Posted on 08/24/2010 10:34:11 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Joe Miller wasn't even suppose to compete well with incumbent Murkowski in AK primary....but word was that Miller started to gain the momentum in the past few days and Murowski known not to finsish strong in the past even with weak candidates
29.2% reported
Joe Miller 50.7%
Lisa Murkowski 49.3%
US SENATOR (R) REP
Total
Number of Precincts 438
Precincts Reporting 267 61.0 %
Times Counted 79518/487456 16.3 %
Total Votes 78904
Miller, Joe REP 40607 51.46%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 38297 48.54%
Wish a guy like Joe Miller was running for the Senate in Arizona, we got stuck with two shiny turds to choose from instead.
268 precincts now in. Joe Miller maintains the lead over Murkowski in Alaska by 2,334 votes.
Miller 51.47 percent
Murkie 48.53 percent
- JP
Thanks. I don’t know where the outstanding precincts are; if it’s Miller country or Murkowski territory.
With 61% of the vote counted, Miller has 51.56% of the vote to Murkowski’s 48.54%. His lead actually declined slightly percentage wise when the last 40 precincts were reported. As best I can tell those precincts were from Sitka (6 or 7), Juneau (2), a bunch of Anchorage precincts, some from Mat-su, etc. The precinct numbers I’m looking at indicate that there are fewer than a dozen Anchorage precincts out. There are still a few precincts from the Mat Valley & Fairbanks to report, but they are mostly in.
However, there are still 43 out of 46 precincts left from House District 6 (Southeast) PLUS note the following outstanding precincts:
Kodiak: 4 of 14 have reported
Dillingham: 2 of 22 have reported
Bethel: 0 of 27 have reported
Nome: 3 of 27 have reported
Kotzebue: 1 of 21 has reported
All I’m saying is that like many Alaska races, this one isn’t over yet.
US SENATOR (R) REP
Total
Number of Precincts 438
Precincts Reporting 288 65.8 %
Times Counted 84674/487456 17.4 %
Total Votes 84035
Miller, Joe REP 43458 51.71%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 40577 48.29%
Not only that — I’m looking at the precincts that have reported — looks like at least 1/3 of the Anchorage precincts are in. Am listening, also, to the returns as reported on KSKA (the local Anchorage public radio station). You can just tell that they are “shocked! shocked!” at what’s happening. They keep saying “We can’t tell where they’re from.” Well, if they’d just look at what’s being reported on the State’s election returns web site, they would know.
Earlier in the evening, they reported that Lisa was supposed to win handily in Anchorage and of course in Juneau and the rest of Southeast. I wonder — don’t they know that Juneau & Southeast are the homes of lots of registered Democrats who can’t even vote in the Republican primary.
There are still lots of Bush precincts that are out, however.
Remember when they “found” all the ballots that put Hammond over 20+ years ago?
I honestly don’t know the answer to your question.
The latest returns reported (288 precincts) added 21 to the previous report and Miller’s %age went from 51.46% to 51.71% — the %age of precincts reporting went from 61% to 65.8%.
Those 21 precincts were about half from Anchorage (where Murkowski was “supposed” to dominate) plus 2 from Dillingham, 4 from Bethel, 5 from Nome.
I suspect one surprise (among many) of the evening will be how well Miller has done in Anchorage.
I’m guessing that his numbers in the Mat-Su Valley may not have been as high as expected.
This is purely a guess on my part.
Miller, Joe 43,458 52%
Murkowski , Lisa (i) 40,577 48%
Joe is up 2,881 with 288 precincts reporting out of 438. I think this is his biggest lead of the night.
US SENATOR (R) REP
Total
Number of Precincts 438
Precincts Reporting 313 71.5 %
Times Counted 86278/487456 17.7 %
Total Votes 85632
Miller, Joe REP 44386 51.83%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 41246 48.17%
A 3140 vote lead for Joe. That’s his biggest tonight. 71 percent of the precincts reporting. I’M GOING TO BED!! It’s 3:39 a.m. in Texas.
US SENATOR (R) REP
Total
Number of Precincts 438
Precincts Reporting 339 77.4 %
Times Counted 86837/487456 17.8 %
Total Votes 86176
Miller, Joe REP 44586 51.74%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 41590 48.26%
First let me apologize for misinformation. House District 6 is NOT Southeast — my mistake was in just looking at its State Senator who is from Angoon in SE (the panhandle) of Alaska. But it’s one of those huge, huge Senate districts — probably bigger than New England. The District 6 representative is from Beaver, which is in the eastern part of Alaska — Yukon river territory, Ft. Yukon, Chalkytsik, etc. It’s very, very, very rural — mostly Athabascan villages, such as Ft. Yukon.
Anyway, the next batch of about 25 precincts has now reported AND 14 of those were from District 6. So here’s a summary:
Previous pcts reporting: 288, or 65.8%
Now reporting, 313, or 71.5%
Miller’s previous percentage of the vote: 51.71%
Miller’s new percentage of the vote: 51.83%
Miller’s new margin: 3140 votes
US SENATOR (R) REP
Total
Number of Precincts 438
Precincts Reporting 339 77.4 %
Times Counted 86837/487456 17.8 %
Total Votes 86176
Miller, Joe REP 44586 51.74%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 41590 48.26%
US SENATOR (R) REP
Total
Number of Precincts 438
Precincts Reporting 368 84.0 %
Times Counted 88486/487456 18.2 %
Total Votes 87795
Miller, Joe REP 45180 51.46%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 42615 48.54%
US SENATOR (R) REP
Total
Number of Precincts 438
Precincts Reporting 429 97.9 %
Times Counted 90618/487456 18.6 %
Total Votes 89858
Miller, Joe REP 45909 51.09%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 43949 48.91%
Miller now looks to be up by almost 2,000 votes. Two precincts and absentees are still out, but Miller seems very likely to win.
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