Alaska’s Murkowski Is Latest to See Career Upended by Tea Party
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Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski was defeated by a Republican primary challenger backed by Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement in what may be the biggest upset so far this U.S. election year.
Murkowski, the Senate’s No. 4 Republican, conceded the race late yesterday after a day of absentee ballot-counting failed to reverse lawyer and political newcomer Joe Miller’s lead of more than 1,600 votes.