Early Results Good News for Lisa Murkowski - She gets 89% of first 7,638 ballots without a challenge:
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(Newser) – It might take Alaskan officials five days to count the 92,000 write-in ballots, but the first small sample bodes well for Lisa Murkowski. Of 7,638 ballots counted, the incumbent senator got 6,804 of them (89%) without a hitch—meaning voters spelled her name correctly.
Let's hope when he loses, Miller is able to keep his militia supporters from going on a killing spree.