The thought is that backers of Republican nominee Joe Miller, the Tea Party favorite who defeated Murkowski in the GOP primary, or even supporters of Democrat Scott McAdams will encourage another “Lisa M.” to wage a write-in bid in an effort to confuse voters and throw into question ballots that aren’t clearly marked with Murkowski’s name.
“I’ve been waiting for them to do it for the past three weeks,” Alaska’s Democratic Party Chairwoman Patti Higgins said of the Miller campaign and the various Tea Party groups in the state. “They haven’t yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s coming.”…
Tea Party Express spokesman Levi Russell told The Hill he has heard of no such efforts to run another “Lisa M.” as a write-in candidate and that his organization wouldn’t support any attempt to confuse Alaska voters.
“It just shows how ridiculous [Murkowski’s] write-in bid is to begin with that people are even talking about this,” Russell said.
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