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Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday became the first Senate candidate in more than 50 years to win a write-in campaign, emerging victorious over her Tea Party rival following a painstaking, weeklong count of handwritten votes.
The victory completes a remarkable comeback for the Republican after her humiliating loss in the GOP primary to Joe Miller.
Her victory became clear when Alaska election officials confirmed they had only about 700 votes left to count, putting Murkowski in safe territory to win re-election. Murkowski is flying back from Washington to Alaska to make an "exciting announcement'' to supporters Wednesday, proclaiming in an e-mail that the campaign "made history.''
Murkowski Wins Alaska Senate Race : NPR
Boy, they really, really do not like the Tea Party up there in Alaska. Wonder when the rest of the US will catch on?
Congrats, Senator.