JUNEAU, Alaska - The tone - or was it the tune? - for this year's strange U.S. Senate race in Alaska was perhaps set last week, when incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a normally dignified politician who favors pearl earrings and tough policy talk, started singing what sounded like "The Mickey Mouse Club" theme song during a radio interview. M-U-R," she sang, "K-O-W, eh-S, K-ay, I!
Democrats captured the nation's last contested gubernatorial and House races Wednesday, a small consolation prize in a year of major Republican gains. In Minnesota, former Democratic Sen. Mark Dayton completed a remarkable comeback as Republican challenger Tom Emmer conceded the governor's race, which had appeared headed for a recount. Mr. Dayton eked out a narrow win despite a strong GOP surge in what once was one of the country's most reliably liberal states.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Legal wrangling over Alaska's contested U.S. Senate race reached the state Supreme Court Friday, with justices hearing Republican Joe Miller's appeal of a lower court ruling that amounted to a victory for rival Lisa Murkowski. Miller is appealing a state judge's decision to toss out his challenge to the handling of the election and counting of write-in ballots for Murkowski, who waged a write-in campaign after losing the GOP primary to Miller.
By Becky Bohrer The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Legal wrangling over Alaska's contested U.S. Senate race reached the state Supreme Court Friday, with justices hearing Republican Joe Miller's appeal of a lower-court ruling that amounted to a victory for rival Lisa Murkowski. Miller is appealing a state judge's decision to toss out his challenge to the handling of the election and counting of write-in ballots for Murkowski, who waged a write-in campaign after losing the GOP primary to Miller.
Senate candidate concedes race JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Republican Joe Miller is ending his fight over Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, conceding the race to his bitter rival, incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski trails a "tea party"-backed challenger by a slim margin in the state's Republican primary held on Tuesday that's still close to call. If the results hold, Mrs. Murkowski would join a growing list of Republican Party insiders who have fallen to political upstarts in primary elections in a year that has featured an unusually high level of GOP infighting.
JUNEAU, Alaska -- The addition of the last big batch of absentee ballots has provided no clarity in the still-undecided Alaska Senate race between GOP nominee Joe Miller and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Murkowski ran as a write-in after losing the primary. A total of 8,707 votes were added Monday. It gave write-in votes the lead, with 102,028 votes cast. Miller had 90,448 votes.
JUNEAU, Alaska - Republican Joe Miller has conceded the Alaska U.S. Senate race to party rival Sen. Lisa Murkowski, ending nearly two months of debate and court litigation. Miller announced his decision at a news conference in Anchorage Friday, one day after the state certified the incumbent Murkowski as the winner of the November election.
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