Democrat Scott McAdams has conceded in the Alaska Senate race, leaving just Republicans Joe Miller and Sen. Lisa Murkowski awaiting the results of the write-in ballot count.
According to the Alaska Dispatch, McAdams called write-in candidate Murkowski yesterday to concede, and then gave a final press conference to reporters.
“We left everything out on the field,” he said. “We ran out of time.”
There were 13,346 more write-in ballots cast on Tuesday than votes for Joe Miller, which means that all of the ballots will be counted to determine how many were for Murkowski.
Murkowski is confident about her chances, though she has also begun assembling a legal team. On NBC’s Today show, she said that she is “not yet complete with making history,” and she is “poised and it feels good.”
Miller, meanwhile, is hoping Alaska election officials will take their time to count the votes: “We want to make sure the law is followed and that is something that hasn’t been done in some cases up until now,” he told CNN today.
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