With 99% of Precincts reporting this morning, Incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski (running as a write-in candidate) has received enough votes to win her second complete term in the Senate:
Sen. Murkowski (Write-In) - 41.0%.
Joe Miller (Republican) - 34.2%.
Scott McAdams (Democrats) - 23.7%.
Murkowski is the first Senator since Strom Thurmond (R) to win reelection via write-in bid. She will hopefully caucus with the Republicans.
A recount is almost assured.
Isn't a recount with so many write-ins mandatory? And I'm aware that Alaska law mandates that every write-in vote must have the candidate's name written correctly; if not, it is thrown out. And of course, there were over 150 write-in candidates.
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