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For those who care ;) Sullivan over Begich by almost 6 with 73% in AK

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will likely be forced out of her party leadership position should she decide to launch a write-in or third-party candidacy, a Senate Republican said Wednesday. Murkowski, who conceded the GOP primary last month to Fairbanks lawyer Joe Miller, could announce as soon as Thursday whether she will continue her campaign for re-election as a write-in candidate. She has also held talks with the state’s Libertarian Party leaders about running under their flag. Although Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other GOP leaders have not yet formally discussed what to do if Murkowski does run, the...

Shushannah Walshe has a piece at the Daily Beast floating the possibility that, if Lisa Murkowski does indeed lose to Joe Miller, she could run as a third-party candidate. Walshe refers to an unnamed source within the Murkowski campaign who says that they plan to "see whether the option is there or not, but it's a decision she (Murkowski) has to make. There is an option I know of." Walshe suggests two possibilities: running as a write-in candidate, which would be extremely difficult, expensive, and unlikely; or running on the Alaska Independence Party's ticket. Walshe seems to think Murkowski's campaign...

ov. Sarah Palin on Sunday appointed former Mayor Dennis Egan to represent Juneau in the Alaska Senate, after the community has been without representation for more than half of the 2009 legislative session. Senate Democrats met in a secret meeting an hour before Palin’s announcement and “unanimously and enthusiastically” confirmed Egan to the position. The appointment also won quick praise from Reps. Beth Kerttula and Cathy Munoz, Mayor Bruce Botelho and Juneau Democratic Party Leaders. Palin praised Senate Democrats, who under state law must approve her appointment, for working with her to name former Sen. Kim Elton’s replacement. Earlier Palin...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday made a little known college administrator her second choice to fill a vacant Juneau Senate seat, again bucking Senate Democrats. The nomination of Joe Nelson, an Alaska Native, is the latest move in a jousting match between Palin, who has the authority to pick the replacement, and the Senate Democrats, who must confirm it. Democrats in a private meeting last Wednesday rejected Palin's first choice of legislative aide Tim Grussendorf. When Palin balked, citing legal concerns about their closed door procedure, seven of the nine Democrats signed a letter on Monday urging...

Gov. Sarah Palin today announced Tim Grussendorf, a legislative aide from Juneau, is her a choice to replace Kim Elton in the Alaska Senate. Grussendorf is chief of staff for Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel. Now he must be approved by a simple majority of the nine Senate Democrats currently seated. In picking Grussendorf, Palin is rejecting Rep. Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau, the only name recommended to the governor by southeast Democratic leaders after Elton resigned to take an Interior Department position with the Obama administration in Washington, D.C. Earlier this month, Palin invited other applicants to apply, saying she thought there...