Murkowski wins Alaska write-in campaign

(Reuters) - Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday won her re-election after a historic write-in campaign, Fox News said.

Murkowski has a lead of about 10,000 votes with only a few hundred ballots left to be counted, state officials said.

She becomes the first write-in candidate to win election to the Senate in half a century, narrowly defeating conservative Tea Party movement favorite Joe Miller. (Source)

POLITICO:

Sen. Lisa Murkowski has been declared the winner of the Alaska Senate race, making her the first person in more than 50 years to be elected to the Senate with a write-in campaign.

After posting a more than 10,000-vote lead over Republican Joe Miller, the Associated Press called the race for Murkowski Wednesday afternoon – more than two weeks after Election Day. (Continues here)