

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Joe Miller Tied For Alaska Senate Seat

September 29, 2010 • GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski was tied with Tea Party favorite Joe Miller in the race for the U.S. Senate seat from Alaska. Miller beat Murkowski in the primary and has launched a write-in candidacy.

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Poll: 'Significant Majority' Might Vote Against Obama

September 27, 2010 • A new survey from Politico and George Washington University signals discontent with the president over changes in health care laws and his efforts to get the economy moving.

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Alaska's Joe Miller Got Farm Payments He Now Opposes

September 22, 2010 • Alaska's GOP Senate candidate, Joe Miller, once got farm payments on Kansas land he owned even though he now opposes such payments. Miller said he's changed his mind. But his critics accuse him of hypocrisy.

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Consensus: Murkowski Is Running

September 17, 2010 • Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is expected to announce later Friday that she will seek to keep her seat by running as a write-in candidate in November. She was defeated for renomination in the Aug. 24 primary.

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski To Announce Decision On Write-In Today

September 17, 2010 • Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, defeated in her bid for another term in the Aug. 24 GOP primary, will announce today whether she intends to pursue a write-in campaign to keep her seat.

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Is Sen. Murkowski Having Second Thoughts About Getting Back In The Race?

September 7, 2010 • Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, apparently defeated in her bid for another term in the Aug. 24 GOP primary -- she conceded the race last week -- may have a change of heart. She is considering all options, including remaining on the ballot in some way.

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Does A Concession Mean It's Over?

September 2, 2010 • Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has conceded her primary battle with challenger Joe Miller. But what if -- for argument's sake -- the remaining votes all went to Murkowski? Would she win, even if she conceded?

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski Concedes In Alaska

August 31, 2010 • In a startling turnabout of political fortune, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the odds-on favorite to win another term, has conceded defeat to her Aug. 24 primary rival, Tea Party-backed Joe Miller.