41%of votes went to write in votes, presumably for Lisa Murkowski
34.2%of votes went to Joe Miller, who’s not willing to give up his fight
23.7%of votes went to Scott McAdams, who won’t be heading to DC source
» When will we know? It’s probably going to be a while. The issue of “voter intent” will likely come up in this election with the write-ins, which will inevitably have misspellings due to the fact that Murkowski has a complicated last name. (Though Murkowski has done tons of work to let people know how to spell it.) Miller’s folks won’t concede until after there’s been a hand count.
This is a race where there’s going to be a lot of Monday Morning Quarterbacking regarding the Tea Party.
Fox News analyst Carl Cameron • Bringing some perspective to the whole Harry Reid/Sharron Angle situation. As Cameron notes, the seat seemed likely to turn GOP … until Angle became the nominee. Reid was that unpopular in Nevada. But Angle proved to be a very weak competitor (even though she was in it until the end), meaning that Reid gets another six years, as well as another run at Senate Majority Leader. Honestly, this was the biggest loss of the night for the GOP, and one that they can attribute directly to Tea Party influence. source