Race of the day: Can a write-in candidate win a Senate seat?

By The Week Staff

last updated 8 January 2015

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Polling At:34%36%Campaign Chest:$1.9 million$84,000Key Quote:"Maybe I'm in a little bit of the underdog role, which is not bad""Anybody that sees this nation as being on stable economic or fiscal ground is fooling themselves"Petty Controversy:Was appointed to Senate by father, who was governor at the time; the perceived nepotism caused an uproar and sparked a change in election lawsDrew negative publicity when his security team handcuffed a liberal reporter and accused him of "trespassing" at a public eventWild card:Murkowski is running as a write-in candidate after an upset loss to Miller in the GOP primary; the Democrat in the race, Scott McAdams, could easily tip the election — he is currently polling at 25 percent

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