The Democrat is in third place with 9.7% of the vote. Tshibaka is in the lead with 44.8% and Murkowski is in 2nd place with 42.1%.
This means the Democrat drops out after round 1 and the second choice of the 19,000 people who voted for her get added to the totals for Tshibaka and Murkowski.
The seat will stay Republican, but it's likely that the Democrat voters will play spoiler to keep the conservative out, knowing that Murkowski swings Democrat from time to time.
-PJ
The poster was talking about the Alaskan congressional seat...Palin & the other R split the vote. The Dem walked in.