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US Sen . Lisa Murkowski concedes Alaska primary race to Joe Miller

Sen. Lisa Murkowski was booted from office in the Republican primary Tuesday by a little-known conservative lawyer in arguably the biggest political upset of the year.Joe Miller , backed by Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Express, became the latest newcomer to the national political stage to take down an incumbent in 2010 amid deep dissatisfaction with the Washington establishment.Miller's win was a major victory for the tea party movement and marked the first time it had defeated a sitting senator in a primary.Tea partiers had knocked off Utah Sen. Bob Bennett at a state convention in May, and emboldened tea partiers now have set their sights on Delaware where they are backing Christine O'Donnell against the more moderate Rep. Mike Castle in the GOP Senate primary.Murkowski is the third senator to lose this year, along with Bennett and Arlen Specter , D-Pa.Murkowski trailed Miller, a Fairbanks attorney, by 1,668 votes after the Aug. 24 primary. Election officials began counting absentee...

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  1. Alaska Senator Will Run as Write-In Candidate

    Sen . Lisa Murkowski decides to continue her run for the state's Senate seat

  2. Forest Service tells states to give federal subsidies back due to sequester

    The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them.Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across the West by cit...

  3. Tea Party Favorite Joe Miller on Upset Win in Alaska

    Sunday, September 19, 2010Tea Party Favorite Joe Miller on Upset Win in Alaska | Fox News SundayWith: Chris WallaceSpecial Guests | Joe MillerThe following is a rush...

  4. Write-In Campaign Appears Right-On

    Sen . Lisa Murkowski reflects on success of write-in campaign, her status as a Republican

  5. At Senate's center, Murkowski regrets voting with GOP to overturn Obama birth control rule

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a cont...

  6. Lisa Murkowski : 'We Like Where We Are'

    Alaska's write-in candidate on possible historic win

  7. Greenpeace Activists Arrested on Capitol Hill After Unfurling Anti-Murkowski Banner

    WASHINGTON -- Three Greenpeace activists were arrested Monday after their balloon-powered banner criticizing Sen. Lisa Murkowski , R-Alaska, was released in the Sena...

  8. Amid federal investigation, coal exports at record levels

    From the time coal is scooped from the depths of the Spring Creek strip mine in Montana's wide-open Powder River Basin until it travels more than 6,000 miles across ...

  9. Is it Time to Drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?

    Sen . Lisa Murkowski , (R-Alaska), on why drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be a huge boost to U.S. oil production and jobs.

  10. Insight Into Alaska Politics

    What factors resulted in Senator Lisa Murkowski losing the state's Republican primary?

  11. Joe Miller on the Constitution

    Joe Miller from Alaska talks about the stunning Tea Party victory of Senator Murkowski .

  12. Obama pushes $2B clean energy research project

    President Obama is pushing Congress to authorize more federally funded research into clean energy technologies that can wean automobiles off oil. Obama proposed the ...

  1. Beyond the Palin Factor -- Did Energy Issues Help Sink Senator Lisa Murkowski ?

    Joe Miller has held onto his narrow lead and Sen. Lisa Murkowski has graciously conceded in a surprising Alaska Senate primary. While many people are focusing on oth...

  2. Judge Clears Way for Sen . Lisa Murkowski to Take Seat

    JUNEAU, Alaska -- A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Republican Joe Miller, who sought to be declared winner of Alaska's U.S. Senate election, and cle...

  3. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's Modern-Day Fairy Tale Deserves to Be Mocked

    Having been denied her party's nomination for another term, United States Sen. Lisa Murkowski has embarked on an uphill, nearly impossible bid to keep her seat. Thes...

  4. Alaska Lawmaker: Stop the Talking, Start the Drilling

    Sen . Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), argues we need to start using our own oil resources and not tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

  5. Is the EPA Overreaching its Authority?

    Sen . Lisa Murkowski , (R-Ak.), on efforts to rein in the EPA’s regulatory authority.

  6. How Would a Carbon Tax Impact You?

    Sen . Lisa Murkowski , (R-Alaska), on the carbon tax proposal by Senate Democrats.

  7. The Economic Benefits of Exporting Natural Gas

    Sen . Lisa Murkowski on the boost to the U.S. economy of becoming a natural gas export.

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