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An Alaska Superior Court judge Friday dismissed Joe Miller’s attempt to overturn the results of the November election from which incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) emerged as the apparent winner.

It’s been more than a week since Alaska’s write-in candidate Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) declared victory in the fiercely fought contest with Republican challenger and Tea Party-backed candidate Joe Miller and the Alaska Republican Party embraced her as the winner, but Miller has refused to concede — a move that could damage the state’s interests on Capitol Hill (see Daily GPI, Nov. 19).

With only a few hundred absentee ballots left to be counted, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, appears to have pulled off a come-from-behind win, keeping her seat with the first successful Senate write-in campaign in more than 50 years, and beating the Tea Party candidate endorsed by former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

With almost half of the write-in ballots counted Thursday evening, incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, was capturing nearly 90% of the tally or 40,500 in unchallenged votes for Alaska senator. The count was to continue through the weekend.

With almost half of the write-in ballots counted Thursday evening, Incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, was capturing nearly 90% of the tally or 40,500 in unchallenged votes. The count was to continue through the weekend.

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, running as an independent write-in candidate, picked up almost all of the ballots in the first day of counting write-in votes, despite challenges based on the spelling of her name by Republican Tea Party candidate Joe Miller.

In the first of several debates before the Nov. 2 general election, incumbent Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski vowed that she will remain a Republican if she wins her write-in campaign to retain her seat.

In the first of several debates before the Nov. 2 general elections, incumbent Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski vowed that she will remain a Republican if she wins her write-in campaign to retain her seat.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) last Tuesday cautioned the federal government against retracting its promise not to designate the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness.