Just over a week after returning to D.C. for the lame duck session, Sen. Lisa Murkowski is flying back to Alaska as the count of write-in votes looks to be wrapping up today. And it appears that she could declare victory in the Senate race.
Murkowski campaign manager Kevin Sweeney told the New York Times that Murkowski will hold an event in Anchorage tonight for supporters, and “she will comment on the election once all the votes are counted tomorrow afternoon.”
Murkowski, a write-in candidate, leads Republican nominee Joe Miller by 10,400 votes, and by 2,247 ballots that have not been contested by the Miller campaign.
Miller hinted yesterday that his campaign might demand a recount of all the state’s votes, arguing that Murkowski had an unfair advantage because her votes were all counted by hand, while Miller’s were counted by computers that have exhibited “past problems.”
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