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Alaska Primary Election Results Winner: Joe Miller Beats Lisa Murkowski?
Right Pundits ^ | August 24th, 2010

Posted on 08/25/2010 12:44:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

In a shocking upset, Joe Miller is the winner of the Alaska Senate primary if the current vote projection holds for the Republican primary election. With half of the precincts reporting, Miller holds a slight 51.8 to 48.2% lead over the GOP incumbent senator. The vote lead has been consistent during the early counting and even increased slightly as more precincts have been counted in Alaska.

Joe Miller has been a heavy underdog in pre-election polls, trailing the senator by 20-30 points. Nobody thought this race would be close.

In fact, the mainstream media has been using the Alaska primary challenge from Miller as evidence that Sarah Palin’s endorsements are not all that useful. Palin endorsed Joe Miller several weeks ago. The press assumed that Lisa would beat Miller easily as the polls predicted, which fed a certain group-think that is comforting to liberals.

Even if the sitting senator manages to come back from the vote deficit, any victory for her will be razor thin. And that is appearing more and more unlikely as the evening progresses. In reality Palin is the most powerful voice in politics today. Her endorsements generate interest, campaign donations, grassroots support, and results at the ballot box.

The meme that Palin endorsements are irrelevant began surfacing in early August and became an oft repeated mantra by liberal television commentators in the mainstream media. If the Alaska senate results hold up for Joe Miller, the former governor of Alaska will have shut them up permanently.

Right Pundits will stay up late to give you the final Alaska primary results for Joe Miller just as soon as we can make an early call officially. We are almost there. Even as this brief piece was written, Joe Miller extended his lead slightly while more precincts in the state were counted. The winner of the Alaska primary appears to be Joe Miller, and Sarah Power will be undeniable even to her critics. We will make the call official soon, assuming it is warranted.

So what is known about Joe Miller’s biography? He has eight kids and a game wife named Kathleen Miller. He grew up in Kansas but moved west to Alaska at the age of 16. He holds a law degree and various positions of local authority in the judiciary, including that of U.S. Magistrate Judge in Fairbanks Alaska. He earned a Bronze Star for bravery in the Gulf War after graduating high in his class from West Point.

What an election result! Reader comments welcome.


TOPICS: Alaska; Campaign News; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: 2010; 2012; alaska; joe; joemiller; lisamurkowski; miller; murkowski; palin; sarahpalin
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121 posted on 08/25/2010 6:49:12 AM PDT by Matchett-PI (BP was founder of Cap & Trade Lobby and is linked to John Podesta, The Apollo Alliance and Obama)
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To: Clyde5445

ADN insists that no announcement will be made until ALL THE ABSENTEES are counted.


122 posted on 08/25/2010 6:51:22 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
He has eight kids and a game wife named Kathleen Miller.

What is a game wife?

123 posted on 08/25/2010 6:59:06 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: onyx

They could try and steal this, but the math says, game over.

As soon as any trend is in around 20%, you can call it. It will never deviate from those numbers. Absentees would have to reverse the trend and break 2 to 1 for LM. And that won’t happen, if it “does” happen, it did not “really” happen and the election was stolen. Ever a possibility, but, at that point, you fight and you will find the fraud. Too many times the good guy gives up. And we get a Daschle or a Franken.


124 posted on 08/25/2010 7:22:34 AM PDT by RachelFaith (2010 is going to be a 100 seat Tsunami - Unless the GOP Senate ruins it all...)
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To: Eska

short night, hey Eska?.....me too.....thx for your perspective last night...


125 posted on 08/25/2010 7:37:09 AM PDT by cherry
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To: 4rcane

ahhh,thanks for the update.


126 posted on 08/25/2010 8:06:05 AM PDT by FreeStateYank (I want my country and constitution back, now!)
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To: Eye of Unk; Eska; onyx
Did you all get ANY sleep last night?....Sure hope it is officially “Miller Time” before the day is over.....FRINK!
127 posted on 08/25/2010 8:09:20 AM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: hoosiermama

Not I!


128 posted on 08/25/2010 8:13:38 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: onyx

We will raise the money needed and we will see her sworn in.


129 posted on 08/25/2010 8:18:19 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; sarah fan UK; hoosiermama; Al B.

On that excellent thought, I’m taking to my lovely couch.

I’ve extracted the promise to awaken me when Joe Miller’s win is announced.

!!!


130 posted on 08/25/2010 8:23:44 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: onyx

If you’re still there, take a look at this:

Winners and losers: The August 24 primary edition (#1: Sarah Palin)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2577182/posts


131 posted on 08/25/2010 8:27:31 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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To: onyx
An all nighter?

Whoa.....

?Great news though!

132 posted on 08/25/2010 8:28:50 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark

133 posted on 08/25/2010 8:35:16 AM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Interesting Times
Good one! How many people thought that when she stepped back to reload her next target would be RINOs? (The people in Alaska KNOW she goes after corruption where ever it is!)
134 posted on 08/25/2010 9:20:48 AM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: onyx

Still more absentee ballots to count than the difference between the two candidates, but Murkowski would need to hve the vast bulk of them to win, it would seem.


135 posted on 08/25/2010 9:25:14 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: hoosiermama
The race is reminiscent of Rep. Don Young's (R) primary in 2008, which ended in a recount and dragged on for some three weeks after Election Day. Young was eventually declared the winner by just over 500 votes.

Over a guy named Sean Parnell, I believe. I wonder what ever happened to him.

136 posted on 08/25/2010 9:37:09 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: hoosiermama
The race is reminiscent of Rep. Don Young's (R) primary in 2008, which ended in a recount and dragged on for some three weeks after Election Day. Young was eventually declared the winner by just over 500 votes.

Over a guy named Sean Parnell, I believe. I wonder what ever happened to him.

137 posted on 08/25/2010 9:37:12 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I looked. Hater infested. I’m taking a pass.


138 posted on 08/25/2010 9:47:32 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: Lakeshark

Yep, all nighter.

Listening to Rush now.

Ordered lunch.

That’ll put me to sleep.


139 posted on 08/25/2010 9:48:41 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: TBP

Yes, and FWIW, the pundit and so-called expert, Larry Sabato, (who said Lisa was going to win handily) now says that she cannot win -— she’d have to sweep the absentees — and that’s not possible.


140 posted on 08/25/2010 9:50:46 AM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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