Published: August 31st, 2010 06:30 PM Last Modified: August 31st, 2010 06:31 PM
Incumbent Lisa Murkowski has conceded to challenger Joe Miller in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
Speaking to reporters at her campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Murkowski said "based on where we are right now, I don't see a scenario where the primary will turn out in my favor."
The concession come after a day of counting absentee ballots in which Murkowski gained little ground on Miller, the Fairbanks attorney backed by former Gov. Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Express.
Murkowski trailed Miller by 1,668 votes after last Tuesday primary. Election officials began counting absentee and other outstanding ballots today. Murkowski made slight gains, but as of 6 p.m. was still nearly 1,500 votes behind.
Miller will face Democrat Scott McAdams, the mayor or Sitka.
That of course depends on whether or not murkowski runs as an independent.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No goat, NO it does NOT.
She can't run as an "independent" we have a so called sour grapes LAW that prevents losers in primaries from running as "independents" and the only way she could run is IF another party's guy stepped down and let her take their place.
Does the word "libertarian" ring a bell goat?
And EVEN if she did manage to work THAT, she'd end up coming in THIRD.
Her daddy looked us in the face and told all Alaskans that he was appointing her as his replacement NOT because she was his daughter, BUT because she was the most qualified of the pool.
